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19-9-02

Quote of the day

There is not enough love and kindness in the world to permit us to give any of it away to imaginary beings.
- Friedrich Nietzsche
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Aussies, Iraq, America and all that stuff

Reader Fritz Pettyjohn of California sent me this e-mail:

Iraq is, among other things, a conflict between transnational progressivism (and its instrument, the UN) and national sovereignty (and its champion, the US).

Bush is going to take out Hussein, and he's going to do it without UN approval. (For the sake of the Anglosphere, I hope Britain and Australia are on board). Here, now, in the second year of the first century of the third millenium, when the United States decides to take out an unconventionally armed fanatic, no one or thing is going to stop it. The EU/UNophiles can jump up and down, roll around on the floor, and hold their breath til they turn purple. It won't matter.

This is all good.

I don't want the UN's approval. I want them to oppose us. I want the precedent set of the US telling the UN to fuck off.What kind of an American, or man, for that matter, would allow the French to hold a veto over his country's policy of war and peace?

A couple months ago I advised betting the farm on Hussein being gone in a year. The bet's still good.

Amen brother.

Fritz also sent this to Scott Wickstein, who had this to say.....

Australia's contribution in Iraq will be slight, if any. Two reasons- there's lots of Euroweenie style thinking here, which is having an impact- Read www.theage.com.au and especially the opinion pages to see what sort of arguements dominate Australian public life.

Second reason is military- our military is designed for more tropical climes, and our armoured formation is probably not battle-capable. Our army is stretched all over the place already- Afghanistan, East Timor, Papua New Guinea, so I'm sure the army will be pushing for our government to say, whoa, too much.

I'd completely agree with Scott on the issue of our small military being stretched too thinly for any large contribution, but I disagree on the other key point: I'd argue that the influence of eurowanker thinking has little resonance in this country, beyond the hardcore collection of bleating hate-Howard-and-America twits that pollute the ABC and Fairfax.

The weight of evidence would suggest exactly the opposite - that we are very much a non-euroweenie-thinking nation. Consider the following:

- Our two most recent serious military engagements have been supported by a large majority of the public: East Timor amd Afghanistan, despite all the hate-Howard screeching from Fairfax and ABC pundits, and their forecasts of "another Vietnam" and "quagmire" et al.

- The very non-euro stance on people smugglers and illegal queue-jumping immigrants has met with overwhelming public support.

- The recent opinion poll showing a majority against sending troops to Iraq has been hailed by lefties as some great awakening and a bitter humiliation for Howard. The left in this issue are - as usual - full of shit. And they know it. (and before I continue, does anyone else admire the way the left portray the public as a bunch of xenophobic rednecks every time Labor loses an election, yet as soon as the left sees an opinion poll they like, we become a fine, egalitarian nation again. You gotta love their respect for their own peaceful, democractic society)

The opinion polls are not a sign of increased "disquiet" for the evil americans, or hatred of John Howard, or love for European wisdom. It boils down to one simple fact: the Australian public want a clear justification for sending OUR troops into a war zone. Vietnam is still remembered. A majority support the Americans going into Iraq, but only around one in four says we need to do so.

The public wanted to stop the slaughter in East Timor - it was on our doorstep, we could do something, and we did it. The public supported action taken (in support of the evil americans) against the brutal terrorist-sponsoring theocracy in Afghanistan, in response the the horrific mass-murder of Sep 11.

But the government hasn't communicated a clear-cut explanation of why we should be in Iraq. Is it just coz the Americans want us to? Is it to stop a realistic threat of WMD? Is it to change the regime? Hence why the poll numbers were much higher when "UN approval" was tagged to the question - even in the absence of a better explanation for our leaders, a resolution from the UN provides some reassurance that the sacrifice would be worth it.

Clearly the polls show that the government must improve their performance in communicating the reasons for sending personell into Iraq. Until then, it can't be a great surprise people are uneasy. People are willing to go to war, and they are willing to support the Americans - but they need a reason, and they should be provided with one. It's got little to do with the blubberings of the crybaby left, The Greens, The Guardian, and the rest of the hate-america crowd who would oppose military action in Iraq under any circumstances, despite all their posturing and bullshit about UN approval, "evidence" for WMDs, and suchlike. The majority of the public has ignored these twats on every single issue for years, and now is no different.

By the way, all you Kerry Nettle & Margot Kingston fans, you see how I don't regard the rest of my fellow countrymen as ignorant savages just because most of them disagree with me on a particular issue. I support australian involvement in a war in Iraq, most people do not (at least not yet). The public has not been brainwashed. They are not stupid. They have not been duped by the evil media/jew/politician cabal. They are making a reasoned judgement which is different from mine. You might wish to try this critical approach the next time Labor loses a federal election.
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I finally found a reason to hate the USA

.....I just tasted Budweiser for the first time........

GGLLEAAAAAUURCCHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sweet motherfuckin' Jeebuz, this toxic piss is the worst tasting drink I have ever endured in my entire life. This shit is worse than Fosters. And believe me, that's saying something. Pissing into dirty diswashing water and drinking it would taste better than this ghastly brew.
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Morrow strikes again

Jimmy-Bob Morrow has an excellent little screed on the Labor Party & leadership.
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