Mark Steyn: Can America be serious?

The Spectator (U.K.) ^ | 01/11/03 | Mark Steyn

[US admirer]

Steyn & Krauthammer's words in the same article- simply the best two conservative columnists alive! And how about that, both are Canadian! EH?

[ken5050]

A.F.B.........Absolutely friggin' brilliant..

[Rummyfan]

I hope you're right bu thow much longer do we need to postion everyone? We've had a year since the wind-down in Afghanistan. Is the administration doing this to show that we exhausted all possibilities before opening war or does some other motive exist?

[Anoy11_]

Best Line: If Psycho Boy really feels the need to fire his Dong at someone, Tokyo or Vancouver would be far more interesting targets: how would a non-nuclear power respond? A strong resolution at the UN? What would Long Duck Dong say about all this?

[merak]

Well, Baghdad’s been on the back burner for a year now. The war has lost all momentum and both America’s serious enemies and her knockabout disparagers have been emboldened. If Saddam had been toppled to the cheers of a grateful populace last spring, among other consequences Yasser would be out of office...

The guy makes it sound like we could have done it last spring. My own read is that we didn't have the inventory to do it. Basically, Clinton had sold off too much of our military inventory for DNC donations.

Last spring I called a guy about some question regarding a barrel for a target rifle and the guy told me he didn't have time for any sort of civilian firearm business just then, that he was working 24-hour days and seven day weeks making machinegun barrels. The United States was basically out of machinegun barrels. That's a simple basic item which we should have warehouses full of. A machinegun can only fire a couple of hundred shots before you switch the barrel and let the one you just used cool off. A machinegun crew consists of the gunner, a guy to load ammo belts, and a third guy to change barrels. The idea of the United States having run out of machinegun barrels is unbelievable. It's also unbelievable that the Bush administration has somehow or other gotten our inventories up enouth to do something for Iraq in the short time he's had. He inherited a total unbelievable mess.

[Hornetsrule]

Is this guy Steyn a writer or what? :-)

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Dong braggadocio

No Dong’s the name of his missile

He could conceivably have an advanced Dong

If Psycho Boy really feels the need to fire his Dong at someone

nothing to sell but its Dong

That’s what Saddam is: the Big Swinging Dong of Araby

North Korea is literally the No Dong state

long-range Dongs

Sorry

[Paul Ross]

So, did you you ever get your rifle barrel?

[mc5cents]

Steyn & Krauthammer's words in the same article- simply the best two conservative columnists alive! And how about that, both are Canadian! EH?

Krauthammer Canadian? I don't think so. Her grew up in Montreal but is an american by birth. See...

Charles Krauthammer was born in 1950 in New York City. He grew up in Montreal and was educated at McGill University (B A. with First Class Honors in Political Science and Economics, 1970), Oxford University (Commonwealth Scholar in Politics at Balliol College, 1970-71), and Harvard University (MD, Harvard Medical School, 1975). From 1975-78 he practiced medicine as a Resident and then Chief Resident in Psychiatry at the Massachusetts General Hospital His scientific papers, including his co-discovery of a form of manic-depressive illness, are still frequently cited in the psychiatric literature.

He be one smart dude though.

[Helms]

The American and European medias, NOT TO FORGET THE HOLLYWEIRDOS AND USEFUL IDIOTS- I CALL SCORCESE THIS- live in a parrelell universe where none of this is "REALLY" happening.

[MEGoody]

Sure N. Korea is a problem - but they haven't been ignoring/violating UN resolutions for more than a decade. This is a recent development, and it is wise to attempt to work it out diplomatically first. With Saddam, we've tried that for a very long time. It's time to act.

[facedown]

While I greatly admire Steyn as a writer, I trust W a whole lot more in the deployment of our military. Thanks for the ping.

[Paul Ross]

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the heads up!

[maica]

How can he claim that the war against Saddam is on "the back burner". A massive build up in underway. France just said they will join the battle. Seems war, on our time table, is inevitable.

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I think Steyn predicted that a war would start before Sep 11, 2002. so he must be feeling a little antsy.

[pray4liberty]

France just said they will join the battle.

Well then, somebody must have told them something that scared them.

[Gritty]

A Steyn BUMP!

[JohnOG]

I agree that the policy of the Bush administration seems not now to be assertive concerted action, damn the UN, damn the critics...
It seems the policy now is no policy....the NK debacle we are witnessing makes me wonder if Gore did not actually steal the election and slip into the WH....
Lets face it...if Klinton were following the policies that W is doing in NK this forum would be HOWLING at him...and anyone being honest knows it...
As for Iraq.....what's been the BS we've heard...even some on this forum?? I remember some arrogant, ignorant Conservatives were chortling last January that "There'll be American soldiers in Baghdad by May 2002" hehe
Then it was what?? Oct 7.....the moon and all that....Freepers charting the moon to see when "it will begin" And then it was November....oh yes...just had to happen in November....
Bush was NOT going to let the UN play games was he?? Was he??? ......
Now its February....oh of course it'll happen in February won't it?? of course......
Now we hear "the UK is urging wait till Autumn...."
What do want to bet...that some elements of BUSH's administration put the Brits up to saying this so we'll have more excuse to do NOTHING??
Seems to me that is plausible....
I know most of you think I'm nuts and that W is some kind of all-knowing, all-seeing Poker player who is cleverly cornering our enemies and duping the UN....
Sorry....I don't buy it...the only ones getting duped and poked are we.....
Thanks, John

[Republic of Texas]

Steyn bump.