French appeasers

This is an email I sent to a friend in Paris who was wondering about the war mood over here, and the reaction to the French stance. Beware, I get pretty upset here....

You were wondering what the mood was over here. Here's my take. I was never a warmonger (I was in the Army during Vietnam), but the stakes sure seem clear to me. Sitting here watching the news about France and Germany - I am sure they think this is for the best, but doesn't look that way here (except for the peaceniks of course [I just love those human shields over there - Saddam must also]). Pretty disgusted, so here goes..

Seems to me like Bush is bending completely over backwards to let the UN handle this. He may have been, and even still seems threatening, but how else do you deal with tyrants? Has he hurt the feelings of the French and Germans by treating Saddam like that? Do they think Saddam has some redeeming value? Do they think they are doing this for the good of the Iraqi people? Do they think Saddam and his terrorist friends are at heart reasonable people? Are they ready to play Saddam's games for the next decade? Do they think he has good intentions for all his WMD? Do they really believe he doesn't have them? Powell has certainly come around. He was the biggest peacenik there was just 4 months ago. France, especially, should understand the problems of accommodating tyrants. Britain sure did. Hitler would probably still be in France if it weren't for Britain and the US. Saddam must be pretty happy about his French allies these days. Seems to me like France, and now Germany, have now insured that Saddam will survive this, and that Saddam and his terrorist ilk and allies will not touch them. Sounds like a good deal for France and Germany, and a bad deal for the Iraqi people and the rest of the world. Yes, even the Middle East. It means France and Germany have struck a deal with the devil, and the terrorists now have the OK to continue their terrorist march, but not against France and Germany of course...... Sounds like it is all about oil for France!

It is too bad this business is associated with Islam. Bin Laden accomplished that, and the moderate Islams kept their mouths shut. I think they will regret that a generation or two from now. The Christians and the Catholics sure regret any acquiescence they gave Hitler. So now the Moslems think the US is against them. These are truly dark days. Saddam (and Bin Laden as well) are about to accomplish his (their) wildest dreams. Now he can get on with his (their) business as usual, with the acquiescence blessing of the French and Germans. What do you suppose that business is? I am sorry to see Russia there also. Looks like the US and its allies are going to have to go it alone, much like the Brits did early in WWII. The British people and Churchill were the heroes of the 20th century, and pulled the world out of the depths of nazism [I just noticed that microsoft Word wants me to capitalize nazi – sorry] and holocaust, with ours, and Russia's help. It is hard to fathom what our parents went through and how dark those days must have felt (those that thought long and hard about it). I just hope we're up to it again. If you don't understand history, you are doomed to repeat it. Saddam is just another tyrannical repeat. He will go, eventually... do you choose to be on the right side or the wrong side? Doesn't seem like the choices get any clearer than this. Shame on the French, and the Germans. And it looks like the Russians as well. They are just prolonging the demise of a despot, and they may insure a lot more terrorism. Sounds like they are acting out of fear of terrorism. I am certainly going to wear my flag with pride when I'm over there.

I feel like a Brit in 1940. The nazi thugs at my doorstep. Their planes bombing my capital into bits, my allies on the continent completely in chains and being systematically exterminated, my overseas allies crumbling at the thought of having to defend their freedoms, my spitfires and their pilots the only thing keeping the thugs away. I am not sure Bush is another Churchill, but they may turn him into one yet! I guess it is going to have to take more terrorist atrocities to goad them into action. Of course it won't be against THEM! Double shame on them if they stay out of it even then.

The macabre side of me just hopes he (Saddam) lobs a bomb into Israel. Kill a few million Israelis with some toxic stuff. I think he would actually do it at the right time. He has no second thoughts about it. And the radical Moslems would probably cheer. Saddam's place in history would be secure. But the Israelis would put an end to him, and a lot of Iraqis unfortunately. And the US would get to say I told you so, and shame on you..

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