Tim Blair

"Pray that Kerry wins in November"

does this guy count as a foreign leader for kerry?

a nice touch, tim, is that that 'adbusters' page you link to has an 'in french' button.

Maybe the child was busking. I don't know what it is exactly but Penelope Swales says she did it as a child, in her bio.

Is Mike Carlton related to or does he look like Molly Ivins?
BC

Actually, he does look like Molly. Last year the elderly Carlton dyed his hair blond, for some reason.

"... death and carnage more appalling than ever"

So it's not exactly that there is more death and carnage, it's just that it was less appalling when Saddam was doing it, right?

I suppose that until adn unless Iraq turns into the Luxemburg of the Middle East it will continue to be a disaster in the eyes of all those folks who seem to be oblivious to the fact that the Butcher of Baghdad is in a jail cell.

The personal remarks about Bush are unprofessional and stupid.

I don't understand this "already 570+ dead" shit. When it started I was expecting a couple thousand by now and a much bigger mess, and that was without WMD.

Why they keep pushing the "570+ dead" line, i don't know. Please, PLEASE, give me an example of a war waged in a country the size of France that finished in 3 weeks, and, after a year of occupation, has left less then 600 soldiers dead.
The Iraq War was probably the most stuningly sucessful in History. Period.

The positive "reporting" is being saved for when the UN takes over.

"Let alone any sort of victory."

In a recent poll, an overwhelming number of Iraqis said life was better now than before the invasion. Fortunately, we have non-resident journalists like Mike Carlton to tell us what is really happening in Iraq.

Bush stole the election, right? Most journalists believe that so it must be true.

Well, why is Kerry spending tens (hundreds?) of millions of dollars in an attempt to win the Presidency? Wont Bush and his evil neocons simply steal the election again. Kerry must have more money than sense.

TO: Everyone
RE: The End

"...the al-Qaeda killers as rampant as ever, and no end in sight. Let alone any sort of victory." -- Mike Carlton, as cited by Tim Blair

The 'end' will be 'in sight' and the 'victory' achieved when 'people' like Mike Carlton get off their duff and start doing something to insure they can continue to criticize with impunity.

Until then, this war will, indeed, go on. And Mike will among the first casualties. Not because we who love and work for freedom oppose his opposition, but because he's just another 'useful fool' for the likes of those who want to silence him, either one way or another.

Regards,

Chuck(le)

"death and carnage more appalling than ever"

Wow, this guy really knows his recent Iraqi history. I mean, it's not as if there are any records or evidence of death and carnage on a large scale in Iraq any time in the last, oh, 30 years. Except for right now, of course, which will officially be renamed "The Worst Period in Iraqi History, Ever!" at a renaming ceremony in early April.

Here are the words which are YOUR GUARANTEE of shitty journalism:

...hard-right ...fundamentalist Christian bigots...Zionist zealots...war profiteers...

Bush must surely be a severe disappointment to the hard-right establishment of the Republian party, inasmuch as he's spending gazillions of dollars on social programs like prescription drugs, etc.

While I object to some of Bush's more conservative social policies, I remember the fundamentalist Christian bigotry of the Reagan years, and this ain't a patch on that. That dog will not hunt, nor even wag its tail.

Tim has already drawn your attention to the Zionist loyalty wheeze. Not only shitty journalism, but moonbatty to boot.

Indignation over "war profiteers" marks the writer as scaly lumbering cold-blooded denizen of the Bongwater Swamps, eternally trapped in the Vietnam quagmire. Actually, that's one of the few anti-war whines you don't hear much anymore. It's more suited to the pre-WWI era.

The use of each one of these canards halves the writer's credibility. I make Carlton down now around 6.25% credibility, based on this one paragraph. That's probably an all-time high for him.

"Why they keep pushing the "570+ dead" line, i don't know. Please, PLEASE, give me an example of a war waged in a country the size of France that finished in 3 weeks, and, after a year of occupation, has left less then 600 soldiers dead.
The Iraq War was probably the most stuningly sucessful in History. Period."

WWII's Polish campaign lasted 36 days, and cost the Germans about 40,000 casualties. I don't know too many historians who say how badly it all went for the Germans. Iraq is not like Vietnam - and for that matter - Vietnam wasn't even like the US road toll.

Is this the same Mike Carlton who hosts at Sydney's 2UE? If it is, then that's one more reason to live in Melbourne. If Carlton can call himself a journalist, then I think we all can.

Child: "Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!"

Carlton (to driver): "Dear God, I think there's some sort of mechanical problem with the vehicle"

- Look's out side -

"Thank God! It's merely a small Iraqi child dangling perilously close to the road"

Oops I mean McGeough!

Mike Carlton Is SICK ! he should be seconded forthwith Al Jazeera, preferably without a return ticket.

WWII's Polish campaign lasted 36 days, and cost the Germans about 40,000 casualties. I don't know too many historians who say how badly it all went for the Germans. Iraq is not like Vietnam - and for that matter - Vietnam wasn't even like the US road toll.

If the US was in sitting in Hanoi, in control of Vietnam in 1966 and had suffered only 500 or so casualties, does anyone seriously think Vietnam would be a quagmire?

I assume this is accurate, it is an email doing the rounds.

1) FDR (democrat) led USA into World War II. Germany never attacked USA: Japan did. From 1941-1945, 450,000 lives were lost,an average of 112,500 per year.

2) Truman (democrat) finished that war and started one in Korea, North Korea never attacked USA. From 1950-1953, 55,000 lives were lost, an average of 18,333 per year.

3) John F. Kennedy (democrat) started the Vietnam conflict in 1962. Vietnam never attacked USA.

4) Johnson (democrat) turned Vietnam into a quagmire. From 1965-1975, 58,000 lives were lost, an average of 5,800 per year.

5) Clinton (democrat) went to war in Bosnia without UN or French consent, Bosnia never attacked USA. He was offered Osama bin Laden's head on a platter three times by Sudan and did nothing. Osama has attacked USA on multiple occasions.

6) In the two years since terrorists attacked USA,President Bush has liberated two countries, crushed the Taliban, crippled al-Qaida, put nuclear inspectors in Libya, Iran and North Korea without firing a shot, and captured a terrorist who slaughtered 300,000 of his own people.

Total loss 600 soldiers, an average of 30 a year. Bush did all this abroad while not allowing another terrorist attack at home. Worst president in history?

Clinton (democrat) went to war in Bosnia without UN or French consent

And that's a bad thing?

Total loss 600 soldiers, an average of 30 a year.

The Dubya juanta has lasted 20 years?

"I don't understand this "already 570+ dead" shit. When it started I was expecting a couple thousand by now and a much bigger mess, and that was without WMD."

Actually, the 570 fatality figure, while still very tragic, is even more amazingly low, when one considers that fully 1/3 of these deaths are non-combat.

This speaks to the level of dishonesty inherent in commentary from the Mike Carltons of the fanatical left. It also reflects badly on those who supported regime change, for allowing these frauds to consistently quote the full fatality figure, rather than the actual combat total.

The American military averages approximately 2 deaths per day in PEACETIME, to non-combat causes. Therefore, a GI dying in a Humvee accident in Iraq, or committing suicide there, or drowning, or dying of illness, should not be used by the anti-war truth twisters to pad the numbers of fatalities.

"...number-crunchers..."?

So now there's an evil cabal of accountants surrounding Bush? And they take their direction from the book "The Protocol of the Elders of GAAP"?

"...touts..."

And an even more evil cabal of really seedy-looking guys that hang around racetracks selling tip-sheets?

"...urgers..."

Well I'm just totally fucking lost on this one. Little help here.

"The Iraq War was probably the most stuningly sucessful in History. Period."

Actually I beg to differ madneO. The war last week in Spain was probably the most stunningly successful in history. Some Spaniards are probably still scrubbing their underwear trying to remove the shit stains that haunts them of their complete failure of intestinal fortitude in the face of the soap averse sack o' shit Islamic dirtbag terrorist. That only took like three days with very few, if any, Islamic terrorist casulties.

Mike Carlton is right. This year is worse. This year I got the crabs.