What U.S. Hostages?
I Don't See Any???
The 'Bush Doctrine' is dead and the (cough) 'GWOT' is lost.
Maybe Edwards was right. It was only a Bumper Sticker slogan.
Posted on 07/22/2007 4:23:37 AM PDT by goldstategop
The week before, Iran captured 14 spies near the Iraqi border who it claimed were agents of American and British intelligence equipped with surveillance devices. The "spies" in question were squirrels – as in small furry animals very protective of their nuts (much like the Democratic Party regarding Mr. Soros). I'm prepared to believe that a crack team of rodents from NUTS (the Ninja Undercover Team of Squirrels) abseiled into key installations in Iran and garroted the Revolutionary Guards, but not that the U.S. and British governments had anything to do with it. If they have any CIA or MI6 training at all, they must be rogue squirrels from the Cold War days who've been laid off and gone feral.
In America, public opinion is in no mood for war with Iran. In Washington, Congress is focused on finding the most politically advantageous way to lose in Iraq. In Europe, they've already psychologically accepted the Iranian nuclear umbrella. In the Western world, where talks are not the means to the end but an end in themselves, we find it hard despite the evidence of 30 years to accept that Iran talks the talk and walks the walk. Once it goes nuclear, do you think there will be fewer fatwas on writers, stonings of homosexuals, kidnappings in international waters, forced confessions of American hostages and bankrolling of terror groups worldwide? These latest hostages are part of a decades-old pattern of behavior. The longer it goes without being stopped, the worse it will be.
(Excerpt) Read more at ocregister.com ...
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
” Iran is holding Americans hostages again. “
Yet another casus belli being swept under an already lumpy rug....
"[R]eal news like Senate sleepovers to block unblocking a motion to vote for voting against a cloture motion on the best way to surrender in Iraq."
That's serious liberalism. Stay up all night to tell America to raise the white flag quickly. Vintage Mark Steyn!
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
When are the Iranians going to start “taking out their trash?”
bump
Steyn Bump.
Mark putting them all in the black, as usual.
Ping.
It’s increasingly hard to see how the war on terror ends well. The current line is that we can’t attack Iran because that’s exactly what the mullahs want — which translates into a free pass for them to do whatever they want to do. Steyn’s reporting on these hostages pretty well confirms the absence of Western will to self-defense. Looks like Iran is now the world’s only superpower.
“Congress is focused on finding the most politically advantageous way to lose in Iraq.”
I’d laugh were it not so damn true. Steyn’s column is too sad to be funny.
The world is hoping that Israel will solve their Iranian problem for them. I’m sure the world will be very grateful if they do so. < /s>
The 'Bush Doctrine' is dead and the (cough) 'GWOT' is lost.
Maybe Edwards was right. It was only a Bumper Sticker slogan.
This sounds like the work of NIMH.
Once Iran goes nuclear, they will feel empowered to fatwa Western civilization right out of existance. They may not pull the trigger, but they will be cocky bastards, feeling no need to compromise, deal, or accept anything other than total Islamic domination. And then we will be in the unfortunate position to know that somebody is probably going to get nuked, even if it's a close neighbor to Iran, if and when we have to go in there.
No, as unpalatable as conflict with Iran may be, we need to get business taken care of before they have the bomb.
Yeah, I caught that one too. A gem of concision. BTT.
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