Mark Steyn: This war tells us more about Europe than the Middle East

The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 04/14/2002 | Mark Steyn

[dennisw]

 

"Hello? Mom? Is that you?"

"Yassir, This is Colin Powell, on my Terrorist Appeasement Tour, and I want to have a meeting with you .... to bail out your scurvy ass .... once again .... Hehehehe..."

       

[txzman]

Of the 30 ongoing conflicts in the world today, the Muslims are involved in 28 of them. There are no Jews in Kashmir or the Sudan, so the Muslims make do with Hindus and Christians.

Gee, maybe there's a link here. Great article. Someone should roll copies of it up and keep it handy to stick up the backside of some of our more spineless "allies". liberals.

[gcruse]

Mark Steyn sees it and calls it.

[TheDon]

Well said.

[dighton]

"If these damned Czechs won't listen to reason, they'll cause a World War."

[Jewels1091]

quite an article. Europe has always been cowardly...and I guess some things never change. I have lost ALL respect for Europe and hope that they reap what they have sown. They deserve it.

[Shermy]

Good one Mark. Maybe Iran too, acting via Hezbollah in Southern Lebanon. Barrages of rockets into Israel and shallow threats of embargo gave a nice little rise to oil prices.

[AnnaZ]

He's too good.

 

(((And I mean too good. It'll probably be yet another month before I bother (I mean why bother?) writing anything again. Sigh!)))

[AnnaZ]

Thanks for the ping. Always appreciated.

Either way, the Chairman cannot denounce terrorism, not when Saudi television has just had a hugely successful charity telethon raising £37 million for the families of Palestinian "martyrs". King Fahd and Crown Prince Abdullah both chipped in. One Saudi Princess donated both her Rolls and her ox, a double jackpot sure to inspire any West Bank suicide bomber hoping to transform his relicts into a two-car family. Maybe they'll make it a weekly show: Who Wants To Be A Million Air Particles?

Oh, man. BUMPTTT!

 

[gcruse]

You know, the Marshall Plan proved the US had learned the lessons of WWII, by resurrecting the economies of those we defeated in war. Europe is still in the nineteenth century, I think. The stunning gulf between the superpower and the rest of the civilized nations is not limited to military prowess.

[Shermy]

Eurobump.

[gcruse]

There, there.

[FreedomPoster]

He's too good.

You can say that again. I generally come away from a Steyn piece wishing I could write 1/10th as well. A "scheduling conflict over scheduling conflicts" - ROFLOL.

Too bad the Eurotrash seem to pay his thinking no heed.

[AnnaZ]

Ooooh, I love the sneaky ever-so-more-discreet white font.

 

(Note to self...)

 

;^)

[gcruse]

:) I really am coming to believe that Mark Steyn is the combined H L Mencken and Joseph Heller of our day. No once touches him. The closest is PJ O'Rourke, but PJ doesn't have Mark's geopolitical instincts.

[AnnaZ]

Oh, this line, too:

...never mind the members of Calgary's "Palestinian community" who marched through the streets carrying placards emblazoned "Death To The Jews", a timeless slogan but not hitherto a burning issue on the prairies.

Too much.

 

Normally, Alberta humor runs along these lines:

Top 30 things You will never Hear An Alberta Boy Say:

30. Nope, no more for me. I'm driving.
29. I'll take Shakespeare for 1000, Alex.
28. Duct tape won't fix that.
27. Come to think of it, screw Pilsner, I'll have a Heineken.
26. We don't keep loaded firearms in this house.
25. You can't feed that to the dog.
24. No kids in the back of the pickup, it's just not safe.
23. Wrestling's fake.
22. We're vegetarians.
21. Do you think my gut is too big?
20. I'll have grapefruit and salad instead of steak & potatoes.
19. Honey, we don't need another dog.
18. Who gives a damn who won the Grey Cup?
17. I'm voting Liberal this year.
16. Too many deer heads detract from the decor.
15. I just couldn't find a thing at Wal-Mart today.
14. Trim the fat off that steak.
13. Way to go Jean! Sign that Kyoto agreement now!
12. The tires on that truck are too big.
11. I've got it all backed up on the C: drive.
10. I'm gonna buy a Ford Aerostar instead of that Dodge Diesel 4x4.
9. My fiancée, Rose, is registered at Tiffany's.
8. I've got two cases of Perrier for the Stanley Cup.
7. Checkmate.
6. She's too young to be wearing a bikini.
5. Hey, here's an episode of "The Dukes of Hazzard" that we haven't
seen!
4. I don't really have a favourite CFL team.
3. Peace.
2. Those shorts ought to be a little longer, Margaret.

 

AND NUMBER ONE....
1. Let's hire the gay guy!

[Illbay]

...the Norwegian Parliament (which had a visitor thrown out of the building for wearing a provocative Star of David on his lapel),...

How embarrassing for them when they found out later it was the Danish king.

[AnnaZ]

All jealousy aside (heh heh heh), he is really and truly a phenomenon. Sometimes he'll put out three(!) gems(!) in a week(!).  He's published in three countries, for goodness' sake! Does he have children? A social life? (A sex life?)

 

He is a treasure, a pleasure to read, an eloquent genius indeed.

[dighton]

King Christian X bump.