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Steyn: Beauzeaux live in other world
EFL. Hat tip LGFFor two years now, itâs been apparent that increasing numbers of us are living in entirely self-created realities. For example, when I switched on the TV the other day, I saw President Bush being warmly received at Thanksgiving Dinner in Baghdad. By contrast, Wayne Madsen, co-author of Americaâs Nightmare: The Presidency of George Bush II, saw a phony stunt that took place not at dinner time but at 6 a.m. Different time zone, you idiot! ââOur military men and women,ââ he insisted, ââwere downing turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, and non-alcoholic beer at a time when most people would be eating eggs, bacon, grits, home fries, and toast.ââ Warming to his theme, Madsen continued, ââThe abysmal and sycophantic Washington and New York press corps seems to have completely missed the Thanksgiving âbreakfast dinner.â Chalk that up to the fact that most people in the media never saw a military chow line or experienced reveille in their lives. So it would certainly go over their heads that troops would be ordered out of bed to eat turkey and stuffing before the crack of dawn.ââ See previous comment Madsenâs column, ââWag The Turkey,ââ arose, it quickly transpired, from reading too much into an a.m./p.m. typo in a Washington Post story and an apparent inability to follow complex technicalities like time zones. But, when Brian OâConnell wrote to Madsen pointing out where heâd gone wrong, the ââinvestigative journalistââ stuck to his guns: ââItâs all a secret of, course, so no one will ever know,ââ he concluded, darkly. For those in advanced stages of anti-Bush derangement, it will remain an article of faith for decades that the president made the troops get out of bed at 6 in the morning so he could shovel pumpkin pie down them. Told ya, Mad-sin Now consider Amr Mohammed al-Faisalâs take on the same ââlittle skitââ (his words) for Saudi Arabiaâs Arab News: ââInstead of a dainty starlet trotting in to entertain the troops,ââ he wrote, ââlo and behold, it was George Bush . . . Now, dear readers, you mustnât laugh at the Americans; remember they are our friends and allies.ââ Al-Faisal then proceeds to explain that the Saudis need to find the Americans ââa face-saving exit out of Iraq.ââ But ââbefore we lift a finger to help,ââ the Americans must meet certain conditions, among them: These beauzeaux are planning to help us look a paper tiger so they can see more Americans die ââThe halt to the vicious campaign of hatred and lies propagated in the U.S. against Saudi Arabia. Administration officials starting with President Bush himself must spare no occasion to praise Saudi Arabia and inform the American people how lucky they are to have us as allies. Allies schmallies. ââThe release of all Saudis detained in the U.S. or in Guantanamo Bay into Saudi custody.ââ "We need them to help destroy freedom!" Really. While youâre at it, why not demand every freed Saudi gets a couple of ââdainty starletsââ of his choice for the plane ride home? The appeasers in the House of Saud, to paraphrase Churchill, fed the crocodile in hopes that it would eat him last. But the croc got hungry and couldnât wait: Right now the bombs are going off in Riyadh, not New York, and Bush has indicated, in his Whitehall speech and elsewhere, that the Saudi regime in its present character has outlived his usefulness. But, if you were one of the various deluded factions in the House of Saud, the fact that the streets outside the palace are not full of folks doubled up howling with laughter at al-Faisalâs column might well bolster your view that the lid can be kept on the al-Qaida pot and that spreading around a few more millions in Washington might breathe another couple yearsâ life into the old the-Saudis-are-our-friends routine so many retired American diplomats like to do on Nightline and CNN. Thereâs more! Posted by: Atrus 2003-12-08 |
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