True friends and mates....
An old adage but eternal......you find out who your true friends are when times are tough and crisis looms. One of the truest friends and allies the United States has is Australia. Their Prime Minister, John Howard, has put up with double rations of crap from some of his constituents who see appeasement of dictators as the way to lasting peace, but PM Howard has stayed the course and is sending young Aussies to help in the cause of freedom. If you appreciate this as much as I do, please drop Mr. Howard an email note thru the following link:
G'day and Thanks Mr. Howard.
Oh Canada.......
I wish I was including a link sending thanks to the Canadian PM here also. If Australia is our close first cousin in the world, then Canada is our brother. Even though I live only 150 miles from Mexico, I still consider Canada our "real" neighbor. We are cut from the same cloth, our histories are parallel, our natural habitat generally similar and our love of personal freedoms paramount. There are many Canadian expatriates living in my oil field oriented home town and they are great folks. Obviously not all the world supports or likes the US, especially at this moment, but I thought we could count on Canada for support, if not in troops, at least in moral backing. Apparently I was wrong. Not that I will hold this against the majority of Canadian people, after all they are now under the thumb of a Francophile in Ottawa, but the electorate did speak in that decision.
But here is a thought for Canadians. We in the US have learned much in the last two years about who we are fighting and why. Have you? By offering up the apparent high moral ground of peace by appeasement you are only delaying the inevitable and buying time for yourselves. Read this carefully: The people we are fighting don't like you either! In their eyes, you are a rich, decadent, immoral and generally Christian country just like the US.
Read this again: They don't like you either.....!!
Wrath of the Vikings.....
And a very special unexpected thanks to Denmark for standing tall in the fight against tyranny. Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen has decided to send a submarine, the Saelen, a corvette, the Olfert Fischer and a corps of elite soldiers into any conflict with Iraq. "The time has come to take a stance," Rasmussen said, in a statement released after US President George W Bush gave Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein until Thursday to leave the country or face war. [from Tim Blair]
Late Breaking News...!
In what may be the story of the century it has been announced that Saddam Defies U.S. Demand to Leave Iraq. This is stunning news! Saddam defies someone, what next? In a show of their massive support 5,000 people rallied around Saddam. 5,000? After millions protested in support of Saddam around the free world, the best these people can do is 5,000? Can this be telling?
An old adage but eternal......you find out who your true friends are when times are tough and crisis looms. One of the truest friends and allies the United States has is Australia. Their Prime Minister, John Howard, has put up with double rations of crap from some of his constituents who see appeasement of dictators as the way to lasting peace, but PM Howard has stayed the course and is sending young Aussies to help in the cause of freedom. If you appreciate this as much as I do, please drop Mr. Howard an email note thru the following link:
G'day and Thanks Mr. Howard.
Oh Canada.......
I wish I was including a link sending thanks to the Canadian PM here also. If Australia is our close first cousin in the world, then Canada is our brother. Even though I live only 150 miles from Mexico, I still consider Canada our "real" neighbor. We are cut from the same cloth, our histories are parallel, our natural habitat generally similar and our love of personal freedoms paramount. There are many Canadian expatriates living in my oil field oriented home town and they are great folks. Obviously not all the world supports or likes the US, especially at this moment, but I thought we could count on Canada for support, if not in troops, at least in moral backing. Apparently I was wrong. Not that I will hold this against the majority of Canadian people, after all they are now under the thumb of a Francophile in Ottawa, but the electorate did speak in that decision.
But here is a thought for Canadians. We in the US have learned much in the last two years about who we are fighting and why. Have you? By offering up the apparent high moral ground of peace by appeasement you are only delaying the inevitable and buying time for yourselves. Read this carefully: The people we are fighting don't like you either! In their eyes, you are a rich, decadent, immoral and generally Christian country just like the US.
Read this again: They don't like you either.....!!
Wrath of the Vikings.....
And a very special unexpected thanks to Denmark for standing tall in the fight against tyranny. Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen has decided to send a submarine, the Saelen, a corvette, the Olfert Fischer and a corps of elite soldiers into any conflict with Iraq. "The time has come to take a stance," Rasmussen said, in a statement released after US President George W Bush gave Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein until Thursday to leave the country or face war. [from Tim Blair]
Late Breaking News...!
In what may be the story of the century it has been announced that Saddam Defies U.S. Demand to Leave Iraq. This is stunning news! Saddam defies someone, what next? In a show of their massive support 5,000 people rallied around Saddam. 5,000? After millions protested in support of Saddam around the free world, the best these people can do is 5,000? Can this be telling?
