April 10, 2003
I petition that they all shut the hell up
I'm late in posting this, but Andy has a delightful petition for all the "Not In Our Name" folks to sign:
We, the undersigned, do hereby affirm that we have been, and continue to be, against the hostilities in Iraq.
Stories of the horrors of the Baghdad regime did not sway us. Saddam Hussein’s well-publicized history as a ruthless tyrant did not sway us. The possible threats from terrorism and weapons of mass destruction did not sway us. The continued disregard of numerous United Nations resolutions detailing a clear path for Iraq’s return to global legitimacy did not sway us.
And now, the fighting is ending. The Coalition's victory is assured. The Iraqi people are being liberated.
Their destiny will be one of their own choosing – because they will finally be free to choose.
And this disappoints us to no end...
So far, there's lots of bitching in the comments, but no actual signing by those damnable peace-mongers. What a suprise.
Reality can be a real son of a bitch sometimes, and it's in the process of clobbering the hell out of the pacifists. They're still too busy bitching about how the racist and criminal Bushie oil thieves stole an election two and a half years ago to realize that the entire world has drastically changed on them.
Fortunately these people have no more powers than those of annoyance and irritation. They have no real economic or political capabilities, and the vast majority of the population ignores them. This, of course, makes them froth even more.
They’re like a 90 year old Klansman, spewing hate, angry, bitter, and evil, but also impotent, trapped in a wheelchair, barely capable of speech, and dependant on nurses to change his diapers. In other words, truly pathetic. I just can’t get that angry at these people anymore, they’re simply too pitiable.
Posted by Captain Mojo at April 10, 2003 06:39 PM
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What is your take on Christiana Ammanpour's comments regarding the way the war is going? Am I missing something? Has she stopped reporting the news and just trying to make news?
She is starting to sound like Jane Fonda did in Viet Nam.
I was in the Nam when Red Jane did her thing.
The Old Chief. (CWO, USA Retired)
Old Chief,
First let me thank you for visiting my site. It's always a pleasure to converse with current or former defenders of this great nation of ours.
As to Amanpour's comments, I'm not sure I am familiar with the particular comments you refer too. I'm afraid I don't watch much CNN, as I mostly watch MSNBC, FOX (blatant US propaganda, but that's OK with me), or BBC America (for the other side's propaganda). My limited experience with CNN's coverage is interesting. During daylight hours in the US, CNN's American anchors sometime sound almost pro-war, or at least not anti-American. However, in the overnight period, when the CNN International crew takes over (I'm a night owl, so I see this a lot), the network becomes Al-Jazeera west.
One of the last few nights, CNN showed a 15 minute story which focused on how Marines had shot up a car filled with civilians, injuring several of the passengers. The CNN translator went and carried back an injured six year old girl. The implication was obvious: the brutish Marines didn't care at all. The story, of course, skimmed the fact that the car had repeatedly ignored Marine's hails to stop, and that Navy medics were working frantically to help the girl once she was brought in. the focus was clearly on the brutality of the evil imperialist forces killing civilians...
I haven't checked CNN since.
I think I remember reading something over the past couple of days regarding Amanpour commenting on the "anarchy" in cities occupied by Allied forces, compared to the "stability" of the old regime. I'm not sure if this is particularly what you refer to, but the looting of government buildings does seem to be the major bitch-point of the anti-war folks. I hate to be the simple parrot of Don Rumsfeld, but what do people expect? Imagine the chaos that would erupt in American cities if police forces across the nation had simply disappeared. And we don't even really hate our government. The Iraqi people have acted with remarkable restraint, considering.
If looting is the worst that is happening in Iraq, then we have succeeded far beyond the wildest wet-dream expectations of Paul Wolfowitz.
As for the comparison with Hanoi Jane, I don't think Amanpour is quite that bad. First off, she is part of CNN, which was continuously discredited throughout the 90's as a happy home to media elitism. No one really takes them seriously anymore, and her spouting whatever pro-Bathist propaganda isn't going to really harm any Allied Soldiers. Jane, although no more serious in her propaganda, actually got Americans POWs killed, and was a true aid and comfort to her nation's enemies. Compared with Arab media, anything said on CNN is benign.
Also, Jane was pretty hot back then. Amanpour is not. Although this doesn't make any comments Amanpour made any more tolerable, I think there is a key difference. Especially considering there's this competing with her.
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