Mark Steyn: The world according to Donald Rumsfeld

National Post ^ | March 18 2003 | Mark Steyn

[LibertarianLiz]

The Arabs would benefit from a little more straight talk: They're very bad at confronting the consequences of their recklessness.

Boy, this sentence sums up decades of Middle East problems in a few short words. Great Steyn article. I love Rummy.

[Enduring Freedom]

I thought I had the world's longest, but I guess 107 women could be wrong.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Steyn is quickly leaving the rest of the Punditocracy in his wake.

Indeed. I somehow didn't see it completely, when I first started noticing him . . . maybe some of his references were not clear to me--Canadian that he is.

Ann Coulter can be just as good, but she just doesn't publish as frequently. When's her next book coming out? Hope it's as important as Slander.

[Enduring Freedom]

Sigh.

Has there been a single thread on FR that I haven't advised the Prez to stop following Powell, and listen to Rummy?

For the last year, on every occasion that Powell leads, fiasco follows.

Each and every time Rummy leads, the world follows.

[P.O.E.]

My vote for best article of the day.

[Fraulein]

Rummy Ping

Sexiest Man Alive Alert!

[Paul Ross]

[meema]

Wow! That's impressive!

[WarrenC]

The incomparable Steyn discusses the incomparable Rummy....

Exactly. Thank God for Mark Steyn and especially thank God he has Donald Rumsfeld to write about. What a superstar administration this is.

[Joan912]

?! I'm not gonna go there...

[Joan912]

Thanks for the ping.

Steyn is hands-down the best writer around today. There are so many good lines in this article, it's nearly overwhelming!

[Enduring Freedom]

108.

Twice 54, 4 times 27.

An even number, not odd at all.

A great number, remarkable really.

Just thought I'd let you know.

[Ben Bolt]

Good find ! I'll say in public tonight that I'm adding Mr. Steyn to my list of people to read at least 2 times a week .

In addition it might be interesting to see what happens if our policy shifts to the point where capital is realigned . It got my attention when I was a snot nosed petulant child .

[Leisler]

Spinster.

[Enduring Freedom]

Rummy's insights on coalitions should be known as the Rumsfeld Doctrine.

NEVER let your coalition determine your mission. The Coalition of the Willing has a mandate to remove Saddam Hussein from power.

Simple. Brilliant. Earth-Shattering.

[Shermy]

"The New York Times' elderly spinster schoolgirl columnist Maureen Dowd"

I like it. I'm thinking Leisler improved the perfect.

[Clemenza]

Sinatra is a demigod bump!

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Ann Coulter can be just as good...

Apples and oranges. Coulter is a bomb thrower. (Not that there's anything wrong with that.) Steyn's a surgeon.

[Leisler]

The Gray Lady's spinster schoolgirl, Mau-Mau Dowd?

Gray Lady. Spinster. Dowd, as in dowdy.

Hum.

[McGavin999]

Can someone please send a copy of this to Mo Dowd?