Comments on: DOWD ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS

By: Boyd

Boyd — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Facts and reality have never had much influence on the lunatic fringe.

By: Matthew Stinson

Matthew Stinson — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

There was a lot to mock in Bush's speech. Leave it to MoDo to pick the one thing that'll make her look stupider by attacking.

By: LittleA

LittleA — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Using the Dowdalizer&reg, the excerpt you quoted becomes:

"You wonder how ... the self righteous ... can ... believe President Bush is ... cockamamie.

... We went to war in Iraq with a real coalition..."

By: C.J.

C.J. — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

A British pundit pointed out that over in the UK, they speak about the British-occupied Southern Iraq as if it's completely separate from the US occupation. British pols also stopped trying to persuade Brits that a coalition was involved. (I believe he was on NPR's "To the Point.") I don't often agree with Maureen Dowd, but I did agree with her on the permission slip statement. Personally, I'm sick of the rhetoric that the UN somehow diminishes our safety simply by existing. I'm not a left wing nut simply because I believe in diplomacy and multilateralism.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Yahoo As of Thursday, Jan. 22, 503 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq, according to the military. Of those, 347 died as a result of hostile action and 156 died of non-hostile causes, the department said. The British military has reported 55 deaths; Italy, 17; Spain, eight; Bulgaria, five; Thailand, two; Denmark, Ukraine and Poland have reported one each. [ed.: Dowd's lapdogs and poodles]

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Check out this serious fisking of Dowd:

http://djslybri.blogspot.com/2004_01_01_djslybri_archive.html#107482402583827687

By: David Andersen

David Andersen — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

"I don't often agree with Maureen Dowd, but I did agree with her on the permission slip statement. Personally, I'm sick of the rhetoric that the UN somehow diminishes our safety simply by existing. I'm not a left wing nut simply because I believe in diplomacy and multilateralism." CJ â The time for the thumb sitters in Europe to join those who actually took action was over. There were multiple opportunities to proceed "multilaterally" and they either failed or were shunned. How many more years do you think this one needed to be worked out diplomatically? A decade was not long enough? Diplomacy is wonderful until it fails. I'm sick of the rhetoric that bullies can reasoned with in a conference room. History is not on the side of that viewpoint and it strikes me as all too easy to say from the comfort of oneâs living room, far away from the tyranny.

By: J. Link

J. Link — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

I'm always amazed by those who think we need to get the UN's sign-off on anything. the UN is mainly composed of non-elected governments, dictatorships or thuggeries of one kind or another. That group, of course, includes Russia and China. Why should we
let such nations (run by undemocractic people) determine OUR fate?

I applaud bush's poking a sharp stick in Kofi's eye.

Kofi is just another corrupt technocrat.

Want to be he's got a Swiss bank account with a billion or so in it?

By: Insults Unpunished

Insults Unpunished — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Maureen Dowd Hits New Low, If That's Possible
James Joyner knocks MoDo out of the park. Read it....

By: Citizen Smash - The Indepundit

Citizen Smash - The Indepundit — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Poodles and Lackeys
MAUREEN DOWD doesnât get it, so Iâm going to draw her a pretty picture. For the geographically illiterate, the above...

By: Citizen Smash - The Indepundit

Citizen Smash - The Indepundit — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Poodles and Lackeys
MAUREEN DOWD doesnât get it, so Iâm going to draw her a pretty picture. For the geographically illiterate, the above...

---