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Did I just hear a domino fall? Moammar Gadhafi has just agreed to verifiably dismantle his weapons of mass destruction. Secret negotiations started on almost the exact day that operation Iraqi Freedom started. Coincidence? Not bloody likely. There's a new sheriff in town and one-by-one, he's cleaning out all the rat holes. Now some of the rats are surrendering before he even shows up.
It has taken the world some time to adjust to the new sheriff. They first thought he was like the old one - all hat and no horse. They now realize he is Shane.
The sheriff has had a very good week. First Saddam was captured and shown to be the coward that he is. For weeks he has exhorted his followers to martyr themselves against the Americans. Then, armed with a loaded pistol and an AK47, he meekly surrenders without firing a single shot.
Then the French, Germans, and Russians surrender to James Baker and agree to relieve Iraq of some of its debt. They did this even though Bush has said they aren't getting any reconstruction contracts funded by US tax dollars. I would love to find out what Baker said to them.
Now Libya has surrendered to Bush. And we didn't even have to fire a shot.
The world now knows what the new sheriff means when he says, "You are either with us or you're with the terrorists." It looks like want to be on our side.
Posted by Ted at December 19, 2003 8:23 PMI'd love to get a T-Shirt with Bush in a western sheriff gear outfit like Marshall Dillon with that slogan on it.
Posted by: Reb Orrell at December 23, 2003 4:10 PMThat's not a bad idea. Maybe I'll see what I can find on the web and piece together.
Posted by: Ted at December 23, 2003 6:01 PM