Lion of Baghdad
I'd like to thank Arvin for the invitation to provide some balance here. It took sixty-three emails and five denial of service attacks, but it says something that he was willing to entertain an opposing viewpoint in this wretched Marxist blog. I guess when one's own faction controls every newspaper and broadcast outlet in America, one can afford to be generous.
Like my fellow conservatives, I have a real problem with the way the Liberal Media obsesses over every little firecracker and insurgent sneeze in Iraq, and consistently ignores the many good things going on here. While the pinkos at the New York Times and CBS busy themselves attempting to undermine our brave men and women serving in the so-called Cradle of Civilization, the plain truth is no one can deny President Bush's historic success in improving the lives of the Iraqi people. I guess freedom and democracy aren't impressive to the likes of Dan Rather, Ted Kennedy and Nancy Pelosi, but I ask you: What have they ever done for the average Ali on Haifa Street? Not a damn thing.
When Baghdad Mayor Ali Fadel suggested erecting a statue of President George W. Bush where the statue of Sadaam was spontaneously torn down by exuberant Iraqis on live TV (has it been two years already?), some of our liberal friends ridiculed the idea. That noise you heard was Blue America hissing with contempt. I heard it, and so did many of my freedom-loving friends, but we're used to that kind of behavior from The Hate Left. How awful for them to know President Bush is loved by millions of grateful Iraqi citizens. One cab driver just outside The Green Zone told me George has become the most popular name in the region given to little brown babies born since the liberation.
Funding for a Bush statue was hard to come by in Iraq because most of the post-war capital is being invested in infrastructure such as petroleum facilities and the internets. That's expensive stuff, even in resource-rich Iraq. Fortunately, with help from Rev. Sung Yung Moon and statue designer Tony Blankley of The Washington Post, Mayor Ali Fadel's dream has become a reality.
The photograph below shows me celebrating the christening of the statue, appropriately named "George W. Bush: Lion of Baghdad." An ecstatic Iraqi soldier sits atop The Lion as a fireworks display can be seen in the background. A jubliant crowd chanted DUB-AH-YA, DUB-AH-YA and helicopters flew in formation overhead. I had an appointment at Halliburton, so I didn't get to stay for the whole ceremony, but it was one of the most powerful, poignant moments of my long, rich life.
It hardly comes as a surprise the Liberal Media refuses to show you pictures of Iraqis paying tribute to freedom and democracy in the streets of Baghdad. But that doesn't make this bitter pill any easier to swallow. Perhaps the only consolation is that history won't be snookered as easily as the American public.
Like my fellow conservatives, I have a real problem with the way the Liberal Media obsesses over every little firecracker and insurgent sneeze in Iraq, and consistently ignores the many good things going on here. While the pinkos at the New York Times and CBS busy themselves attempting to undermine our brave men and women serving in the so-called Cradle of Civilization, the plain truth is no one can deny President Bush's historic success in improving the lives of the Iraqi people. I guess freedom and democracy aren't impressive to the likes of Dan Rather, Ted Kennedy and Nancy Pelosi, but I ask you: What have they ever done for the average Ali on Haifa Street? Not a damn thing.
When Baghdad Mayor Ali Fadel suggested erecting a statue of President George W. Bush where the statue of Sadaam was spontaneously torn down by exuberant Iraqis on live TV (has it been two years already?), some of our liberal friends ridiculed the idea. That noise you heard was Blue America hissing with contempt. I heard it, and so did many of my freedom-loving friends, but we're used to that kind of behavior from The Hate Left. How awful for them to know President Bush is loved by millions of grateful Iraqi citizens. One cab driver just outside The Green Zone told me George has become the most popular name in the region given to little brown babies born since the liberation.
Funding for a Bush statue was hard to come by in Iraq because most of the post-war capital is being invested in infrastructure such as petroleum facilities and the internets. That's expensive stuff, even in resource-rich Iraq. Fortunately, with help from Rev. Sung Yung Moon and statue designer Tony Blankley of The Washington Post, Mayor Ali Fadel's dream has become a reality.
The photograph below shows me celebrating the christening of the statue, appropriately named "George W. Bush: Lion of Baghdad." An ecstatic Iraqi soldier sits atop The Lion as a fireworks display can be seen in the background. A jubliant crowd chanted DUB-AH-YA, DUB-AH-YA and helicopters flew in formation overhead. I had an appointment at Halliburton, so I didn't get to stay for the whole ceremony, but it was one of the most powerful, poignant moments of my long, rich life.
Iraqis celebrate George W. Bush: Lion of Baghad
It hardly comes as a surprise the Liberal Media refuses to show you pictures of Iraqis paying tribute to freedom and democracy in the streets of Baghdad. But that doesn't make this bitter pill any easier to swallow. Perhaps the only consolation is that history won't be snookered as easily as the American public.
posted by Anonymous at 2/07/2005 01:30:00 PM
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