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The Fix Is In
jerseygop ^ | Jonathan David Morris

Posted on 03/13/2003 6:37:19 AM PST by lloydwdudley

In his oral report before the UN Security Council last Friday, chief weapons inspector Hans Blix somehow failed to mention an undeclared Iraqi drone capable of flying more than 90 miles to deliver biochemical agents. News of this spectacular find was relegated to the fine print of Dr. Blix's 173-page single-spaced written thesis, along with word of 10,000 liters of anthrax hidden throughout Saddam's Magic Kingdom.

"That's preposterous," you say. "Janeane Garofalo insures us 'there's no evidence that [Saddam Hussein] has weapons of mass destruction.' Why would the former co-star of a hit sitcom such as The Larry Sanders Show lie to us?"

Good question. Too bad I haven't got the answer. I mean, I don't know why the former co-star of a hit sitcom such as The Larry Sanders Show would lie to you. I don't know why the UN's chief weapons inspector would lie to you, either, but I'm not accusing Dr. Blix of doing so. I pretty much don't have to. His omission of facts speaks for itself -- it says, "Liar, liar, pants on fire," because he hid the smoking gun.

Okay, I lied. I know why Dr. Blix would choose to deceive you. It's because the fix is in.

What's happening to America right now is at least a decade in the making. The end of the Cold War made us the world's only superpower, and let's face the facts: The world doesn't like that.

The disgustingly wealthy dictators of impoverished nations hate us because every American can live like a king. They hate what we stand for. Most everyone else hates us just for standing tall. Look at mammoth lands like Russia and China working together on the Security Council. Look at France and Germany as they all but declare war on the country that saved and subsequently rebuilt them 50 years ago. Look at Canada and Mexico turning on us from up above and down below. These countries have a lot to gain from America's losses. Even the Vatican -- which couldn't be bothered with the Holocaust -- is against us.

The proof is in the pudding, my friend, and there's pudding all over the place.

The peace movement itself is predicated on a lie. If you think containment works, turn on the History Channel and catch some footage of the Nazis hardly containing themselves all over Europe. If that's the kind of peace the UN is striving for, let me be the first to say no thank you.

The appeasement of Hitler begat the world's bloodiest war. Like Saddam, he violated the weapons treaties of a world body -- the now defunct League of Nations -- and the world paid a price. They could've stopped him and they didn't. Now they can stop Saddam and they won't. They'd prefer to hide behind a slew of anti-war buzzwords, all of which are either misconceptions or outright deceptions.

Consider:

1. They say it's a rush to war, as if 12 years constitutes a rush in any sense of the word.

2. They say America's use of force will be unilateral, as if the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, and Australia are chopped liver.

3. They say there's no precedent for a preemptive strike, as if September 11th never happened.

Well, damn it, September 11th did happen. The savages who pulled it off assembled in Germany, I might add, and the French made a bestseller out of a book that blamed the Pentagon. Both countries voted in favor of 1441 last fall, but, much like Saddam, neither took the threat of "serious consequences" seriously. Do we really need these people on our side?

George W. Bush says, "It's time for people to show their cards," but I say all the weaseling means their bluff's already been called. These countries have billion-dollar ties to Saddam's regime. They want to preserve that. They don't care if that brutal bastard stays in power. They don't care if he hands anthrax to al-Qaeda. If it cripples our Postal Service and Capitol Hill again, super! Serves us right for being a superpower!

We were there for the French when they needed us. Now that our national security's in jeopardy, they lead the charge against us. Let's never forget how they've shown their true colors -- mostly shades of yellow -- lately.

Just a couple of weeks ago, Jacques Chirac warned European Union hopefuls not to stand in our corner. I can't help but wonder what my grandfather would say about that if he were alive today.

He was born in Europe in the early part of the 20th century, my grandfather was, and moved to America before he was 20-years old. He came here with nary a dime in his pocket but a dream in his heart. That would be the American dream, of course, and if you're already saying, "I wish I had a dime for every story that started like that," then it goes without saying that stories like his were a dime a dozen back then. Millions made good on those stories, too. Millions also made sacrifices. My grandfather did both. Despite having gone to all that trouble to move here, he went back to Europe to defend the motherland in an American uniform. That was right around the time when the Nazis killed his sister.

I don't believe an anti-war group like Not In Our Name would've sat well with him.

The veteran's flag issued upon his passing a couple of years ago now sits in a triangular case atop my bookshelf. I look at it sometimes and think about the things he fought for. He was a part of the Greatest Generation. Those guys were so great, they didn't even have to be. They were great because they told you so. If they were around right now, I reckon they'd wipe their behinds with Saddam Hussein and all of his supporters, and then they'd beat up some Soviet holdovers just for kicks. They'd round up every fuzzy hat and vodka shot this side of Stalingrad, have some fun, and call it freedom. I'm fairly certain that's the way life's meant to be.

I'm proud to say my grandfather lent two fists to beating the bejeezus out of all that totalitarian Eurotrash. I wish more men like him were around today. Instead, we get an anti-American whitewashing, and Dr. Blix somehow forgets to add the fabric softener. Well, I'm not buying it. His manipulation of facts isn't accidental. It's his job.

Our job, on the other hand, is to root out madmen like Saddam.

In the words of an American president, "When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck before you crush him." That wasn't GWB. That was FDR, in one of his famous fireside chats. The date: September 11, 1941.

It rang true then and it rings true now. It's just a shame the rattlesnake's grown so big.


TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: antiwar; appeaseniks; blix; catholiclist; drones; inspections; lefties; pacifists; securitycouncil; un
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To: aruanan
'Between' is used prepositionally to differentiate two items from each other... more than two requires the use of 'among' to accomplish the prepositional need...of course far be it from me to stipulate lack of substance regarding a microscopic grammatical glitch...
21 posted on 03/13/2003 9:32:39 AM PST by IrishBrigade
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To: lloydwdudley; *Catholic_list
These countries have a lot to gain from America's losses. Even the Vatican -- which couldn't be bothered with the Holocaust...

It's a lie, and the writer is a glib liar.

22 posted on 03/13/2003 9:35:07 AM PST by Petronski (I'm not always cranky.)
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To: lloydwdudley
Janeane Garofalo forgets that Iraq had Sarin, VX, blodd agent, and other nice chemical weapons at the end of Desert Storm.
And not all of it was destroyed.
So yes, we DO know that.
I hate that idiotic twit so much, especially since she comes from Newton, NJ.
She's a prime example of what Newton, NJ was putting out at the time I lived near there.
Hopefully, it's changed drastically since then.
Not likely.
23 posted on 03/13/2003 9:38:11 AM PST by Darksheare (Quickly flip the switch and watch the pretty colors, of the pyrotechnics of my heart exploding.)
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To: IrishBrigade
Me, neither. Can you say "thread nanny"?
24 posted on 03/13/2003 9:38:57 AM PST by The Coopster (I've got you're global warming........)
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To: lloydwdudley
Correction before the spelling nitpickers hit:
BLOOD agent.
Chemical ebola.
Kills you by making you bleed from the inside out.
25 posted on 03/13/2003 9:42:14 AM PST by Darksheare (Quickly flip the switch and watch the pretty colors, of the pyrotechnics of my heart exploding.)
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To: lloydwdudley
They say there's no precedent for a preemptive strike, as if September 11th never happened.

This is the best response to the 'preemptive strike' critique that I have seen, one that Bush et al would be well advised to take up as our rallying cry.


BUMP

26 posted on 03/13/2003 9:44:59 AM PST by tm22721
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To: lloydwdudley
BUMP
27 posted on 03/13/2003 9:53:08 AM PST by mercy
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To: lloydwdudley
Yes. The Fix IS In. It is much worse than most of us can even imagine however. The battle lines being drawn now will deepen and widen and become active violent entrenchments. God has drawn the line in the sand and every human being will now choose which master he shall serve. This is it folks. This is the run-up to World War.

We will easilly crush Sadam. Nothing will change except it will be easier for us to attack Pakistan and Iran. The conflict will grow. Terrorism will blossom like rag weed EVERYWHERE. The anti-war movement here in America will make the devisiveness of the Viet Nam era look like nothing in comparison.

Most of Europe will sit on the sidelines and carp at us. Perhaps even actively resist our military efforts. Brace yourselves everybody. Our lives will never be the same again.
28 posted on 03/13/2003 10:05:45 AM PST by mercy
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To: mercy
I wish I could say , you are just paranoid
you are insane
you are wrong

But I can't. I believe you are 100% correct.
As the days go on, more will see what you and I see.
29 posted on 03/13/2003 10:16:31 AM PST by UCANSEE2
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To: far sider
"Between?" If we're being such sticklers here, try "...differences among these words." Besides, insure and ensure are essentially the same.

Sorry, I was thinking of the first and the last and didn't go back to change my preposition. As far as your latter observation is concerned, the primary uses of the words are that one can ensure that something will or will not happen and insure a life or a truck. There has been a lot of muddle of the flaunt/flout variety over these similar-sounding words. It doesn't help that too many dictionaries now, rather than resist the assault of illiteracy, simply portray themselves as reflective of language use and lay themselves back for the rape.
30 posted on 03/13/2003 11:09:41 AM PST by aruanan
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To: Protagoras
Oh, ok. Gotcha. I see what's goin' on.

Gonna be a long couple of days , I suspect...Freegards

31 posted on 03/13/2003 11:12:19 AM PST by Cosmo (Liberalism is for girls)
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To: IrishBrigade
'Between' is used prepositionally to differentiate two items from each other... more than two requires the use of 'among' to accomplish the prepositional need...of course far be it from me to stipulate lack of substance regarding a microscopic grammatical glitch...

Imprecision (and illiteracy) is born from such microscopic grammatical glitches and the disinclination to care about small, though meaningful, distinctions. See #38.
32 posted on 03/13/2003 11:13:52 AM PST by aruanan
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To: lloydwdudley
But, the drone the Iraqi's showed the journalists the other day supposedly could only fly 3km.
33 posted on 03/13/2003 11:14:05 AM PST by knak (kelly in alaska)
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To: mercy
Assuming that Saddam has WMD, and assuming that he is not to be trusted, do you think that all the time we have spent sending our troupes to his border is enough time for him to send a couple of ponds of anthrax or other deadly material to the US? Obviously yes! Then, what is he waiting for?

AS you know, the Al-Jazera network broadcast tapes from Bin Laden all the time, and we cannot force them to tell us where that SOb is. The same ting with the Moslem terrorists, the anthrax can be made available to them without knowing it is coming from Iraq? At the end, we can have cities in this country all messed up, and have no way to identify the source of the WMD?

I guess since Saddam did not use his WMD in 1991 on us or on the Israelis, and since all these years with sanctions, he still did not use the deadly stuff, then you may conclude that he is not as crazy as we think?

As I contemplate all these ideas, and contemplate the potential consequences to our soldiers as the fight door to door in Baghdad, I get more and more confused.

34 posted on 03/13/2003 11:37:10 AM PST by philosofy123
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