Friday, March 21, 2003
Note to Appeasement Activists: Iraqis Cheer U.S. Troops
Even as San Francisco leftists throw temper tantrums, vicious Germans desecrate U.S. flags and fussbudget Frenchmen fret, citizens in southern Iraq are thrilled today to be liberated by U.S. Marines.
As American forces took the border town of Safwan, residents waved. "A woman threw herself at the Marines' feet until a man hurriedly came and led her away," Fox News reported today.
"Americans very good," Ali Khemy said. "Iraq wants to be free."
Another resident told reporters why he welcomed the arrival of U.S. troops. "We're very happy. Saddam Hussein is no good. Saddam Hussein a butcher."
Some townspeople chanted, "Ameriki! Ameriki!"
"Many others in the starving town just patted their stomachs and raised their hands, begging for food," the Associated Press reported.
Frenchie Admits, 'We Look Really Stupid'
Let's recall this quotation from Dominique Dord, a deputy from French President Jacques Chirac's own party: "We would look really stupid if Iraqis applaud the arrival of Americans." Well said.
Perhaps if the blame-America-first extremists, foreign and domestic, got to experience life under a genocidal dictator for a few years they would finally stop hating the U.S.
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