The French and the International Olympic Committee might as well have been to blame for the London bombings today. Expect more of this insanity from the right. Just to save you the trouble here is a list of others who surely will be fingered for blame:
Bill Clinton (that goes without saying)
Hillary Clinton (ditto)
"Liberals"
The "Liberal" media
The U.N.
The ACLU
Dick Durbin
John Kerry
Anyone who questions George Bush's policies
The Democratic Party
Gays
Flag burners
and, locally, Jim Leach
It's probably my fault too. I should never have scoffed (well, laughed really hard) at the "flypaper" theory that conteds that by invading Iraq and creating a cool place to fight terrorists they will never attack anywhere else. Because obviously it's working quite well as today's news about the London, Iraq bombings demonstrate.
UPDATE: Two points of clarification.
The linked to article was written yesterday before the London attack. That makes it no less insane and accusatory toward the French and IOC for what (yesterday) "might" happen and it makes my point that the blame for such things from the right is always the usual suspects.
Also, the flypaper strategy only emerged AFTER the WMD rationale was no longer tenable. There was no flypaper strategy going in. It was concocted by a bunch of Bush true believers who had no other rationale to hang their war on. To be clear, I don't blame the flypaper nonsense for the London attack just that it, predictably, was no deterrent.
UPDATE JUST TO IRRITATE THE TROLLS:
This:
Bush’s 2005 budget allocation for train security was just $115 million, equal to what the U.S. spends on eight typical hours in Iraq. (The White House spent $15 billion on airline security, “though as many as 16 times more people ride rail lines than airplanes.”)
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"but the Republicans have nothing to do with Abu Hamza- whose "racial hatred" trial was to begin today"
Who said they did? I'm saying just the opposite: Conservatives are blamming "liberals" as they always do.
The first comment was deleted because I will not be called names on my own blog. Start your own blog and call me names there -Asshat.
I do have my own blog, Dave. It's called File it Under. And I wasn't calling you an asshat but those that thought 9/11 is some kind of conspiracy theory by our and/or Israel's governments.
Feel free to delete this comment, too since apparently poking holes in your idiotic blame post offends you.
Your knee-jerk post has so many holes in it, I can understand it being picked apart line by line might frustrate you to no end.
The linked to article was written yesterday...
Which totally destroys your own heading for this post. Did you even read the article you linked?
That makes it no less insane and accusatory toward the French and IOC for what (yesterday) "might" happen and it makes my point that the blame for such things from the right is always the usual suspects.
I'd argue that this post lacks a little sanity, Dave. The author accuses the French of being soft on terrorism and letting it fester within France. He'd like to see them have to clean it up or face the risk of an attack at an Olympics in Paris.
France isn't even on your "list of the usual suspects," Dave. You should add it to add validity to possibly the worst post I've read on your blog.
Plus the article is an opinion piece and is no less "insane" than op-eds in the New York Times or Washington Post.
Good lord, Hoodlumman, take a pill.
France isn't on the list because the list (tongue-in-cheek as it may be) was in addition to France. That's why I said "Just to save you the trouble here is a list of others who surely will be fingered for blame." Get it!? Others. O-T-H-E-R-S. If you weren't frothing so much foam from your rabid conservative mouth you would have been able to see to read that part of my worst post ever (EVER, I tell you!).
If you don't like the NYT or WP editorials, post about them on your blog. Shine the light of truth on those losy terrorist-loving, traitorist, baby-killing commies! Go for it! That's what I do.
You called me rabid! RABID!! Delete your comment, sir! Delete it!!
Shine the light of truth on those losy terrorist-loving, traitorist, baby-killing commies!
Very Durbinesque hyperbole, Dave. I like it.
That's what I do.
Though not very well in this case. Not at all.
More rabid frothing here. Manual trackback...
Worst...post...ever, I tell ya!
And thank you for the Durbin comparison. We both call Springfield home ya know!
And you're not really rabid I guess, just cute when you're angry.
Have a good day!
Hey Darius, how about real life rightwing terrorists like Eric Rudolph and Tim McVeigh? The second and third worst U.S. terrorist attacks in the last decade weren't brought to us by from anyone on the left.
Be careful before you start throwing stones brother.
And what does your comment have to do with anything anyway? Go troll elsewhere. I'm done.
Dave ... you're wrong.
Ahem, hey Dave. In case you DID NOT get it, which apparently you didn't. Jacques Chirac has been a terrorist butt-kisser for MANY YEARS. He OPPOSED, underminded and did everything possible to block the war in Iraq, not because he thought Saddam was an innocent man, but because Saddam was stuffing his pockets with BILLIONS of dollars in oil contracts! The French haven't done jack squat in the war on terror, and that editorial was aimed to blast the corrupt as hell Chirac administration for their sh***y conduct. Why do you think there's a UN Oil for Food scandal and investigation Dave? Have you been asleep? Don't be rushing to cover Chirac's arse, unless you're prepared to defend their actions for the past several years which are quite indefensable.
Bleh, underMINED.
Oh God, the insanity continues. MCC, I think Leach just posted something very liberal. You better go see.
Oh God, the insanity continues. MCC, I think Leach just posted something very liberal. You better go see.
Dave, you couldn't counter an arguement, it appears, if your life depended on it.
>Oh God, the insanity continues. MCC, I think Leach just posted something very liberal. You better go see.
Dave, you couldn't counter an arguement, it appears, if your life depended on it.
Yeah no kidding...big wuss out if I ever saw one.
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