[Dean's World] Dave Price: Amusing Monday Editorials

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Posted by Dave Price:
Amusing Monday Editorials
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1142279178.shtml


   According to the Guardian, [1]William Buckley is a neocon. Who knew? I
   can just picture him waking up this morning, looking in the mirror,
   and shrieking upon noticing his transformation.
   The column is pretty typical of antiwar pieces of late: start from the
   assumption Iraq was better off under Hussein, ignore the consequences
   to the world of leaving him in power to pursue WMD after the imminent
   collapse of the corrupted sanctions regime, and throw lots of lurid
   adjectives, accusations, and ad hominems around.
   Yes, democracy and freedom has been chaotic and violent thus far, as
   Iraq suffers through the hangover of decades of horrible
   state-sponsored abuse. Their mistake is assuming there was a better
   alternative, and missing the fact that the measure of freedom Iraqis
   enjoy now is far better than the none they had before. Suicide bombers
   in a U.S.-occupied capital may make more headlines than 30,000 Iraqis
   quietly murdered by a fascist police state with no free press to
   report it (and the West's free press selling their souls to Hussein
   for access), but that doesn't change the fact fewer people are dying,
   not more, and more importantly the killers are no longer running the
   country.
   But I could be wrong, as the cost of the war has in some cases
   apparently been far higher than reported. According to WaPo, because
   of the war, [2]there have been no trees in Iraq for three years.

     And when it dawned on her that three years had passed since she'd
     last heard the sounds of leaves rustling on a tree, she began to
     weep.

   Damn you George Bush! What did the trees ever do to you?! [shakes
   fist]

References

   1. http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1729399,00.html
   2. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/12/AR2006031201353.html