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1 posted on 06/07/2003 6:31:50 PM PDT by Pokey78
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2 posted on 06/07/2003 6:32:54 PM PDT by Pokey78
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Allright, that's it, I've had it!

Tomorrow I'm flying over to Iraq with whatever WMDs I can dig up around here and I'll toss them down and old well and point the boys in the right direction.

Let's see, I can spare a few cans of Sarin, a half a bottle of Anthrax (don't ask), and a few pictures of Maureen Down (REALLY don't ask). That should be enough for starters.

Anybody else spare some WMDs?

5 posted on 06/07/2003 6:44:35 PM PDT by TomB
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Good stuff from Steyn.
6 posted on 06/07/2003 6:46:12 PM PDT by Prodigal Son
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But on this issue he was right, and there's nothing to be gained for British Conservatism in subscribing to theories of deliberate deceit that in America are exclusively the province of paranoid cranks.

Some of those paranoid cranks have chimed in on Free Republic.

7 posted on 06/07/2003 6:46:22 PM PDT by WarrenC
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Sir Max, the liberator of Port Stanley, has somehow morphed for this war into Belgrano bore Tam Dalyell: his thesis is that Blair and his American masters lied to the world about Saddam's arsenal in order to justify an invasion that would prove no such arsenal existed and that they were a bunch of liars.

An excellent point, which only further underscores how ridiculous this entire whacky left tin-foil mad hat conspiracy theory is.

14 posted on 06/07/2003 7:02:50 PM PDT by kesg
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bump
16 posted on 06/07/2003 7:04:41 PM PDT by Allan
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You know, this is one of those Steyn columns where I highlight a great sentence to comment on it, and then along comes a better one, and then a better...BTT.

And yeah, Travis...that one took this out of the "funny" category.

17 posted on 06/07/2003 7:05:23 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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... the axis of weasels (France, Germany, Russia) and its short-pants league (Belgium, Luxembourg, Canada) ...

LOL!

Steyn is the king of quips!

20 posted on 06/07/2003 7:10:33 PM PDT by forsnax5
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One minute Steyn's writing makes me laugh, the next I am crying ... but ALWAYS, Steyn makes me think, and I like that.
21 posted on 06/07/2003 7:15:01 PM PDT by patricia
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I'm pretty disgusted with Ian Duncan Smith. I thought the reason he was't considered "charismatic" was the reason the Torys had not won. Actually, it's because the guy is an immoral boob. He KNOWS there were WMDs, and for him to jump on the bandwagon bashing Blair for political purposes, is just disgraceful. A man without principles is a man without principles whether he's charismatic or not.
23 posted on 06/07/2003 7:26:34 PM PDT by McGavin999
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Hot diggity dog! I really love the way Mark Steyn expresses himself via the written word!
25 posted on 06/07/2003 7:36:34 PM PDT by arasina (Thank God the White House now has plenty of CLEAN laundry!)
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"It would obviously be easier to wait and pick the evidence of WMD out of the rubble of Birmingham"

Yes. Or Chicago, Los Angeles, or Washington.

The invasion of Iraq was obviously wise and in the best interest of Britain and America and their allies. Those who criticize Bush and Blair know this (unless they are stupid).

Once again, Mark hits it out of the ballpark.

26 posted on 06/07/2003 8:17:56 PM PDT by Savage Beast (Vote Democrat! Vote for national--and personal--suicide! It's like being a suicide bomber!)
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WOOHOO!!!

Mark Steyn is now my journalistic hero! (OK, I admit that he already was, but this is one of his best ever.)

27 posted on 06/07/2003 8:21:44 PM PDT by SunStar (Democrats piss me off!)
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Bumpola!
28 posted on 06/07/2003 8:27:30 PM PDT by aculeus
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his thesis is that Blair and his American masters lied to the world about Saddam's arsenal in order to justify an invasion that would prove no such arsenal existed and that they were a bunch of liars.

He makes me so jealous sometimes - how does he come up with lines like this? So simple, so succinct, so good.

29 posted on 06/07/2003 8:29:18 PM PDT by garbanzo (Free people will set the course of history)
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I don't care if weapons are not found, our solders banished an EVIL regime to hell.
31 posted on 06/07/2003 8:59:42 PM PDT by John Will
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Steyn bump!
32 posted on 06/07/2003 9:02:46 PM PDT by RedWhiteBlue
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That's what counts: capability, not inventory. It would obviously be easier to wait and pick the evidence of WMD out of the rubble of Birmingham, but for the Americans it is capability that's the determining criterion.

Great line!

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34 posted on 06/07/2003 10:15:31 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (Where is Saddam? and his Weapons of Mass Destruction?)
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Man, this article is just chocked full of one-liners, each of which could carry a whole article by itself. How does he come up with this stuff at this frequency? This is a masterpiece of satire and hyperbole.
35 posted on 06/07/2003 10:32:56 PM PDT by MCH
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“Some of those besmirching British victory in a noble cause should be ashamed of themselves”


How true, but the BBC knows no shame.

37 posted on 06/07/2003 11:15:48 PM PDT by LiberationIT (Listen to the BBC. Rarely correct, but never in doubt.)
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