If it is the 4th of July it must be time to listen to what Michael Ledeen has to say. Ledeen is feeling a little blue because the new prime minister of the UK, Gordon Brown, has outlawed use of the term ‘war on terror’.
Like Mark and Victor, I too have a very bad feeling about Gordon Brown. Those Orwellian language changes spooked me, as did the appointment of M.M. Brown. The obvious intent is to reduce the whole unpleasantness to a policing problem, which is what they did with the I.R.A., and Mark is entirely right to stress the enormous differences. I too admire the British security forces, but I don’t think they are the best counterterrorist force in the world, that medal goes to the Israelis, surely. And Israel, not Britain, is the lab experiment for what we will face: enemies within and without, a big border to control, and real battles to fight, lest the enemy truly threaten our survival as a free nation.
Maybe the Gordon Brown government will come to be seen as a test case for the multiculti Left’s approach to “the war (shhh),” and if it fails quickly enough, it might help us sort out the real choices for November ’08. After all, British failures have often been inspirational for America, sigh.
I feel for Mr. Ledeen. No wants to fight his war anymore. Meanwhile, if you thought Mitt Romney was bad, check out this couple:
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Police officers in the Dutch city of Alkmaar were surprised to see a car passing by with a man sitting on a bicycle on its roof.
The driver and his wife, when stopped by the police, said they heard a noise while waiting at a traffic light, but did not realize they were taking on an extra passenger.
The 26 year-old man who took the free ride was fined for public drunkenness, not carrying an identity card and providing a false identity to the police.
At least he didn’t shit all over the rear window.
ya know Boo, it fucking amazes me after everything ledeen and his neo-con buddies have shit on, that he even has a venue to spout this bilious crap.
if he’d been in charge over there he’d have invaded ireland and shocked n’ awed the ira into submission no doubt.
what’s going to be his excuse when the brit plan works? l wonder…prob latch on to the massive security cam network, etc that they’ve employed, and are increasing…big brother’s on the march and orwell’s laughing his ass off somewhere.
lTMF’sA
On and on….and on…..it goes. sigh
You mean THIS Michael Ledeen: ?
http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/1261
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/01/15/ledeen/print.html
Iranian regime change: “Faster, please!”
Neocon Michael Ledeen, long a proponent of “democratic revolution” in Iran, weighs the odds of military action by the U.S.
By Alex Koppelman
Jan. 15, 2007 | Even among his fellow neoconservatives, Michael Ledeen stands out as a politically divisive figure. He’s loved — and consulted at the highest levels — by his fellow travelers for his hard-line positions on the Middle East. His catchphrase, “Faster, please!” refers to the speed with which he’d like the United States to compel regime change in Iran. He’s hated with equal passion by liberals for those same stances, as well as for his connection, real or imagined, to two scandals.
During Iran-Contra, Ledeen acted as an intermediary between the Reagan White House and Israel. It’s even been suggested by more than one blogger that he may have played a role in either creating or couriering the infamous forged documents that said Saddam Hussein was attempting to obtain uranium in Niger.
On Friday, as rumors swirled about a possible secret executive order against Iran and Syria, and the shock waves from the president’s speech and the raid on an Iranian consulate continued to reverberate, Ledeen spoke with Salon about what military action he thinks the administration might be contemplating and what he’d like to see happen in the region. He also discussed some of the more recent controversies in which he’s been involved: his apparently mistaken report that the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, has died, and his denial, late last year, that he had ever supported the war in Iraq….”
So….when we nuke Iran — and you can be sure Michael Ledeen is out in front cheerleading it on — to the ruin of this country and the Middle East — just remember….
Michael Ladeen ALREADY has the blood of American soldiers on his hands.
And, like a vampire — like all the war-hungry neo-cons — he wants more…..and more….
and more.