Jinn of Current Events

The millions of cowards who mendaciously demonstrated their support for Saddam today are a relatively small group, compared to the tens of millions who were fighting and murdering in the name of Nazi Germany, Militarist Japan, and Fascist Italy before and during WW II. Those were much more dangerous, but were defeated by the US+UK (with the help of willing, true allies).

Iraq will be liberated, with the US officially re-launching military actions on March 2nd. Today's peacenik, anti-freedom Saddamites are irrelevant, except to serve as a vibrant example of delusion, envy, and hatred. Nothing would convince them, because they are not motivated by fact, reason, or our freedom — rather, they systematically invoke transparent lies, superficial emotions, vile anti-Americanism, and primitive anti-semitism.

These are people who would have opposed the 300 Spartans, trying to stop them on their way to make their noble stand at Thermopylae, the Spartans died willingly for the sake of freedom in Ancient Greece and the possibility of our existence. As the future of the Western world is at stake, again — God bless the American and British soldiers who stand between us and the Dark Ages. May they be remembered and praised centuries and even millenia from now.

Ceterum censeo, delenda est Mecca. 

Colin Powell's remarks to the United Nations Security Council: What we need is for Iraq to disarm. Resolution 1441 was not about inspections. Let me say that again. Resolution 1441 was not about inspections. Resolution 1441 was about the disarmament of Iraq. We worked on that resolution for seven weeks, from the time of President Bush's powerful speech here at the United Nations General Assembly on the 12th of September until the resolution was passed on the 8th of November. We had intense discussions. All of you are familiar with it. You participated in these discussions and it was about disarmament. 

Scott Platzer: Never underestimate the unwillingness of a pacifist to give up on his dogma, no matter how much factual evidence is presented demonstrating the folly in his approach. And, so it has been in the weeks following Colin Powell's intelligence exhibition on Hussein's already obvious treachery and deceit. 

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441: the Council has repeatedly warned Iraq that it will face serious consequences as a result of its continued violations of its obligations. Apparently the last chance and threat that was unanimously adopted by the UNSC was meant as a joke. The only countries treating it seriously are the USA, UK, and Spain: military action against Iraq is necessary to enforce cease-fire conditions and UN resolutions.

Ceterum censeo, delenda est Mecca. 

Fred Kaplan: Today's session at the U.N. Security Council proves, once and for all, what has been increasingly clear for the past couple of months--that the United Nations will not be an instrument for war against Iraq. The session might also lead one to conclude, though more tentatively, that any future U.N. resolution that threatens the use of force should not be taken seriously by anyone, least of all the country being threatened. ... The Security Council is sometimes dismissed as a "debating society." But that's an insult to debaters everywhere... 

A senior Pentagon adviser today accused France of striking a deal with Saddam Hussein to oppose military action in return for a lucrative oil contract. Richard Perle, a former US Assistant Defence Secretary, said the French anti-war stance was driven by economic interests. French oil giant TotalFinaElf has exclusive exploration contracts worth [60-75 billion euros] to develop the massive Majnoon and Bin Umar oilfields in southern Iraq... The French contract is distinctively not in the financial interest of Iraq. Moreover, its execution is entirely dependent on the preservation and continuation of Saddam's dictatorship.