Clinton + Iraq + 1998 = Bush Did Not Lie on WMDs

Ok you guys, try this very simple Google test. Type in Clinton, Iraq and 1998 into the search bar and you'll see that Clinton and the Democrats believed very much that WMDs were in Iraq and that Saddam had plans for them. Let's refresh you idle minds of that time when Democrats during the Clinton administration believed that Saddam had WMDs and how, because of the constant refusal of allowing WMD inspectors, President Clinton resorted to 3 days worth of missile attacks with help from the United Kingdom. Of course, all during the time leading up to the impeachment vote on the Lewinsky scandal. Lefty liberals have very, very short memories when it comes President Clinton attacking Iraq for their WMDs.....yes, WMDs. If Clinton said there were WMDs, how can Bush lie about WMDs? Are you saying Clinton purposely lied, too?

Hat tip: Michelle Malkin for the Google connection

From FAS, here is a list of links specifically designed for those "forgetful" lots when it comes to announcing WMDs to the world by President Clinton starting with Sandy Berger (gasp!) in a time line approach (also in no particular order) beginning with latest with Berger. Did you guys forget that we had UN **WEAPONS** inspectors in the first place?:


PRESS BRIEFING BY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR SANDY BERGER December 16, 1998 7:18 P.M. EST -- "The objectives of this military action are to attack his weapons of mass destruction and missile delivery production capability and to attack his military capability to threaten his neighbors and, in so doing, to degrade both. And the mission will continue until such time as we believe the objectives have been completed.... there is no artificial deadline for this action. The President expressed the sensitivity that we have to the holy month of Ramadan .... But, as I say, there is no -- I'm not going to specify how long this will go on. Now that UNSCOM is not on the ground to help detect WMD and to be a deterrent against WMD reconstitution, we will seek to do, through air strikes, some of that work. And, by hitting his military infrastructure, we can reduce his ability to threaten his neighbors. If, at some point, Saddam Hussein were to decide to allow UNSCOM back in and to cooperate with it fully, that would be a welcome development. I think it is a highly unlikely development. But the fact of the matter is, UNSCOM has been ineffective for some time. ... We've learned from previous episodes that the longer the time between CNN reporting that we're thinking about acting and actually acting, the more time Saddam Hussein has to disperse his forces, the more time he has to move things that we would like not to be moved. And, therefore, the element of surprise here, of tactical surprise, was extremely important .... what the United States says matters in the world. And the credibility of our word, and the fact that we will carry out what we say we will do, is important."

STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT CLINTON December 16, 1998 6:00 P.M. EST -- Earlier today, I ordered America's Armed Forces to strike military and security targets in Iraq. They are joined by British forces. Their mission is to attack Iraq's nuclear, chemical, and biological programs, and its military capacity to threaten its neighbors.

STATEMENT BY PRESS SECRETARY JOE LOCKHART White House Briefing - December 16, 1998 5:10 P.M. EST -- At the direction of the President, United States military forces have launched a substantial military strike against Iraq.


DoD News Briefing December 16, 1998 -- Presenter: Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen [Also participating in the briefing was Gen. Henry H. Shelton, U.S. Army, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff] President Clinton's decision to strike Iraq has clear military goals. We want to degrade Saddam Hussein's ability to make and to use weapons of mass destruction. We want to diminish his ability to wage war against his neighbors. And we want to demonstrate the consequences of flouting international obligations.

TEXT: AMBASSADOR BURLEIGH'S SECURITY COUNCIL REMARKS 16 December 1998 -- "Iraq bears full responsibility for the consequences of this military operation," US Ambassador Peter Burleigh told the UN Security Council December 16 explaining the military air strikes underway by the United States and Great Britain in response to Iraq's continued refusal to cooperate with UN weapons inspectors.

State Department Briefing -- 16 December 1998 -- IRAQ Secretary Albright's Activities/Meetings/Contacts with Foreign Ministers / Congress Chairman Butler's Report/Iraqi Non-Compliance Other Options/Comprehensive Review/Prospects for Military Action/Timing Other Countries Support/Consensus for Military Action Status of Embassy Personnel/Dependents at US Embassies in Region Middle East Peace Process and the Situation with Iraq

White House Briefing PRESS BRIEFING BY JOE LOCKHART -- 1:25 P.M. EST December 16, 1998 -- Q Joe, experts such as Scott Ritter and others have said this Butler report could have come at any time. Are you saying it's an absolutely total coincidence that it's all coming to a head on the day of the impeachment MR. LOCKHART: You were asking me a question that goes to decision-making, and I've told you I'm not going to get into that area.

EXCERPTS: GORE COMMENTS ON IRAQ STRIKE 16 December 1998 -- Vice President, interviewed by CNN's Larry King late December 16, explained why the United States felt obliged to strike at Iraq's Saddam Hussein earlier in the day. "We tried to make this inspection regime work, and Saddam would not cooperate. In fact, he obstructed the inspectors. And so we are going to take the other alternative available to us, to use our military todegrade his ability to get weapons of mass destruction and threatenhis neighbors. We'll make an assessment whenever this military actionis completed. If, at some point in the future he decides to try to continue to threaten his neighbors and get weapons of mass destruction, we may have to do it again." (IN TOTAL OF FOUR PARAGRAPHS GORE MENTIONS "WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION" 4 TIMES).

TRANSCRIPT: ALBRIGHT INTERVIEW ON LARRY KING LIVE 16 December 1998 -- Secretary of State Albright says there is "a military reason for having a sustained and substantial attack" on Iraq over a period of three or four days. "People were worried about a pin prick," she said during an interview on CNN's Larry King Live program late December 16. "This is not a pin prick. The effect of this is in order to degrade Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction capability, his ability to develop and deploy the weapons of mass destruction and his ability to threaten his neighbors."

TRANSCRIPT: ALBRIGHT BRIEFING ON IRAQ AIR STRIKES 16 December 1998 -- Secretary of State Albright defended the US air strikes against Iraq in a December 16 briefing, but also stressed that "our quarrel is not with the Iraqi people.

TRANSCRIPT: COHEN ANNOUNCES SHARP INCREASE IN GULF FORCES 16 December 1998 -- President Clinton's decision to strike Iraq has "clear military goals," Secretary of Defense Cohen declared December 16. "We want to degrade Saddam Hussein's ability to make and to use weapons of mass destruction...to diminish his ability to wage war against his neighbors," and "to demonstrate the consequences of flouting internaitonal obligations."

TEXT: STATE DEPT. ISSUES TRAVEL WARNING ON KUWAIT 16 December 1998 -- The Department of State late December 16 warned US citizens to consider whether they should travel to Kuwait in light of U.S. military action undertaken against Iraq and the potential for retaliatory action.

TEXT: STATE DEPT. ISSUES TRAVEL WARNING FOR ISRAEL, WEST BANK 16 December 1998 -- The State Department has warned US citizens to "consider whether they should travel" to Israel and the territories it occupies in light of the US military attacks on Iraq. It has also ordered dependents of US foreign service personnel to leave the region.

TEXT: STATE DEPARTMENT ISSUES WORLDWIDE CAUTION ON IRAQ 16 December 1998 -- The State Department late December 16 issued a worldwide caution on Iraq, saying that "In light of the military operations against Iraq and the potential for retaliatory action, the Department of State urges U.S. citizens traveling or residing abroad to review their security practices, to remain alert to the changing situation, and to exercise much greater caution than usual.


News Reports

THE UN SPECIAL COMMISSION REPORTS NO PROGRESS WITH IRAQ By Judy Aita USIA 16 December 1998 -- The UN Special Commission (UNSCOM) overseeing the destruction of weapons of mass destruction inside Iraq reported late December 15 that Iraq has not fully cooperated with UNSCOM weapons experts since inspections resumed in November and, in fact, imposed new restrictions on the commission.

US/IRAQ ATTACK Voice of America 16 December 1998 -- THE UNITED STATES HAS LAUNCHED A MILITARY ATTACK AGAINST IRAQ FOR BAGHDAD'S FAILURE TO ALLOW UNITED NATIONS WEAPONS INSPECTORS TO CARRY OUT THEIR WORK. THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE AT ABOUT 5:08 P-M (WEDNESDAY) FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.

CLINTON / IRAQ ATTACK Voice of America 16 December 1998 -- PRESIDENT CLINTON HAS DEFENDED HIS DECISION -- IN A TELEVISED ADDRESS TO THE NATION -- TO USE FORCE AGAINST IRAQ, AND INDICATED THE TIMING OF THE ACTION WAS NOT LINKED TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IMPEACHMENT VOTE AGAINST HIM THAT WAS SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY.

U.S. launches 'substantial' air strike against Iraq : 16 Dec 1998 (AFPN) - U.S. forces launched a "substantial" air strike against Iraq in the early morning hours of Dec. 17, responding to Iraqi resistance to U.N. weapons inspections.

U.S.-UK MILITARY STRIKE PUNISHES IRAQI PATTERN OF OBSTRUCTION By Jacquelyn S. Porth USIA 16 December 1998 -- Secretary of Defense Cohen says the United States -- joined by Great Britain -- launched "a serious and sustained" military strike against Iraq December 16 to degrade Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's capability to threaten his neighbors with nuclear, chemical and biological weapons and the missile systems to deliver them.

CLINTON HAD "NO CHOICE" IN ORDERING STRIKES ON IRAQ, BERGER SAYS By Wendy S. Ross USIA 16 December 1998 -- The United States had no choice but to begin air strikes against Iraq because the chief of the United Nations Commission in Iraq (UNSCOM) had reported to the United Nations that it "is not able to function," says President Clinton's National Security Advisor Samuel R. Berger.

ALBRIGHT SATISFIED WITH WORLD SUPPORT FOR US ACTION IN IRAQ By Jane A. Morse USIA 16 December 1998 -- Secretary of State Albright says she is "very satisfied" with the support expressed by the international community for the US decision December 16 to take military action against Iraq.

IRAQ / DIPLOMACY Voice of America 16 December 1998 -- BEFORE THE LATEST ATTACK ON IRAQ BEGAN, THE U-S STATE DEPARTMENT SPELLED OUT THE REASONS FOR THE AIRSTRIKES, SAYING THERE WAS NO HOPE OF IRAQI COMPLIANCE WITH U-N RESOLUTIONS.

CLINTON SAYS "WE HAD TO ACT AND ACT NOW" AGAINST IRAQ By Wendy S. Ross USIA 16 December 1998 -- President Clinton says he ordered a strong, sustained series of US air strikes against military and security targets in Iraq ecember 16 because Saddam Hussein "failed to seize" his last chance to cooperate with United Nations weapons inspectors.

THE UN SPECIAL COMMISSION REPORTS NO PROGRESS WITH IRAQ By Judy Aita USIA 16 December 1998 -- The UN Special Commission (UNSCOM) overseeing the destruction of weapons of mass destruction inside Iraq reported late December 15 that Iraq has not fully cooperated with UNSCOM weapons experts since inspections resumed in November and, in fact, has imposed new restrictions on the commission.

Terrorist attack warning hikes Persian Gulf threat level by Linda D. Kozaryn American Forces Press Service 16 Dec 1998 -- The threat of a terrorist attack against U.S. targets in the Persian Gulf in the next 30 days has put American service members in the region on Threat Condition Charlie -- the second-highest threat level.

PENTAGON / IRAQ -- WED UPDATE Voice of America 16 December 1998 -- A SENIOR U-S DEFENSE OFFICIAL SAYS THERE IS ABOUT A "50-50 CHANCE" THAT THE UNITED STATES WILL ATTACK IRAQ TODAY. THE COMMENT FOLLOWS A U-N REPORT THAT SAYS IRAQ IS NOT KEEPING PROMISES TO ALLOW FREE INSPECTIONS OF PLACES THOUGHT TO HIDE BANNED WEAPONS.


Domestic Criticism

Scott Ritter on Bombing Iraq Channel 4 News Wednesday 16th December 1998 -- ..."I'm dead set against this military strike. I think Iraq must be held accountable but I think a military strike even of a three-day nature, a massive strike that will inflict grievous harm on Iraq, will not solve the disarmament issue..."

Six Senators Write Clinton, Overthrow Saddam 16 December 1998 -- Despite your clear expression of the need for "a new government" in Baghdad, Secretary of Defense Cohen has stated that you were "not calling for the overthrow of Saddam Hussein". Earlier, General Anthony Zinni, the Commander in Chief of the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), reportedly stated that "I don’t see the parts [of the Iraq Liberation Act] that make it sensible," adding that he sees no "viable" Iraqi opposition.


Domestic Responses

LOTT-IRAQ Voice of America 16 December 1998 -- IN WHAT IS BELIEVED TO BE AN UNPRECEDENTED ACTION, U-S SENATE MAJORITY (REPUBLICAN) LEADER TRENT LOTT ANNOUNCED HE WOULD NOT SUPPORT AMERICAN MILITARY STRIKES ON IRAQ - IN PART, HE SAYS, BECAUSE THE TIMING IS SUSPECT. AN UNUSUAL, SHARPLY WORDED STATEMENT, IS SKEPTICAL OF WHITE HOUSE ASSURANCES THE ACTION IS NOT AN ATTEMPT TO DELAY THE PENDING IMPEACHMENT VOTE.

TEXT: HELMS SAYS SADDAM "LEFT THE U.S. NO CHOICE BUT TO STRIKE" 16 December 1998 -- Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jesse Helms (Republican-North Carolina) said December 16 he is "convinced that Saddam Hussein has left the United States with no choice but to strike Iraq."

CONGRESS-IRAQ Voice of America 16 December 1998 -- MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ARE PREPARING FOR AN IMPEACHMENT VOTE WHILE TENSIONS WITH IRAQ RISE. IF MILITARY ACTION OCCURS, THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP WILL FACE A DILEMMA OF DEBATING CHARGES IN THE CLINTON SEX SCANDAL WHILE THE PRESIDENT IS DIRECTING U-S TROOPS.

CONGRESS / IMPEACHMENT Voice of America 16 December 1998 -- THE U-S HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IS MEETING THURSDAY. BUT MEMBERS WILL NOT BE DEBATING IMPEACHMENT CHARGES AGAINST PRESIDENT CLINTON. THEY WILL BE SHOWING THEIR SUPPORT FOR U-S TROOPS INVOLVED IN MILITARY ACTION AGAINST IRAQ.

CONGRESS/IRAQ/IMPEACHMENT WRAP Voice of America 16 December 1998 -- THE U-S ATTACK ON IRAQ HAS PUSHED BACK THE LOOMING VOTE IN THE HOUSE (OF REPRESENTATIVES) ON IMPEACHING PRESIDENT CLINTON (FOR THE MONICA LEWINSKY AFFAIR).

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Brown University - Ultimate Illegal Drinking Party Haven?

Brown University is recognized as a university party haven. What Brown University really represent is the height of irresponsibility by allowing such parties to occur on campus using a university building (not fraternity or sorority owned buildings) to host their twice a year party known as SexPowerGod, Starf*ck and Spring Weekend. The biggest campus social event of the fall is the annual SexPowerGod dance, sponsored by the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer Alliance and advertised with dining-hall displays (and here) depicting pairs of naked men or women. Nice incentives to come, huh? These types of party bring out nearly everybody, including those who are straight. It's not a homosexual issue or transgendered, it's the university's irresponsible action to allow such public parties in campus buildings such as Sayles Hall and not stop drunk students from entering the premise.

But what's kind of amazing is that B.U. founded Brown EMS:

Brown EMS was founded in 1978, and provides advanced life support service and a single ambulance to the Brown community. It has a paid staff of five supervisors, as well as 120 student volunteers, working three daily shifts in the morning, afternoon and night, according to Lapierre.

They cover not only party incidents but sports injuries, falls, chronic illnesses, diabetic emergencies, people feeling sick, major trauma and occasional cardiac emergencies. Still it doesn't excuse the fact that parties do go on in colleges and universities filled with drunken idiots.

"If kegs come back to campus, yeah, we're going to have a problem," Lapierre said of the proposed Undergraduate Council of Students initiative to lift the ban on kegs.

While statistics by year of graduation are not kept, based on his 10 years on the job, Lapierre said "a large percentage of your alcohol calls, the majority, are freshmen." He added: "I don't think seniors drink any less than freshmen. But they learn to handle it better."Mark agreed, noting that very few students are treated more than once for alcohol poisoning. "It's a learning curve thing," he said.

This may sound alright, however, events like SexPowerGod is held in Sayles hall (wait for loading to view 360 degrees), a very old, prestigious building. It is not a dormitory but a building with a rich history where numerous tasteful parties, concerts, ballroom dancing, swing events and of course the well known SexPowerGod mass orgy party event that is held every year there where many students, presumably underaged, are already drunk.

No alcohol are permitted to be sold on the premises of Sayles Hall, of course, but instead like what every good college students do is get drunk before coming to the SexPowerGod (et al) party to help shed their inhibition.

Members of Brown Emergency Medical Services once found a girl passed out with her head in a toilet. Her face was less than an inch from the vomit-filled water. If her shoulders had been a little narrower, or the toilet bowl a little wider, she would have drowned."We've had a lot of close calls," said Richard Lapierre, manager of Emergency Medical Services. But to his knowledge there have been no alcohol-related deaths at Brown.

Whew! No alchol-related deaths at B.U. Doncha think that such an attractive party helps students premeditate on the massive amount of alcoholic drinking prior to attending? Wouldn't most of them be under the age of 21? Somehow I don't think ballroom dancing or swing clubs actually encourage pre-drinking drunkards to attend these tasteful events at Sayles Hall. Nor did these event organizers try and stop drunk students from entering, either.

Flores said many party-goers felt they had to be inebriated to comfortably attend the event.

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Flores said event organizers did not prevent students who were obviously under the influence of drugs or alcohol from entering the party. “What regulated the party was solely the ticket - if you had a ticket you could get in, if you didn’t, you couldn’t come in,” he said.

But when you read statistics that nearly 25 percent of all EMS calls are alcohol-related, do they not at all raise red flags about the drinking problem and especially those caught and disciplined by the university for alcohol violations? The drinking age at Rhode Island where Brown University is located is age 21. The real alarm is that students' age range from 18 to 21 years old starting with freshman to senior undergraduate students where they make up 75% of the students' population? And yet nearly 25 percent of all EMS calls are alcohol-related? See the picture? Yet around 100 - 150 students (ie mostly undergraduates I would guess since they tend to be more irresponsible than graduate students wouldn't you say?) are disciplined for alcohol violations each year. And yet no arrests or explusions for under-age drinking at Brown University ever occurred? Isn't under-age drinking unlawful?

It is unlawful for individuals who have not attained the age of 21 to purchase, possess, or consume alcoholic beverages. It is also unlawful to deliver alcoholic beverages to a person under the age of 21, or misrepresent oneself as having attained the age of 21 to procure alcoholic beverages. There are no exceptions to these laws that are applicable to members of the Brown University community.

Brown University students are expected to comply with all federal, state, and local laws pertaining to alcohol. The illegal possession, use, provision, sale, or possession with the intent to sell alcohol is prohibited by University regulations. Students seeking to sponsor activities where alcoholic beverages are to be served must have all required University approvals and abide by established University procedures.

Similarly, Brown University employees are expected to comply with all federal, state, and local laws pertaining to alcohol.

Why wouldn't Brown University expel students who break the underage drinking law? Well, considering that it cost each student about $45,000 per year to attend Brown University, and if around 100 undergraduates are expelled for alcohol violation for underage drinking, then this would mean throwing out about $4.5 million dollars a year. Sounds like a good excuse NOT to expel those students. Some things are best be kept secret at the university level and a slap on the wrist is good enough. Plus add a good alcohol re-education program would be the best thing there is ljust ike what Dr. Dwight B. Heath proposed.

Dr. Dwight B. Heath of Brown University believes that the drinking age ought to be lowered and that the education on alcohol can be taught hoping students will eventually drink responsibly. Hoping? How about removing the incentives to drink instead?

Incredibly, the Undergraduate Council of Students of Brown University attempted earlier this year to lift the ban on kegs and instead regulate their use on campus. They list their pros as to why kegs should be allowed. One example was that it is more "environmentally friendly" to have kegs compared to mounds of aluminum cans expelled all over the campus lawns. But haven't B.U. heard of a concept called "dry campus" or "dry dorms"? Some students do not agree with this idea while other students do agree. However, Gallaudet University students have enjoyed their dry dorms for the last several years on their right to have a conducive place to live and study where deaf students no longer have to deal with vomits on dormitory stairwells, inside elevators, in shower rooms, on sidewalks and passed out deaf-retard students laying in their own vomits in the lounge rooms in dormitory halls at 9 AM in the morning where they deserve a swift kick in the head for their idiocy.


Hat Tip: Bill O'Reilly - well, don't blame Bill, blame Brown University and the event organizers for their stupidity that was wanting on it getting reported. Now, it's national news.

When CNN Calls Two Teens in Paris "African-American"

I saw this last week and other blogs are reporting this. It really shows the competency of CNN reporters and anchors on reporting factual news. Ditzy CNN anchor Carol Lin referred to the two teenagers who were accidentally killed in Paris that sparked the weeks long riots as being "African-American" just because they are black who came from Tunisian descent out of north Africa.

Newsbusters has the video.

How droll. And how stupid is this Carol Lin is. This is the best that CNN has to offer for a news anchor? How far politically correct are they trying go for? So, all blacks are "African-American" now? See how they attempt to play the race card? I know that "African-Frenchies" sound a bit off here but really now.

Sheesh.

Check out Cassandra's Page and Irish Pennants blogs and see how they, too, chuckled over the boneheaded clueless remark last week on Commie News Network.

Terrorist French Fries and Sharia Law

The terrorist French Fries continue with their third week of violence without anything coming from Muslim immigrants terrorists areas in terms of their hidden agenda. The MSM and the world press continue to downplay these uprisings as mere "rallys" while the French government asked for a three-month extension of government control as a "CYA" since they do not have the ability to end the violence:

The French cabinet is to ask parliament to extend a state of emergency aimed at tackling unrest in impoverished suburbs by three months.

The laws, which allow local councils to impose curfews and ban gatherings, were introduced last Wednesday for 12 days.

Parliament is expected to approve an extension of the laws, which officials say have helped curb the rioting. There were scattered incidents overnight.

Ok. So, they are hoping that violence will get reduced but what isn't being discussed is that the Muslims want to be able to introduce sharia law in light of their recent but long winded violence. But it is interesting to note that no were no deaths (albeit one) and very little injuries with the violence aimed exclusively on property damage. Compare that to the Rodney King riot of L.A. which caused 53 deaths murders and at least 1200 violent injuries. All this violence in France has the earmark of wanting control so they can have control of their Muslim brethens, their culture, their sharia laws and, of course,.....France.

When they come to France to live and work, they don't want French culture, learn the history, the language or it's people. France isn't considered as a "melting pot" like America. They want to interject Muslim history, Arabic, and the Islamic religion...forcefully so...someday upon French citizens. Is France that stupid?

Probably so.

Karate Master

Here's a video clip of a Japanese troupe in a game show who performed this really funny and creative skit called "Karate Master." Click on the link. You'll enjoy it, I'm sure of it. Even deaf people can enjoy this one! Notice the "men in black" in the background? Look carefully.

Terrorist Friench Fries' Violence Gets Support of French Anti-Racism Group, SOS-Racisme

The French government is trying it's best (hardly) to control and quarantine the spread of violence exacerbated by terrorist French Fries by ordering a 12-day state of emergency that went into effect Wednesday. Foreigners caught and convicted are to be deported as well. But.....

A French anti-racism group, SOS-Racisme, called the measure illegal. The group's president said he had asked France's highest administrative body, the Council of State, to intervene.

"Nicolas Sarkozy's proposal is illegal," Dominique Sopo said.

SOS-Racisme said it considers Sarkozy's measure a mass deportation, while French law requires that each expulsion be studied on a case-by-case basis. The body has 48 hours to respond.

Wouldn't mass deportation of foreigners (note the word "foreigners"?) be better than getting shot at? But even the French police wouldn't dare use guns to try and quell the violence. Nooooo, they wouldn't dare! But many of these terrorist French Fries are foreigners, no? And not French citizens? What's wrong with mass deportation? They're unruly guests in France, are they not? All they have are French identity cards and nothing about being automatic French nationals or French citizens. Correct me if I'm wrong on this one.

Officials say that violence in France has "diminished" somewhat on their 14th day of continuous violence but it has spread over to Belgium, France's next door neighbor, and in Germany. How can it be "diminished" if violence has spread over to another country. Even Germany is trying to figure out how to address their immigration policy so as not to repeat France's own dismal socialism experiment with their "let's ignore them as long as possible" immigration policy.

Not...working...dudes.

"Burn in Hell, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi!"

"Burn in hell, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi!"

Guess who said that? Americans? Jews? Catholics? No. It was none other than a very large protest group of Jordanians protesting the latest suicide bombings at three of the Jordanian hotels that killed at least 56 and injuring hundreds.

The Amman protest was organized by Jordan's 14 professional and trade unions — made up of both hard-line Islamic groups and leftist political organizations — traditionally a vocal critic of King Abdullah II's moderate and pro-Western policies.

Protesters — including women and children — gathered outside a bombed hotels, shouting, "Death to al-Zarqawi, the villain and the traitor!" Drivers honked the horns of vehicles decorated with Jordanian flags and posters of the king. A helicopter hovered overhead.

Killing your own Muslims isn't going to help the terrorist causes. It'll simply backfire on them by alienating them where they'll just go after you instead. Just like it did today with the bombing of a Bagdad cafe killing at least 33 Iraqis, several of them Iraqi police officers, but no Americans.

"I went out to see the restaurant heavily damaged. There was bodies, mostly civilians, and blood everywhere inside the place. This is a criminal act that only targeted and hurt innocent people having their breakfast," she said. There were no Americans in the area, she said. "I do not understand why most of the time it is the Iraqis who are killed," she said.

Indeed. Uneducated, dumb, Islamic terrorist nutballs. May they be buried in pigskins.

UPDATE: Now he is saying that he's "sorry." Oops, didn't mean to kill Jordanians when most of the people inhabiting the hotels were, in fact, Jordanians. But at the same time he continued to show more idiocy when he threatened the King of Jordan by citing examples of "offing" the head.

"Here is another message to the little tyrant of Jordan. I address you after you threatened a nasty fate for those behind the blasts. Listen to these words," he said, before relating the tale of Abu Jahl, who Muslim lore says lost his head in battle.

I think the wannabe tyrant is Zarqawi. But the family members of al-Zarqawi is backing the King of Jordan, and not the wannabe tyrant terrorist murderer.

In Jordan, family members of Jordanian-born al-Qaida in Iraq chief Abu Musab al-Zarqawi renounced the terror leader, whose group claimed responsibility for Nov. 9 suicide attacks on three Amman hotels that killed 59 other people. The family of al-Zarqawi, whose real name is Ahmed Fadheel Nazzal al-Khalayleh, reiterated their strong allegiance to Jordan's King Abdullah II in half-page advertisements in the kingdom's three main newspapers. Al-Zarqawi threatened to kill the king in an audiotape released Friday.

One of two things, either the family members are truly renouncing the terror leader or they are renouncing it just to save their skins because of their association to al-Zarqawi because they are living in Jordan in the country where the attacks took place. But either way it's good to see family members renouncing al-Zarqawi.

230th Anniversary of US Marine Corps - Semper Fi!

Today is the 230th anniversary of the U.S. Marine Corps. Semper Fidelis! And there is a new commemorative stamp series that is being unveiled this week. As a tribute to this historic anniversary of the U.S. Marine Corps I am adding a link to the left column of my blog page "Milblogging.com" which provides links to over 500 milblogs from around the world. What a great source of information and service to our country. Check them out.

Le Pen Mightier Than The Sword - Frying Terrorist French Fries

Looks like the National Front Party is getting lots of new members because of the recent riots in France caused by none other than terrorist French Fries. French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen wants to strip those terrorist French Fries of their nationality and send them back to their country of origin.

Reminded that the vast majority of youths taking part in the arson and rioting are French, born in France to immigrant parents, he said: "What does that mean? Are they French because they have a French identity card?" French nationality should be given only to those who ask for it and "who are worthy of it," he said. "Those who got nationality automatically, who don't consider themselves French and who even say publicly that they consider France their enemy should not be treated as French."

Le Pen said he is convinced that what he described as a surge in support for his "zero immigration" platform would translate into votes at the ballot box for his National Front party. French voters "are saying to themselves 'Le Pen was right. We were told that Le Pen is an extremist because he said that immigration problems would lead to disorder. The facts have shown that he was right,'" he said.

Won't he get fined for that?

Le Pen wasn't the only one who said that overflowing Muslim immigrants would lead to disorder. Bridgette Bardot said a similar thing in 1996, and tried it again in 2004 but got fined for talking about the "Islamization of France" in her book “A Scream in the Silence,” an outspoken attack on gays, immigrants and the jobless that shocked France last year. France is not exactly a place for freedom of speech, even if it means reading comments that you may not agree on. If people want to be stupid, they have a right to be but, alas, France is not America.

More here and here and here on Bardot and the "Islamization of France."

If it's any frying to be done, it's for the terrorist French Fries.

When "Freedom Fries" Bite Back at France

France is feeling a bit ashamed. Boo hoo. They have no one to blame except themselves for the riots and their failed socialism experiment.

In tones ranging from outrage to rueful agreement, French media are now reporting daily on the harsh terms that foreign television stations and newspapers choose to describe the unrest among France's angry youths of Arab and African origin. France laughed off "freedom fries" -- as French fries were renamed in Washington -- and other anti-French sentiment in the United States at the start of the Iraq war in 2003, but its reaction to the riot reporting carries a between-the-lines admission of hurt pride. "From Italy to South Africa, Poland to China, from CNN to al-Jazeera, the newspaper headlines and television commentaries set against a background of blazing cars are really hyping it up," the popular daily Le Parisien complained.

The Foreign Ministry has criticised some foreign reports as excessive and at least one cabinet member, Labour Minister Jean-Louis Borloo, has hinted the critical reporting was meant to hit back at France for opposing the U.S.-led Iraq war.

French media have run hard-hitting reports on the riots, just as they have been very critical of social or racial problems abroad. But seeing equally tough reporting about their own country seems to have caught the French off guard.

Eric Raoult, mayor of the eastern Paris suburb of Raincy, did not like being at the receiving end of outside attention.

"Last night, Japanese television and Turkish television were in my city hall telling me what should be done. That hurts me," he said.

Uh, hey, Frenchie people, do you not realize that the MSM, the exempt media, are your best friends when it comes to the Iraq war?

Islamization of France - A Descent into Hell, Part III

There are about 5 to 6 million Muslims (many of them immigrants) living in France. The population of France is about 60 million which means that nearly 10% of that population is Muslim. There are about 1500 mosques in France but compare that to the United States there are less than 900. The size of France (~550,000 km square) is slightly smaller than Texas (~700,000 km square). Now, imagine 1500 mosques peppered throughout Texas. That is one mosque per 466 km square or a mosque every 21 km (13 miles) from every direction in Texas. But one startling fact is that the government of France does not keep statistics on on religious affiliation. Maybe it's time that France does keep tabs on religious growth, especially Muslims who claim that their religion is a religion of peace?

Even people blogging in Australia are already wary of Islamic intrusions into their daily lives. And how come the MSM isn't picking up reports of shootings of a police officer in Australia by suspected Muslim terrorist after he left a mosque? And this was on the same day when 17 suspected terrorists were arrested? Read the Aussie News and Views for constant update on this "religion of peace" in Australia. Good blogging.

And Muslims are crying foul on the increase of hate crimes in Australia perpetuated against them. Perhaps none of this would have happened had they been a bit more vocal against terrorist acts by Islamic fanactics? When was the last time you've seen this denunciation by Muslims everywhere for terrorist acts and vocally shunning Islamic nutballs?

See what I mean? Brigette Bardot, a non-Muslim, tried to do that but got fined instead for expressing her opinions.

Now, if France is the European model of what will happen when you have too much of a good thing, then certainly countries like the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States will make sure that such incidents will not happen in their country when you try and mix socialism and overflowing immigration problems. Gives a whole new meaning to the words "morally bankrupt."

Be sure to check out "The Islamization of France - A Descent into Hell" - Part I and Part II.

When Criticizing Terrorist French Fries Can Get You Fined

Even back in 1997 there were a few instances of Muslims going on about rioting.

VITROLLES, France (AP) -- A group angered by the election of a far-right mayor set fire to cars and broke windows in a late-night rampage, prompting police to step up patrols today in this southern French town. Catherine Megret of the anti-immigrant National Front was elected mayor of Vitrolles on Sunday, despite a united effort by the governing conservatives and opposition Socialists to defeat her. The National Front, often accused of racism and anti-Semitism, blames North African immigrants for France's postwar record 12.7 percent unemployment. About 30 young men from Vitrolles' immigrant neighborhoods rioted briefly near the city center just before 10 p.m. Monday. Police arrested 10 men found to be carrying knives. Several of the men, of North African origin or descent, said they would organize a protest march against the Front later today.With the election, the National Front now controls four French city halls: Vitrolles, Toulon, Orange and Marignane -- all mid-sized southern cities with large immigrant populations -- but it holds no seats in the French parliament. [AP-NY-02-11-97]

Exactly what is the history of France's Muslim mini-riots over the years until it finally exploded 12 days ago?

Also, back in 1996, a year earlier, France's famous Brigitte Bardot knew about the dangers of an over-flowing Muslim population in France and went so far to declare that she may be forced to emigrate (that is, leave the country) in a column in the conservative newspaper Le Figaro in pursuit of her long campaign against the Muslim ritual slaughter of sheep. Upon saying that French anti-racist group (why am I not surprise there is such a group?) threatened to take her to court because of her comments were seen as "racist" rather than a factual truth.

"And now my country, France, my homeland, my land, is with the blessing of successive governments again invaded by a foreign, especially Muslim, over-population to which we pay allegiance,'' she wrote. "We have to submit against our will to this Muslim overflow. From year to year, we see mosques flourish across France, while our churchbells fall silent because of a lack of priests,'" added Bardot, who is married to a supporter of the extreme-right National Front which campaigns on an anti-immigrant platform. "Could I be forced in the near future to flee my country which has turned into a bloody and violent country, to turn expatriate, to try and find elsewhere, by myself becoming an emigrant, the respect and esteem which we are alas refused daily?."

The Movement against Racism and for Friendship among Peoples (MRAP) called her statement "genuine incitement to racial hatred,'" an offence under French law. "We have a right to wonder if this woman animal defender could be ill, not with the 'mad cow' disease, but with the lethal disease that is called racism,'' it said. It said it was considering taking her to court. [(1996) Reuters]

Read more about the ironies when other countries attempt to coddle Muslims found in THE MULTICULTURAL LEFT, THE BEANBAG RIGHT, AND THE END OF WHITE

And, oh, what happened to Bardot last year?

A number of U.S.-based organizations believe the time is ripe to stand against the spread of religious vilification laws in the West. The Australian states of Queensland and Tasmania have adopted laws similar to Victoria’s Racial and Religious Tolerance ActA religious vilification law is in force in Sweden, and such legislation is being considered in Britain. Further, it isn't uncommon in Europe for people to be taken to court for criticizing Islam. In France, actress Bridgette Bardot was fined last year for lamenting the "Islamization of France" and the "underground and dangerous infiltration of Islam." Italian author Oriana Fallaci faces trial next year over charges that she defamed Islam in her book The Force of Reason.

So much for speaking one's mind in France. I think the country is paying heavily for ignoring such pleas from their own French citizens who were smart enough to recognize the dangers years ahead. It also serve as a warning for the U.S. that we should NOT take the route of France, Britain, Australia and other European countries when it comes to legislating religious correctness. We've seen the results in France. No thank you. I like my freedom of speech here in the United States.

BTW, will France surrender to terrorist French Fries?

Terrorist French Fries in Paris

Remember Freedom Fries? And now we have Muslims running the streets of Paris burning everything in sight. Terrorizing, injuring and killing people (1 so far) that have spread to over 300 towns in France. Over half of the 1200 arrested were juveniles of mostly the Muslim variety, I suppose, while leaders of France fiddled while France burns. And finally it took a French cabinet to allow (almost) mayors to issue curfews in their own towns.....on the 12th day of rioting. Talk about expediency of emergency powers over to mayors.

These are not simply terrorist hoodlums running amok the streets of Paris and cities elsewhere. These are terrorist French Fries ("small fries") when most of them are juveniles or Muslim youths bent on making as much mayhem and destruction as possible. So, from now on, little French terrorists who are bent on destruction and mayhem in France are now called "Terrorist French Fries."

Oh, by the way, this rioting has happened before in France but on a much, much smaller scale in years past by Muslims taking to the streets with knives and weapons. Even famous French people got fined for criticizing the massive overflowing Muslim immigration problem in France. And now, see what happens when you don't tackle the problem in the first place?

Be sure to check out "The Islamization of France - A Descent into Hell" - Part I and Part II.

Enjoy my picture, too.

UPDATE: France is feeling a bit ashamed. Boo hoo. They have no one to blame except themselves for the riots and their failed socialism experiment.

In tones ranging from outrage to rueful agreement, French media are now reporting daily on the harsh terms that foreign television stations and newspapers choose to describe the unrest among France's angry youths of Arab and African origin. France laughed off "freedom fries" -- as French fries were renamed in Washington -- and other anti-French sentiment in the United States at the start of the Iraq war in 2003, but its reaction to the riot reporting carries a between-the-lines admission of hurt pride. "From Italy to South Africa, Poland to China, from CNN to al-Jazeera, the newspaper headlines and television commentaries set against a background of blazing cars are really hyping it up," the popular daily Le Parisien complained.

UPDATE II: Michelle Malkin makes a note of a new pseudonym for these rioters. Heh heh....

Deaf Frappr! Continues to Grow

I reported last month on Google's new mapping site that was called "Frapper!" and has since been changed to "Frappr!" Seems like "Frapper" was already taken by somebody else. Regardless, check out the growing list of Deaf Frappr!(ers) including some new ones like a list of Deaf Bikers in the United States and CamFrog Users. Deaf America is the 2nd favorite listing site while "Cochlear Implantees" is the 4th favorite. Check it out!

New York Times Choosen Sins of Omission

Is it any wonder that The New York Times continues with their leftist agenda by writing up semi-factual reports? And they have the gall to omit important details from a dead troop's letter to his girlfriend (in the case if he get killed) as reported by Michelle Malkin.

The New York Times has consistently violated their own rules regarding quotes and such in their Guidelines on Integrity (wait...let me laugh for a moment here...ha ha):

Quotations. Readers should be able to assume that every word between quotation marks is what the speaker or writer said. The Times does not “clean up” quotations. If a subject’s grammar or taste is unsuitable, quotation marks should be removed and the awkward passage paraphrased. Unless the writer has detailed notes or a recording, it is usually wise to paraphrase long comments, since they may turn up worded differently on television or in other publications. “Approximate” quotations can undermine readers’ trust in The Times.

The writer should, of course, omit extraneous syllables like “um” and may judiciously delete false starts. If any further omission is necessary, close the quotation, insert new attribution and begin another quotation. (The Times does adjust spelling, punictuation, capitalization and abbreviations within a quotation for consistent style.) Detailed guidance is in the stylebook entry headed “quotations.” In every case, writer and editor must both be satisfied that the intent of the subject has been preserved.

In retrospect, is The Times saying that both writer and editor were satisified with the badly cropped quotation of Cpl. Jeffrey B. Starr making as if he regretted going to Iraq? Why did NY Times leave out the most important quote at the end of his letter that summarized his whole feeling about fighting in Iraq so Iraqis could have their taste of freedom? This is the part that The New York Times purposely and wantonly omitted in their article:

"I don't regret going, everybody dies but few get to do it for something as important as freedom. It may seem confusing why we are in Iraq, it's not to me. I'm here helping these people, so that they can live the way we live. Not have to worry about tyrants or vicious dictators. To do what they want with their lives. To me that is why I died. Others have died for my freedom, now this is my mark. To do what they want with their lives."

Now, how come The Times isn't following their "Guidelines on Integrity"? It's ironic to read what The Times has to say at the beginning of their "Guidelines on Integrity" when it comes to tolerating on bad reporting/writing.

At a time of growing and even justified public suspicion about the impartiality, accuracy and integrity of some journalists and some journalism, it is imperative that The Times and its staff maintain the highest possible standards to insure that we do nothing that might erode readers’ faith and confidence in our news columns. This means that staff members should be vigilant in avoiding any activity that might pose an actual or apparent conflict of interest and thus threaten the newspaper’s ethical standing. And it also means that the journalism we practice daily must be beyond reproach.

No one needs to be reminded that falsifying any part of a news report cannot be tolerated and will result automatically in disciplinary action up to and including termination. But in a climate of increased scrutiny throughout the news business, these further guidelines are offered, to resolve questions that sometimes arise about specific practices:

A little late on staff's conflict of interest when it comes to writing. And yet they wonder why readerships have gone down. Perhaps a sign of a trend?

Read the rest of The New York Times "Guidelines on Integrity," it's a hoot.

Two Gallaudet Students Injured During Robbery

Are they nuts or what? Two Gallaudet University students walking alone together, at night, outside the campus in Washington D.C. ? And they get held up at gunpoint? I thought they were superbly visually oriented and are aware of their surroundings? Apparently not. These guys got off lucky with injuries from a grazed bullet and a cut to the forehead. Of course, Gallaudet University students are not the only one facing this problem.

Here's an advice for Gallaudet students venturing outside of the compounds of Gallaudet University at night:

Go out with a large group! Like, oh say, 7, 8 or 9 people. Or at least take your car next time. I was never so dumb to do a thing like that when I was a student at Gallaudet University by going out virtually alone at night...walking in the dark, completely deaf to the situation, literally so!

Safety in numbers, folks. Or take a car next time. This piece of advice could save your life next time.

As I Have Said Before..........

I have pointed out before on a few occasions that when an HIV-infected person who purposely infect others without their knowledge ought to be shot. No need to follow up on this again.

Please, people, read carefully my blogs next time on where I stand. Else you'd make yourself looking like a complete fool making these false premises about me and/or throw false accusations toward me. If you're not sure, ask me next time. Maybe a simple "yes" or "no" response might enough for you to understand with your limited capacity to think critically, of course, just to save yourself the embarrassment next time.

When a "Marine" Lies about Atrocities in Iraq

For more than a year, former Marine Staff Sgt. Jimmy Massey has been telling anybody who will listen about the atrocities that he and other Marines committed in Iraq but as it turns out the atrocity story turned out to be false, even by his own admission. But the other irresponsible thing is that the MSM ran with this story without checking it for its veracity or see that it is corroborated with other eye-witnesses about the so-called atrocities claimed by Massey. MSM like USAToday and other presses were quick to swallow Massey's lies. Ron Harris of the Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau ask this question in his article, "Why did the press swallow Massey's stories?"

The Associated Press, which serves more than 8,500 newspaper, radio and television stations worldwide, wrote three stories about Massey, including an interview with him in October about his new book.

But none of the AP reporters ever called Ravi Nessman, an Associated Press reporter who was embedded with Massey's unit. Nessman wrote more than 30 stories about the unit from the beginning of the war until April 15, after Baghdad had fallen.

Jack Stokes, a spokesman for the AP, said he didn't know why the reporters didn't talk to Nessman, nor could he explain why the AP ran stories without seeking a response from the Marine Corps. The organization (AP) also refused to allow Nessman to be interviewed for this story.

This guy, Jimmy Massey, ought to be put into jail. Anybody who lies like that ought to be put into the brig because he purposely tried to undermine operations in Iraq by falsifying events in Iraq just so he could sell his book, "Kill, Kill, Kill" in France. Just like Michael Moore, he'll say anything to make a buck. And they say they're against capitalism? A big "HA!" on that part since they practice it anyway.

Michelle Malkin says that this Massey story has legs. More stories about this will be forthcoming. Anybody in the Armed Forces whether a Marine, Air Force, Army or whatever, commits a crime, they deserve to get a fair trial but upon being found guilty, they go into the brig.

Now, will liberals get up and shame Massey for lying and shame the MSM for running with a story without any fact finding follow ups first? Seriously, do you really, really....really think liberals will do that? Maybe they'll blame eeeeeevil Karl Rove for masterminding this one here? Of course, what else would people expect?

Truths should be sought out, even if it's about atrocities committed by Armed Forces and they need to be told...honestly and correctly. But what Massey exemplified wasn't anything about the business of "Semper Fi" but about greed, resentment, and wanting the recognition. We get fake stories about the Koran in the toilet at Gitmo, Jimmy Massey's false stories of atrocities committed by Marine troops in Iraq and so on.

Once again the MSM failed miserably in following up Massey's claims as what all good journalists are supposed to do. But because of their left-leaning agenda, they choose instead to run with the story and lose more credibility than ever as a news organization.

Lying Liberals - the Greatest Hypocrisy of the Left?

There is this new book by Peter Schweitzer called "Do As I Say (Not As I Do): Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy" that is hitting the bookshelves across America. It's a little different when well known and famous liberals walk around saying "you should do this" or "you should do that" but do they walk the walk? Not really in a lot of the cases. This book shows exactly that which explains the title. In comparison to Al Franken's own books (which in one case he didn't really write the book himself), Peter Schweitzer does not dispense these information with dripping venom but lays out the facts. Just the facts' ma'am.

Next, we all know that Michael Moore is completely obsessed with money. Michael Moore is a living, breathing, walking paradox, even to his own movies he produced. He's a multi-millionaire who boasts of wealth as proving his value

"I'm a millionaire, I'm a multi-millionaire. I'm filthy rich. You know why I'm a multi-millionaire? 'Cause multi-millions like what I do. That's pretty good, isn't it?"

And when people boast about wealth, we're bound to see some hypocrisy buried in there some where by their own actions. Michael Moore is not the common man fighting for all common man. He represents one of liberals' highest form of a walking-hypocrisy that's dirtier than, uh, Clinton's used underwear.

Lopez: Um and the Clinton's underwear? Though the Clinton's claiming $4 per pair of used underwear among their charitable contributions does seem like it is begging for a New York Post cover.

I suppose there was not blue dresses. Something like that would make a lot more on ebay.

Schweizer: Ah, yes, the Clintons, who profess to pay the maximum amount on their taxes every year because it's the right thing to do. The Clintons are simply amazing in their ability to lecture Americans about their need to pay more taxes while at the same time finding lucrative tax shelters and taking outrageous tax deductions. Again, the media gives them a free pass.

Lopez: What else about the Clintons do you want to hand over to RNC op research before 2008?

Schweizer: I think their record of greed, jilting poor people out of their money, and their avarice are a sight to behold. Let people see how they have made their money over the last couple of decades and it speaks for itself.

Oh, before you get the notion that the author got all the information by dumpster diving, he obtained these valuable and enlightening information legally and ethically.

And then we have the great, immutable, mostly lying and clueless un-funny man Al Franken himself to look up to as a moral example. What would you say if somebody made an outrageous comment about disliking homosexuals and was glad that one had been killed? Would Al ever say that? He sure did according to one quiz I've linked below.

And now, a little fun. Go and take a quiz just to see how much you know about these liberal friends of yours. The answers may surprise you...... if you're a Liberal. When it comes to ideas the liberal/Left exhibits mostly failures. No wonder they're bankrupt on ideology. Is it any wonder that the MSM give the Liberals a pass when it comes to hypocrisy?

Al Franken - "Irony is a form of humor that some people just don't get."

Yeah, Al. Even you don't even get it yourself when you're exposed like a naked idiot. Love the irony, though, on what just happened here.

The Other Iraq - the Untold Story

Here is exactly why the MSM do not want to cover this "other Iraq" known as Kurdistan which is located in the northern territory of Iraq. Why the purpose ignoring of the exempt media (for those who do not know what that means, it means the mainstream media (ABC, cBS, NBC, PBS, NPR, BBC, NYTimes, Boston Globe, SF Times, Le Monde....). Any media who think they are above anyone else by not retracting, apologizing or acknowledging their errors in the stories they write or make up stories along the way and practice shoddy journalism. This is what it means to call them the "exempt media" aka MSM.

Now, on to Kurdistan, the "Other Iraq."

The Kurdistan Region in Iraq is a good news story that seldom gets told. With a population of 5 million in an area larger than Switzerland or twice the size of New Jersey, it is surprising that this region remains largely undiscovered and commercially untapped.

Scroll down in the link and you'll see the government of Kurdistan set up a video called "Thank You" where Kurdistanis thank America and Britain for helping Iraq obtain her freedom and work toward a better democracy for their people.

Voice Over NARRATOR:
Saddam’s goal was to bury every living Kurd…
He failed.

KURD CITIZENS:
“Thank you.”
“Thank you, Great Britain.”
“Thank you.”

Voice Over NARRATOR:
The Kurds of Iraqi Kurdistan just want to say ‘thank you’…
for helping us win our freedom.

KURD CITIZENS:
“Thank you, Great Britain.”
“Thank you for democracy.”
“Thank you.”
ENDS

Freedom could only be made possible with America helping out. We take for granted our freedom but there are people here in America who refuse to help other country obtain their freedom by constantly casting a negative light on Iraq and by constantly smearing U.S. troops with false stories and negative ads. You know who those people are. In fact, you may be one of them reading this. You don't want to share your freedom? Well, most of us do anyway.

Here's another video on "Share the Dream," Choose either "small" or "medium" video length unless you have a high speed connection and a large enough memory cache for the biggest streaming video "T1" connection.

Voice Over NARRATOR:
Have you seen the other Iraq?
It’s spectacular…
It’s joyful…
With a security force so experienced less than two hundred coalition troops are stationed
there.
It’s where Arabs, Kurds and westerners all vacation together in peace.
Welcome to Iraqi Kurdistan!
It’s been practicing democracy for over a decade.
It’s not a dream.
It’s the ‘other’ Iraq.
ENDS

A good example in this next video shows what a true Democracy in action is like and how a country can achieve peaceful and successful results benefiting everyone. And how business opportunities and the future of Kurdistan remain largely untapped.

Voice Over NARRATOR:
In the Kurdistan region of Iraq investors aren’t just building an airport…
AIRPORT MANAGER:
“We are building a democracy.”

Voice Over NARRATOR:
They’re not just installing hospital labs…

LAB TECHNICIAN:
“We are building hope.”

Voice Over NARRATOR:
They’re not just planting a forest…
REFORESTATION WORKER:
We are planting a future.”

Voice Over NARRATOR:
Come see what’s happening in the ‘other’ Iraq…Iraqi Kurdistan.
See the promise.
KURDISH HERO GIRL:
Share the dream.

Share the dream. With the rest of Iraq starting to catch up will they have amodel they can look up to, Kurdistan. It's not a dream, it's a working reality. Some of you reading this are probably discovering Kurdistan for the first time and don't realize how peaceful that area of the country is compared to the rest of Iraq. Here's a link to the same website that gives you a video of who these people of Kurdistan are like up close and how Saddam tried to wipe them out. Kurdistan is certainly not a place where they have shroud covered women walking the streets or stores nowadays. These are very modern people by todays standards. And Kurdistan people are very tolerant people where Christianity, Catholic, Jewish, and Muslim religion share the same region for many generations. If you want a truly tolerant Iraq, visit Kurdistan.

How come MSM do not cover this "other Iraq"? The MSM focus mostly on death and destruction and never about the constant construction, the rebuilding of infrastructure, improving hospital conditions, more medicine, more food, constant improvements, a contantly growing and better Iraqi army and police force, better informed Iraqis to make an informed decision, greater freedom, and a democracy they never had where their one voice, one vote actually does count.

Now, go watch the videos! And let people know about the "Other Iraq."


Hat tip: Jason Smith.