It should come as on surprise that the fall of Saddam
Hussein is causing an avalanche of repercussions all
over the world.
While no one can predict the future, the immediate past
is fairly easy to catalog and Saddam has taken a lot of
people down with him.
The following folks are, at this very moment, feeling
Saddam's pain.
Vladimir Putin: Once a guy who roamed the
range with President
Bush, Mr. Putin should not be planning any visits to
Texas soon. His
government likely supplied the Iraqis with weapons
outlawed by the U.N., and many
texans might find that extremely offensive. You can be
sure the powers
that be in Washington have. Can it get any colder in
Moscow? You bet.
Vicente Fox: Another former pal of George W.'s,
the Mexican
Presidente now finds himself so far outside the
American power "loop" he might as
well be the king of Tonga. Fox's decision not to support
his close friend
Mr. Bush in the United Nations security Council must be
considered muy malo.
Jacques Chirac: Replaces Michael Jackson as
the most detested man
in America. Maybe he should visit one of Jackson's
plastic surgeons as he
faces persona non grata in the USA.
The Hollywood Left: Sheen, Clooney,
Sarandon, et al. all failed
auditions as serious thinkers. Only the French are still
listening.
The Pope: Apparently, John Paul II is on a
personal crusade to
destroy the Roman Catholic Church in America. He's
still allowing Cardinals
like Mahoney in Los Angeles to stonewall priest sex
abuse allegations. Then
the Pontiff has the chutzpah to call the Iraq war
"immoral." A miracle is
needed.
John Kerry: A genuine American war hero, the
Senator redefines the
war "inappropriate" by calling for a "regime change" in
the USA in the
middle of a shooting war. Even democrats shuddered.
Network News People: Ratings for CBS News
have declined 15% during
the war! ABC News was down 6%, and NBC up only
3%. Meantime, Americans
flocked to watch cable TV news. Talk about regime
change!
Pinhead Professors: The reputations of fine
colleges such as
Columbia and Princeton have been tarnished by the
insane rantings of some
radical professors. Even some students are getting fed
up with so-called
"teachers" advocating the deaths of American troops.
Would you pay $30,000 a
year to hear a professor applaud Mogadishu?
The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times
b>: The Times, they are
changin', sang Bob Dylan. Well, yeah. These two
powerful newspapers
slanted hard news headlines to fit their editorial
position early in
the war. Plus, their editorial positions were flat and
wrong. Who wants
spin home delivered?
Senator Edward Kennedy: His appeasement of
Saddam may mean the
death of the liberal-wing of the democratic party.
Moderates like Joseph
Lieberman and John Edwards are rising, Ted and his
committed Ideologues risk
extinction. At this point Senator Kennedy makes
George McGovern look like a navy SEAL.
And finally one big stealth winner in the Iraq war:
Senator Hillary Clinton.
She simply disappeared after voting for military action
last fall, dodging all direct questions about the war but
making it clear she did not side with the peace
movement.
Say what you want about Hillary, she has no use for
losers.