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| Rall Watch: Yet To Be Liberated |
| 2004-02-03 |
Here’s Ted Rall’s latest rant against America’s thrust in Iraq and Afghanistan:If we really want to win the war on terrorism, we’ve got to stop sitting around the Sunni triangle picking rose petals off our Kevlar jackets. If we’re serious about liberation as a tool of terror prevention, we’ve got to invade every dictatorship, topple every autocracy and occupy every patch of soil where evil tyrants oppress their people, especially in the Muslim world.He goes on to list a number of places that could use American-style liberation --- starting with the rest of the middle East, all the way to Eastern Europe --- liberally peppering his piece with little stories about the brutal regimes and general lack of human rights in those places. He offers no solution to these problems. And more importantly, he misses the central point. A year ago, Rall would have had to include stories of common people being brutalized in Iraq and Afghanistan if he were to write such a piece. A year ago, Rall would have had to include Iraq and Afghanistan in his to-be-liberated list. (More Rall Watch: 1, 2, 3, and 4. Enjoy!) |
| Posted by:Vivek |
| #9 A true idiotarian. In WWII, he would have ranted against taking Okinawa because we hadn't captured Truk. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2004-2-3 7:31:47 PM |
| #8 Is anyone else irritated by Rall's use of the collective 'we' and 'our', like he's a member of the 4th ID? Complete asshole barely begins to describe this 'man'. |
| Posted by: Raj 2004-2-3 12:13:51 PM |
| #7 Ted sounds an awful lot like Kerry and Dean. We either have to topple every tin-horn dictator at once or we are doing it wrong. I would like to present another stategery (yes Bush said it) that may be in the works here. If you eliminate some of the bad guys, the rest will fall in line. Don’t believe it? Ask Mr. Khadafi or Mr. Bashir. Both have been VERY cooperative since we plucked Sammy from that spider hole. North Korea has all of a sudden had second thoughts about turning South East Asia into a Nuclear standoff. When we (god help us) elect a Ted Rall to the office of President then he can demonstrate his enlightened strategy, but until then I am comfortable following George W. Bush. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2004-2-3 11:12:18 AM |
| #6 Try this Ted, go to Al Anbar Province and tell the first soldier you see to "stop picking rose petals from his/her jacket." When that young man or woman, who has been living day in and day out under attack or threat of attack, gets through kicking your sorry ass around the block, then we can all have a good laugh. |
| Posted by: Gasse Katze 2004-2-3 10:59:25 AM |
| #5 Anything less than complete success is total failure, eh Ted? |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-2-3 10:58:25 AM |
| #4 Hey, Ted! Can you say, "priority"? I knew you could! |
| Posted by: Dar 2004-2-3 9:33:19 AM |
| #3 Is it OK with Ted if we help the Iraqis in their effort to stop killing each other before we move on an invade about 67 other countries simultaneously? I guess Ted doesn't understand th concept of working towards a goal with patience. Once you leave childhood without basic skills, its very hard to become a rationale adult down the road. Mony others swear that they learned everthing they ever needed to know in Kindergarten. Obviously, Ted played hookie quite a bit as a youngster. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-2-3 9:18:35 AM |
| #2 I sense Rall meant this in the "we can't do it all, so don't do any of it" way. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-2-3 9:15:35 AM |
| #1 we’ve got to invade every dictatorship, topple every autocracy and occupy every patch of soil where evil tyrants oppress their people, especially in the Muslim world. Why do I find myself agreeing with Rall? |
| Posted by: john 2004-2-3 9:14:17 AM |