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Posted on 02/06/2006 5:04:14 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
by Mark Finkelstein
February 6, 2006 - 07:50
Score one for Today's Matt Lauer. Interviewing New Mexico governor and former UN ambassador Bill Richardson on the subject of the Muslim rioting in response to the Mohammed cartoons, Matt asked a question that was as unexpected as it was perspicacious. Meanwhile, Richardson offered the instinctive Democratic national security response: bring on the UN!
Richardson described the very grim situation in the Muslim world: "I've never seen the situation so dire with with the threats from Iran, the victory of Hamas, the escape of Badawi in Yemen. This is a very dangerous situation. It seems that the Muslim world is exploding."
Being the good Democrat he is, Richardson laid the blame . . . at the feet of George Bush: "Our obsession with Iraq has caused us to neglect these huge other trouble spots."
That's when Lauer unloaded a question on many minds but one you'd hardly expect to hear on the lips of an MSM host:
"Clearly it does show a huge rift between the west and the Muslim world, but if you listen over the weekend, governor, you hear a lot of people saying 'why aren't these people taking to the streets when hostages are beheaded on videotape in the name of Allah or when planes are flown into buildings in the name of Allah? How would you explain that?"
Richardson fleetingly acknowledged that "it is a bit of a double-standard." Yeah, maybe just a bit, Gov. But he quickly moved off any such criticism and onto to his call for the real solution: "I would call a summit," cautioning the President, "don't talk about the Axis of Evil."
Lauer compared our treatment of Iraq and Iran, while offering a damning indictment of the latter:
"It is striking four years ago we were talking about Iraq, saying they may have been trying to seek nuclear weapons, we thought they were sponsoring terrorism, so we went to war. Here we've got a country that's saying right to our face they are going forward with a nuclear program, we've proven that they've sponsored terrorism, and they have a president who says he wants to wipe one of our key allies off the map. And we're treating them differently, aren't we?"
Richardson gave the ultimate Dem response: "Diplomacy really is our only option."
Right on, Bill! If Kofi Annan and Vladimir Putin can't get it done, I guess we'll just have to let Iran develop nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them.
Today Show/NewsBusters ping.
Picture "Richardson '08" presindetial campaign bus jumping over shark tank.
We are directly in the middle of these "trouble spots" what's he thinking? Oh, he's not.
"I would call a summit," cautioning the President, "don't talk about the Axis of Evil."
Ignore it and it will go away. Just what Muslims have been telling us to do for 500 years. Once we put a stop to it we will once again be the aggressors because we refused to speak out about why we are fighting so that we don't accuse a whole religious cult even though it's truth.
Being the good Democrat he is, Richardson laid the blame . . . at the feet of George Bush: "Our obsession with Iraq has caused us to neglect these huge other trouble spots."
INVADE THAT DEN OF WORLD ILLS...DENMARK..a classic liberal response: IT MUST BE SOMETHING WE DID!!!
good man, good to know you liberals really have a grasp of reality...yes it truly is BUSH's fault...
i suppose he penned the jokes in crawford, handing out pens to condi and rumsfeld
Give me a friggin' break. How many times have we heard the president call Islam the "Religion of Peace"?
Who? Bill Richardson?
Wasn't he drafted as a pitcher in 1966 by the Kansas City Athletics? ;)
I think we should stop talking about the "Axis of Evil" and instead focus on the "Axis of Denial", which formerly contained much of the EU, but now largely contains the US State Dept and Democrats. We must stand up squarely to the beheaders and bombers and say "NO. We will not accept this savage behavior. We will convert you to smithereens if you continue on this path." Religious sensitivities be damned.
"Wasn't Richardson drafted as a pitcher by the 1966 KC Athletics?"
For those who don't get the reference, Richardson was recently caught in a little 'resume-enhancement':
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/11/25/politics/main1075650.shtml
He's another loser who should have the good sense to just go away.
Many of those 174 arrested spoke with Syrian and Palestinian accents.
These cartoons appeared last Fall...so it has been established that at least 5 Euro-imans are responsible for whipping up the great unwashed when they recently went to the Middle East.
It has become increasingly clear that the typical muslim rioter is a brainwashed cultist...no different than Branch Davidians or purple shrouded, Nike-wearing comet riders.
perspicacious?
Whoaaaaa.
"no different than . . . purple shrouded, Nike-wearing comet riders."
Wait a second, buster. I've paid good money for a confirmed reservation on Haley's Comet next time it rolls around ;-)
Richardson and Hillary and all their cronies want to lead this country.......where? Those abandoned 60's bomb shelters might come in handy after all.
All those years of studying the Reader's Digest "Improve Your Word Power" are finally paying off ;-)
Right on, Bill! If Kofi Annan and Vladimir Putin can't get it done........and not to forget Bill Cliton either.....
http://www.drudgereport.com/ml.htm
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Yeah...why doesn't he just say Islam is Evil....so we can have a nice civil war here in the USA ....
We've flanked Iran.
What the *HECK* does that mean?!
LOL
Richardson's puckered up face makes him look constantly constipated.
Not just like them... Those Waco crazies and them "Heaven's Gate" looneys never proved to be any threat to anybody besides perhaps themselves. Muslims on the other hand are dangerous to everybody including other flavors of muslims.
Muslims are more like that Japanese death cult that released Sarin gas in the Tokyo subways. Except there are lots, lots more Muslims.
BTTT
Ha ha ha ha ha! A summit? This guy has aspirations for office higher than governor? I think he should go back to baseball and take that offer from KC. Oh, wait a sec....
"why aren't these people taking to the streets when hostages are beheaded on videotape in the name of Allah or when planes are flown into buildings in the name of Allah?"
"these people" ?
The people taking to the streets are the radical fundamentalists.
Lauer is a day late. Here's what Brit Hume said yesterday:
Richardson is an ignoranamus. We have troops in Yemen, in Kuwait, in Qatar, in Djibouti, in short throughout the Middle East, but our concentration on Iraq is causing us to miss these other problems? Bah! Maybe he agrees with Murtha in that we should execute a strategic withdrawl to say, Okinawa, where we can remain poised to intervene when necesary.
That was my thought as well. Who is the author trying to impress with that language!
As a New Mexican, I certainly wouldn't want to wish him on the U.S.
Observing Muslim behaviour, that seems like the only viable path......
Yeah... he was supposed to replace 'Jumpin' Joe Biden.
They are kept ignorant and controlled by the imams. How many of those rioters have even seen or read the cartoons? Same situation as when Rushdie published The Satanic Verses and riots ensued throughout Islam. Hell, half of them can't even read. The basic problem is Islam itself. Either it must be reformed or......As Churchill said
What the horn is to the rhinoceros, what the sting is to the wasp, the Mohammedan faith is to the Arabs.
And other Islamic peoples I might add ......
Thanks for letting me in on this little goody! Richardson does have a way with words, doesn't he? ROTFLMAO!
I agree with your general sentiments, but I'd say that the "typical muslim rioter" is a bit more violent than the Branch Davidians. Also, the "leaders" are paid by the terrorist-funding gov't or terrorist group that they belong to.
"Who is the author trying to impress with that language!"
As the author, let me say that it just seemed the apt word. I was not seeking to impress readers with the recondite erudition of my voluminous lexicon ;-)
Richardson's response is why Dems keep losing elections
They haven't a clue of what this war on terror is really about
“After being notified of the situation (by Journal reporter Toby Smith) and after researching the matter ... I came to the conclusion that I was not drafted by the A's,” Richardson said.
Liar. Kind sounds like Kerry, "I was drafted as a pitcher before I realized that I wasn't."
Q: Why No Muslim Riots over Beheadings, 9/11?
A: Because beheading infidels and crashing planes into occupied buildings are consistent with the teachings of Islam, while cartoons depicting Mohammed are not. Simple.
(And, the beheadings will continue until the depictions of Muslims as violent cease.)
Is Murtha still saying Okinawa, or did someone take him aside and gently explain that Tojo is no longer a factor?
"Hell, half of them can't even read."
Probably more. That's why people giving examples of the more violent verses from the Koran as though every muslim has read it and agrees with it, are absurd. The average muslim who may have a few years of schooling (if he's lucky) believes what they have been taught. If they have been taught that the Koran is full of love and peace, that's what they believe.
I'm having difficulty keeping all these 'Rat tales straight.
The Swimmer almost a Green Bay Packer?
Hillary! almost an astronaut?
Re post #11, finally, somebody says it. The embassy destruction in Damascus is also a Syrian government operation. Embassies don't burn in Syria without Assad's approval.
"I guess we'll just have to let Iran develop nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them."
Ah, but they'll only get HALF of what they say they want--see, that's the negotiation thing workin' for ya.
I used to deal with these "you have to negotiate with me" jackasses in real estate. When they came in with a half-price offer and told me I had to "negotiate", I told them we were starting over, and doubled my list price. I say we take half their country and make THEM negotiate.
Well, that sure sounds like a good idea. Let's get all the elites together somewhere, like Davos maybe. At taxpayer expense of course. To spend time between the dinner courses harrumphing about how silly that cowboy Bush is to use that "Axis of Evil" line.
Finkelstein gets points just for using the word "perspicacious" in a sentence correctly.
As far as being prone to violence? I believe any human is capable of inflicting horror on his fellow man depending on his environment, finances, education etc.
Right now, they de-humanize perceived enemies...makes it easier to pick up that sword against "infidels".
The manner in which the Western MSM and governments bend over in their effort to accomodate mutil-culturalism give these muslims the sense that they are special and more powerful than they really are.
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