March 07, 2003

My friends and fine fellow bloggers Bill Quick at Daily Pundit and Steven Den Beste both cite this superb analysis of the War on Islamist Terrorism by Stephen Pollard in today's Telegraph:
Britain's role is crucial in next stage of war on terror - Iran
Pollard gives us not one, but two pieces of good news:
1. The US and the UN are (probably) getting a divorce:

Well-connected advisers tell me that if, as now seems likely, the UN refuses to back action against terror, Mr Bush will announce a "temporary" suspension of America's membership, to be accompanied by an offer: if the UN gets its act together and carries out long-overdue reforms, America (and its money) will return. But if there is no reform, the temporary withdrawal will, de facto, become permanent.

I love it! Please do it, President Bush!
How do you spell relief?
Get the UN out of the US and get the US out of the UN!
2. Iran's Liberation is a key goal in the War on Islamist Terrorism and comes right after Iraq's and contrary to Liberal Dims' opinions, President Bush has a strategery for the NorKs, too:

The war on terror is not simply about destroying the Taliban and taking down Saddam; it is a far more complex operation. The President has carefully set about action in ascending order of difficulty. First the Taliban. Then Saddam. Then the next step, Iran - the world's leading financier of terror. North Korea will be left to China to deal with, with Mr Bush making clear to China that, if it does not take its responsibilities seriously, Japan will be given nuclear weapons.

Who'dda thunk it... that we'd live to see the day that the first (and only) country we'd use The Bomb on as an enemy we would one day trust as an ally to have in their arsenal? Ladies and gentlemen, we do live in interesting times, indeed.