Stars of Troy don't realize nobody cares what they think of current events. Saffron Burrows (if anyone actually knows who she is- I do, but that's only because I like the movie, Hotel de Love) talks about how war is futile, and compares the events in the film, Troy to Tony Blair and George Bush (because, in her mind, no other world leaders ever, EVER get involved in military action.) It's the casual bashing of the US and sometimes the UK that most people are tired of. These same stars don't care speak constantly of arab dictatorships or despots like those who control North Korea, China, and other asian nations. They don't speak out constantly about the brutal nature of many of Africa's leaders. Why? Because it's so chic to bash the good guys. Don't ask me why most celebs have it backward, but they do, and this is further proof of that.
They seem to not realize that sometimes war IS inevitable. Unless they have some magic plan to oust brutal thugs like Hussein and his fellow madmen, then military action will always be on the table, and it will always have to be an option to be used. War isn't pretty, no one said it was, but are these people so naive that they think it fixes nothing?
The article I linked above is just a small taste of the sensibilities of many in Hollywood...if you read it, you'll see the comments by Burrows, and it veers off that topic entirely.
The Guardian, which the above story comes from, shows its anti-Israel stance again by using this headline: "Israel takes bloody revenge in Gaza for killing of soldiers" This is a blatant hit piece on the nation of Israel, in that they go on and on about how Israeli forces "left a trail of destruction in the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City." Golly- you'd think from that line that they just went in and decided to massacre some innocent people. If there's one thing that we all should know- there are very few innocent "palestinians," since many of them support terrorism outright- the polls show as much, time and time again. They seem to not care about the fact that the palestinian terrorists and the tens of thousands of terrorist supporters are the bad guys here, not the democratic nation of Israel who is on the DEFENSE here. It's okay- most stories I see in the Guardian follow this same sort of thinking. They, like Hollywood, seem to always get it backwards as well.
Finally...John Kerry is still using the Iraqi prison story as a political tool. He, like many other fools, is blaming President Bush and his administration...I guess in Kerry's mind everything that happens that is in anyway negative is President Bush's fault, no matter how big or how small the negative events might be. If an Iraqi stumps his toe, it's Bush's fault.
Kerry also seems to be confused as to the history of the past few years. He states:
So, in Kerry's head, not kowtowing to the United Nations is "arrogant" and it's "not in the interest of our troops." So, we should kiss the proverbial asses of the security council, nations who almost surely were involved in illegal oil shipments with Iraq...nations who said they would veto ANY resolution the US came up with no matter WHAT was in it...nations that signed off on 1441 that called for "Serious consequences," then refused to put actions behind those words. Kerry must have also forgotten (oh, how shocking) that he, himself, voted in support of going to war with Iraq (no, wait, I'm sorry- he voted to "threaten" war- because, we all know there are so many votes in Congress that "threaten" military action. His decades in the Senate must have left him confused as to how things work.)
Kerry, like Hollywood and the liberal British media, has it all backwards as well. Don't worry tho, in a week he'll change his entire stance.
Posted by Josh at May 13, 2004 10:50 PM | TrackBack"Stars of Troy don't realize nobody cares what they think of current events."
- Obviously the journalists who ask their opinion on the war care. You care at least a little or you wouldn't take the time to write about it in your blog.
"It's the casual bashing of the US and sometimes the UK that most people are tired of"
- Link?
"These same stars don't care speak constantly of arab dictatorships or despots like those who control North Korea, China, and other asian nations"
- That's probably because they're not asked questions about those subjects. Journalists are usually only interested in what American celebrities think of America's problems.
"So, we should kiss the proverbial asses of the security council"
- The US (and every other country that has agreed to abide by the laws of the security council) should do more than just "kiss their asses", they should completely obey international law as decided by the council. Why? Because that's what the US agreed to do, and that's what the US claimed to be enforcing when they started the war.
"nations that signed off on 1441 that called for "Serious consequences," then refused to put actions behind those words."
- I guess designating half the country has a no fly zone and imposing crippling economic sanctions which did more harm to the people of Iraq than it did to Saddam isn't what you would call "serious consequences"? Fortunately that isn't for you to decide.. it was for the security council to. If you had any knowledge of the history of the UN and international law, you would know that, traditionally, the words
"any means necessary" consitute legal justification of war. These words never appeared in resolution 1441. Additionally, resolution 1441 also said that ONLY THE SECURITY COUNCIL had the right to decide to go to war and that any country that did so unilaterally was in direct violation of international law. If you're gonna start quoting resolution 1441, you should start quoting the whole thing.
"So, we should kiss the proverbial asses of the security council, nations who almost surely were involved in illegal oil shipments with Iraq...nations who said they would veto ANY resolution the US came up with no matter WHAT was in it...nations that signed off on 1441 that called for "Serious consequences," then refused to put actions behind those words."
-Nations which include the US...
Nations who make up the only major accepted international authority...
yeah, i think it might be worth listening to what they have to say and not treating them like little children.