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So just shut your pie hole, ok?
The Seattle Times’ Collin Levey tells the opposed to the Iraq war camp to shut up and fuck off:
Like it or not, this country made a democratic political decision to seek to steal a march on Islamic terrorism by overthrowing Saddam and using Iraq to prod the Middle East toward reform and the greater stability that comes from democracy and economic development.
You know when you put it like that, it doesn’t even sound that hard to do.
Harry said,
May 23, 2004 at 12:16
Collin Levey is another very special person. Her WSJ columns are treasures.
Levey bio.
old ari said,
May 23, 2004 at 12:37
Yeah, kill those varmints first, before they can Bushwack us.
s.z. said,
May 23, 2004 at 13:22
Hey, yes it DOES sound easy. The steps were:
1. Overthrown Saddam.
2. Be greeted by sweets and flowers
3. TBD
4. Use our puppet government in Iraq to force the other Arab nations to be democratic, and therefore friendly to America.
5. Bask in the glow that comes from doing a good deed and ensuring the flow of cheap oil.
And I think it’s still a valid plan.
ran said,
May 23, 2004 at 16:05
Another bitter ender.
George Johnston said,
May 23, 2004 at 19:27
Unfortunate choice of words there, Collin, old boy – “using Iraq to prod the Middle East.”
Actually, I think they were using broomstick handles to prod the Middle East.
Anonymous said,
May 23, 2004 at 22:38
Like it or not, this country made a democratic political decision to seek to steal a march on Islamic terrorism by overthrowing Saddam and using Iraq to prod the Middle East toward reform and the greater stability that comes from democracy and economic development.
Like it or not, that country made a democratic political decision to seek to quickly enhance European unity by overthrowing the Czechoslovakian regime and using control of Poland to prod Eastern European towards reform and the greater stability that comes from alignment with German culture and technology.
Ann (not Coulter) said,
May 24, 2004 at 16:32
S.Z.’s logic sounds a lot like South Park’s Underpants Gnomes:
1. Underpants
2.
3. Profit
We seem to have a lot of Underpants Gnomes in Washington right now.