Posted on 10/18/2004 6:42:43 AM PDT by aculeus
Did you forget the accent in Le Carre?
Anywho ... here's the cut and paste version.
Eamonn Fitzgerald's Rainy Day
Monday, 18 October 2004
Le Carré's hideous crocodile tears
Almost choked on my porridge at the weekend, I did. The cause? Opening a paper and seeing a "letter" written by John Le Carré and addressed to the voters of Clark County, Ohio. The novelist seems to believe that he can sway the mid-Westerners as they prepare to exercise their democratic rights on 2 November. Here's an excerpt from his subtle petition:
"Probably no American president in all history has been so universally hated abroad as George W Bush: for his bullying unilateralism, his dismissal of international treaties, his reckless indifference to the aspirations of other nations and cultures, his contempt for institutions of world government, and above all for misusing the cause of anti-terrorism in order to unleash an illegal war — and now anarchy — upon a country that like too many others around the world was suffering under a hideous dictatorship, but had no hand in 9/11, no weapons of mass destruction, and no record of terrorism except as an ally of the US in a dirty war against Iran."
Despite Le Carré's rant, I'm pretty sure the voters of Clark County won't be taken in by his crocodile tears for Saddam's "hideous dictatorship". All they need to do is a little Googling and they'll soon see that the author was a leading advocate of leaving Saddam in power so that his "hideous dictatorship" could murder, torture, rape, use weapons of mass destruction and terrorise Iraq's neighbours. It was highly inconvenient for Le Carré and his fellow travellers that in the very same week when they were meddling in US politics, the BBC (credit where credit is due!) carried a report that detailed the full horror of what Saddam had been up during those years when they were looking the other way. Here's an excerpt from "Babies found in Iraqi mass grave":
"The victims are believed to be Kurds killed in 1987-88, their bodies bulldozed into the graves after being summarily shot dead.
One trench contains only women and children while another contains only men.
The body of one woman was found still clutching a baby. The infant had been shot in the back of the head and the woman in the face."
Rainy Day calls on the voters of Clark County to demand that John Le Carré and all the other opponents of the war that removed the "hideous dictatorship" apologize to the victims of the tyrant Saddam who suffered so appallingly. And because this thing works both ways, the voters of Clark County should also demand that Le Carré & Co. apologize to George Bush for the hate campaign they are conducteding against the US president.
Eamonn Fitzgerald at 06:57 | Permalink | Comments (4) | TrackBack (2)
MAY YOU HAVE TO HAVE A TOOTH CAPPED. I UNDERSTAND IT TAKES AT LEAST 18 MONTHS FOR YOUR GREAT MEDICAL SERVICES TO GET AROUND TO YOU. HAVE A GREAT DAY.
Consider this: stay out of American electoral politics. Unless you would like a company of US Navy Seals - Republican to a man - to descend upon the offices of the Guardian, bag the lot of you, and transport you to Guantanamo Bay, where you can share quarters with some lonely Taliban shepherd boys.
English Teeth, English Teeth!
Shining in the sun
A part of British heritage
Aye, each and every one.
English Teeth, Happy Teeth!
Always having fun
Champing down on bits of fish
And sausages half done.
English Teeth, HEROES' Teeth!
Here them click! and clack!
Let's sing a song of praise to them -
Three Cheers for the Brown Grey and Black.
-- Spike Milligan
This must've come from the Ministry of Silly Talk.
My Dear British Cousins:
Your attempt to influence an American election is offensive in the extreme. But it isn't because you're British. It's because you are arrogant, elite media bastards.
So here's a suggestion: Unless you can find a way to re-animate Ronald Reagan and install him in the oval office, please mind your own fcking business.
Cheers!
I dunno, maybe I spelled it Le Caree. (!) Anyway, thanks for posting that article. Reading about John Le C's angry, perverted comments about our President made me want to spit and scream! The old fart should go back to his study and drink himself to oblivion!
This is the funniest thing I have read in a long time. Expresses my sentiments exactly.
The letters are fabulous! I love our country. I love England too, so I forgive the misguided Brits who have been overly influenced by the Guardian BBC and the French.
Hey Limeys ... bugger off
Here's my reply, which I sent to the Guardian.
"Do you really think that most American citizens are interested in hearing the opinion of your socialist readers as to whom we should cast our votes for? I'm assuming that when the election for the Prime Minister takes place, you are going to invite opinions from the U.S., as well as the entire world as to whom you should cast your vote for, right? Even were that to be the case, this proud United States citizen can tell you that your pathetic attempts to interfere with our election has made me EVEN MORE DETERMINED to vote for President Bush. You, Kim Jong Il, and the Iranian theocracy are just going to have to live with whatever WE DECIDE. You don't get a say.
By the way, don't you realize that if a pathetic pseudo-European like John Kerry had been our president during World War II, you losers would be speaking German today? Do I need to remind you of all of the times a strong U.S.A. has come to Europe's rescue? I guess it's too much to ask for some gratitude from the same people who condemn the U.S. for liberating Iraq while lionizing the U.N., who benefitted from the oil-for-food program in Iraq while propping up Saddam Hussein.
Finally, I would like to remind you that this is not the first time that the Brits have tried to tell us how to run our country. Remember the Revolutionary War? The War of 1812? If we were so interested in your opinions, why did we kick your sorry asses back across "the pond"? Think about that before you decide to mess with us again.
Let me put it to you this way: when we're ready to hear what your opinion on our electoral process should be, don't call us, we'll call you. God bless America.
Dallas, Texas
As a matter of protocol, most newbies try to blend in for at least a few hours before they reveal themselves to be screwballs.
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