The Feckless French and the Recalcitrant Russians, who for years have supported the lifting of the U.N. embargo on Iraq, have seen the light now that the United States is in Baghdad. With the United States determined to eradicate all chem/bio/nuke weapons in Iraq, the French and Russians now demand proof before they forswear use […]
I say that because I just read the following Associated Press bulletin: Jacques Chirac says France will not authorize a U.N. resolution allowing the United States and Britain to administer postwar Iraq. Jacques, how many battalions does the U.N. have? If, for some reason, it had escaped your notice -- this isn't a U.N. operation. […]
Is the escalating war with Iraq a diplomatic failure, as identified by Senate minority leader Tom Daschle? According to U.S. News & World Report's Michael Barone, Daschle is disingenuous to say the least.
For those of you who are interested about the United States "going it alone" in the war against Iraq, here's a list of who's with us now, and who was with us back in 1991 during the first Gulf War. 2003 -- 31 nations: Afghanistan, Albania, Australia, Azerbaijan, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Eritrea, […]
Well, Paul Krugman's written another column, and war has not yet started. Krugman's latest thesis is that the U.S. has gone beserk when it comes to our foreign policy. The members of the Bush team don't seem bothered by the enormous ill will they have generated in the rest of the world. They seem to […]
Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien said that Canadian forces would not fight in a war with Iraq. We're going to miss them -- all 30 of them.
I subscribe to the Society of Professional Journalists Internet listserv. Why? I'm not sure exactly. It long ago stopped being a forum for discussing journalism issues. It's now mostly a right-bashing club, with a lone conservative (who's not even a journalist) presenting himself as a whipping boy for a bunch of leftists, from America and […]
Is scheduled to appear on "The O'Reilly Factor" tonight. Let's hope that Bill confronts him with this little tidbit from today's Wall Street Journal. Actor Mike Farrell, best known for his role as Trapper John's replacement in "M*A*S*H," has emerged as a leading antiwar activist. This month, he even engaged in a surreal debate on […]
From Rod Dreher over at National Review: "[T]he French are going to go proctological on America in the Security Council this week, leading to a fresh round of pop-cult French-bashing." "Go proctological!" How apt.
I liked this line from National Review columnist Jonah Goldberg's latest column: Being friends with sons-of-bitches in order to spread freedom and fight tyranny is entirely defensible; being friends with SOBs because it's convenient is immoral. Perfect.