December 01, 2003

T-SHIRTS NOTICED

John Valder -- proof, if any were needed, that Australia’s Liberal Party can hork up lunatics as hysterical as any from the ALP -- offers his considered opinion on global events:

It is probably no exaggeration to say that the invasion of Iraq amounts to the greatest act of aggression by any Western nation since the days of Hitler's Germany. Maybe atrocity is a more accurate word than aggression.

It is, if you use it to describe Valder.

Iraq has been in growing turmoil almost ever since with Iraqi citizens and US soldiers being killed every day, including two who had their throats actually slit just last week!

There’s more; did you know, for example, that "in the US itself, people are wearing 'Bush must go' T-shirts"? And the shocks continue:

Yet now, unbelievably there is some suggestion that Australia, of all countries, might soon find itself chairing the UN Human Rights Commission! Mary Robinson, can you believe it?

Valder is presumably unaware of who currently chairs the UN Human Rights Commission. A complete list of things Valder is unaware of would dissolve an ASCI White supercomputer.

Posted by Tim Blair at December 1, 2003 11:14 PM
Comments

On the contrary, Valder's comments read just like a press release from the current chair of the UN Human Rights committee.

Posted by: Clem Snide at December 2, 2003 at 01:34 AM

"It is probably no exaggeration to say that the invasion of Iraq amounts to the greatest act of aggression by any Western nation since the days of Hitler's Germany. Maybe atrocity is a more accurate word than aggression."

Well, at least they've gotten over Vietnam already.

Posted by: madne0 at December 2, 2003 at 02:22 AM

"During the war itself the US boasted that they had rained down well over one million missiles."
Uh, yeah... I rememeber that well: Rumsfeld standing at his lectern yelling "Today we passed the psychologically important million missile mark! Woohoo!". What is the man talking about?


"They acted in the face of UN arms inspectors, the UN general assembly ..."
[*sigh*] Simply not true. Read resolution 1441, John.

Posted by: Rob at December 2, 2003 at 02:39 AM

What? People are wearing "Bush Must Go" t-shirts and they're not in the Gulag yet?

Posted by: Ken J at December 2, 2003 at 03:09 AM

Valderdash.

Posted by: Fred Boness at December 2, 2003 at 05:13 AM

Well, since this year's invasion was just finishing up the 1991 Gulf War, started by Saddam's invasion of Kuwait, I would say that Valder is exactly right.

Of course, when he refers to "the days of Hitler's Germany", I assume he is talking about the Allied invasion of Germany. The invasion of Iraq is an act of aggression in exactly the same way that the invasion of Germany was.

BTW, no US soldiers got their throats slit. The initial report was corrected.

Posted by: R. C. Dean at December 2, 2003 at 07:23 AM

"It is probably no exaggeration to say that the invasion of Iraq amounts to the greatest act of aggression by any Western nation since the days of Hitler's Germany. Maybe atrocity is a more accurate word than aggression."

I presume this is a reference to D-Day.

Posted by: Peggy Sue at December 2, 2003 at 07:33 AM

Valder, Fraser, Chipp. All from the same era, all since lost the plot. At least two of the three were once Federal Ministers for Defence.

Posted by: ilibcc at December 2, 2003 at 09:25 AM

In Cairo, Egypt, on February 24, 2001, Powell said: "He [Saddam Hussein] has not developed any significant capability with respect to weapons of mass destruction. He is unable to use conventional power against his neighbors."

On May 15, 2001, Powell went further and said that Saddam Hussein had not been able to "build his military back up or to develop weapons of mass destruction" for "the last 10 years."

And the irony now of hearing the warmongers request more time for the Kay inspectors to do their job!

But what would I know? Self-hating, moonbat pro-Saddam idiotarian that I am.

Posted by: Bongoman at December 2, 2003 at 09:37 AM

When right-wingers come up with stuff like this, they're usually on someone's payroll or are Jew-haters.

Left-wing idiotarians often are idiotarians for no payment, bless their hearts.

Bongoman: Tim Blair has already dealt with that quote previously.

Posted by: Andjam at December 2, 2003 at 10:00 AM

ASCI White supercomputer? That sounds vaugly racist.

Howabout a Nubian Power Processor to even it up?

Posted by: Amos at December 2, 2003 at 11:55 AM

It's probably got it as a slave drive, connected via a female socket, Amos.

Posted by: Andjam at December 2, 2003 at 02:57 PM

I hear that used to happen alot down on the old render farm.

Posted by: Amos at December 2, 2003 at 10:01 PM