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The Unafraid addresses the Unwashed.
1 posted on 01/19/2003 7:29:37 AM PST by aculeus
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2 posted on 01/19/2003 7:31:38 AM PST by Support Free Republic (Your support keeps Free Republic going strong!)
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To: aculeus
p>He's breathing fire.

Can I have some of what he ate?

4 posted on 01/19/2003 7:42:16 AM PST by PokeyJoe (If you got beef let the whole world know it . . .)
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To: aculeus
Surely a "peace movement" with any principles should be demanding that the United States not abandon them again. I like to think I could picture a mass picket in Seattle, offering solidarity with Kurdistan against a government of fascistic repression, and opposing any attempt to sell out the Kurds for reasons of realpolitik. Instead, there is a self-satisfied isolationism to be found, which seems to desire mainly a quiet life for Americans.

Wish I could fit THAT on a bumper sticker.

6 posted on 01/19/2003 7:50:40 AM PST by wizardoz
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To: aculeus
While we're at it, kudos to The Stranger -- which looks to be an alternative paper for Seattle -- for publishing something that much of their staff and readership probably doesn't want to hear.

7 posted on 01/19/2003 7:51:13 AM PST by Celtjew Libertarian
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To: nutmeg
bump to read later
8 posted on 01/19/2003 7:53:28 AM PST by nutmeg
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To: aculeus
That is just a great article. Hard to believe the guy is a socialist. It's true that the peaceniks and the left are taking positions that, by default, ally them with the terrorists, and all their hatred and evil.

However, I would like to know what Hitchens means by "reaction" and "reactionary." Maybe someone can enlighten me?
9 posted on 01/19/2003 7:57:35 AM PST by Sam Cree
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To: aculeus
My list of bookmarks is getting ridiculously long. But, I can't resist. Bookmarked.

Bravo.

10 posted on 01/19/2003 7:58:58 AM PST by Skooz ($ This space for rent--Your ad here $)
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To: dighton; general_re; hellinahandcart; BlueLancer; Poohbah
The United States finds itself at war with the forces of reaction.

Sunday morning clarity ping.

16 posted on 01/19/2003 8:07:02 AM PST by aculeus
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To: aculeus
Christopher Hitchens is a columnist!
17 posted on 01/19/2003 8:07:17 AM PST by G.Mason (truth isn't a four letter word)
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To: aculeus
"The Unafraid addresses the Unwashed."

. . .good one. . .

. . .now Hitchen's article should be copied and left casually on a table in Starbucks; or Barnes & Noble, Borders; wherever et al. . .'left behind' in a magazine or two. . .

. . .this for the 'discreet' activist or those who like a quiet approach; but also a good way to share and inform those who will never otherwise see it/read it.

. . .kind of a Freeper's share program. . .

22 posted on 01/19/2003 8:23:54 AM PST by cricket
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To: aculeus
Hitch makes sense, but he's wasting his brilliance on these "peaceniks". They are not in favor of human rights, they are not worried about the people of Iraq or Afghanistan or any other country under a totalitarian dictator, they are merely foolish pawns of those dictators. These people are anarchists with no conscience, no moral stands, no value.
23 posted on 01/19/2003 8:25:08 AM PST by McGavin999
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To: aculeus
More "Weapons of Mass Distraction."
27 posted on 01/19/2003 8:37:16 AM PST by Bogie
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To: aculeus
The entire anti-war, anti-violence movement is a joke. They claim that war is never the answer, and that even dictators can be reasoned with. Like most liberals, they never allow cold, hard facts to interfere with their worldview.

I guess if we had been able to ger Hitler's ear, we could have gotten him to compromise, and come up with a "semi-final" solution that involved killing only three million Jews. And Pol Pot, having heard the brilliant arguments of the Birkenstock crowd, would have settled for the "killing field," a baseball diamond in Cambodia. After hearing the brilliant rhetoric of the Patty Murray wing of the democrat party, Osama might have been convinced to compromise, and only blow up one of the Twin Towers. Saddam might be convinced by the brilliant musings of Barbra Streisand and Sean Penn to only use laughing gas on the Kurds. Indeed, children everywhere must learn that the best way to deal with bullies in school is to only give them half of your lunch money. Then, they'll surely leave you alone.

28 posted on 01/19/2003 8:37:34 AM PST by TruthShallSetYouFree
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To: aculeus
The Unafraid addresses the Unwashed.

Unashamedly.
29 posted on 01/19/2003 8:43:27 AM PST by tet68
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To: Argh
Bump.
31 posted on 01/19/2003 8:45:03 AM PST by Argh
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To: aculeus
Another great Hitchens article.
32 posted on 01/19/2003 8:49:08 AM PST by rintense (Go Get 'Em, Dubya!)
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To: aculeus
. "..But the oblique connection is ignored by the potluck peaceniks, and one can be sure (judging by their past form) that it would be ignored even if it were as direct as the connection between al Qaeda and the Taliban."

Bingo! The "potluck peaceniks" are united by only one common denominator: Their loathing for President Bush. No matter the evidence of Saddam's evil intentions, it wouldn't be enough for them.

"..If the counsel of the peaceniks had been followed, Kuwait would today be the 19th province of Iraq (and based on his own recently produced evidence, Saddam Hussein would have acquired nuclear weapons). Moreover, Bosnia would be a trampled and cleansed province of Greater Serbia, Kosovo would have been emptied of most of its inhabitants, and the Taliban would still be in power in Afghan-istan."

Who but C. Hitchens would bother to tick off proof positive that these wrong-headed loathers don't deserve to be taken seriously?

C-Span's Washington Journal question of the day was, should history be considered before we go to war with Iraq? Obviously not, by the peaceniks. They can't, or won't learn from, or admit to, their mistaken past positions. How could they possibly apply WW2 and Cuban Missle Crisis lessons to the current decisions President Bush must make

"..the continuous involvement by the Iraqi secret police in the international underworld of terror and destabilization. I could write a separate essay on the evidence for this;.."

And I hope he will write this piece soon. C.Hitchens' interests, friendships, and personal knowledge about the Kurds should be a factor in public debate.

.."The Iraqi and Kurdish peoples are now, by every measure we have or know, determined to be rid of him."

He knows whereof he speaks.

"..Should I patronize the potluckistas, and ask them to look up the pictures of poisoned birds and marine animals from that year?"

Go ahead, C... Patronize away!
These peaceniks would toss overboard all their sacred cows in order to make President Bush walk the impeachment plank. Yesterday, pro-choicer Jesse Jackson said we must not go to war with Iraq, in order to preserve the peace for unborn generations. Huh?

One of the young women whined that student scholarship money was being spent on war toys for George W. Bush.

But astounding to me, are the lies of the left, the lies they must espouse in order to justify their zany logic. According to C-Span's female guest yesterday, an anti-war organizer, America bombed, killed, and destroyed innocent people in Afghanistan, and has never made retribution, never fed, clothed, or provided medical facilities for these victims of our aggression. She said many other countries spend more on foreign aid than America, that America spends it's money on bombs and weapons of mass destruction.

Lies, damnable lies. But C-Span airs them, boasts even, they aren't censored, and offering no challenge to truth.

But one honest and courageous voice can always be found. Thank you Mr. Hitchens.

35 posted on 01/19/2003 8:54:20 AM PST by YaYa123
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To: aculeus
Bump for Christopher Hitchens!

As for the peace protestors I saw on C-SPAN yesterday...... what a waste of oxygen. For Jessica Lange to be sharing a stage with someone whose speech consisted of repeatedly yelling FREE PALESTINE.... well, they have chosen their side in this fight.


48 posted on 01/19/2003 10:14:40 AM PST by Rummyfan
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To: aculeus; tpaine; TruthShallSetYouFree; Sam Cree
Excellent article. Great comments.
now Hitchen's article should be copied and left casually on a table in Starbucks; or Barnes & Noble, Borders; wherever et al. . .'left behind' in a magazine or two...
Good idea.
54 posted on 01/19/2003 11:15:26 AM PST by KayEyeDoubleDee (const vector<tags>& obsoleteTags)
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Ping to Hitchens piece re anti-war protestors.
55 posted on 01/19/2003 11:36:58 AM PST by FreeTheHostages
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