The clearest signs that Colin Powell changed a lot of attitudes in D.C. is that the usual suspects are not dissecting the speech looking for any angle to bash Bush. It has been almost 12 hours, and neither Tapped nor Josh Marshall have made an attempt to call the administration liars. Perhaps the DNC phone …
Foreign Affairs
The French Say: What Do We Get out of This?
Again, Steyn nails it: There are many idiotic incoherent leaders in the world, several of them francophone (hint), but Jacques Chirac is not among them. Say what you like about M. le President — call him irresponsible, call him unreliable, throw in shifty, devious, corrupt, and almost absurdly conceited. But he’s not stupid. The issue …
My Favorite Headline
Today’s best headline: Saddam Says He’s Against War No, seriously. That is the headline. Go check the link.
Col. Bacevich Speaks
Col. A. James Bacevich, one of the finest officers the military has ever seen (and I can say this, because he was my Regimental Commander in Germany) writes in the National Review online: Those opposed to the prospect of a U.S.-led intervention in Iraq are unlikely to change their minds based on Secretary Powell’s remarkably …
The Idiot French
Yes, it is a provocative title, and I hope to show you why it is justified. I am really starting to think that the French are not merely stupid or willfully blind, but actual accomplices of Saddam Hussein. Let’s start with several basic premises: 1.) Saddam Hussein is evil, and Iraq must not be allowed …
Axis of Weasel
If Colin Powell’s presentation did not convince the French, the Germans, and the Democrats running for President, can we change the name from “Axis of Weasel” to “Axis of Stupid Ignoramuses Who Are Willfully Blind and Deserve to be Ignored and Relegated to the Foreign Affairs Equivalent of Latrine Duty?” I know it doesn’t rhyme …
Parade of Allies
Despite the Democrat posturing about Bush’s unilateralism, it appears we have more and more allies climbing on board. Here, Jen Taliaferro notes a shift in the Jordanian stance.