Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi takes no prisoners
"The only way to deal with terrorists is to bring them to justice and to close ranks, and we hope that Egypt and the Egyptian government would act accordingly," Allawi told a news conference in the Syrian capital, reports Reuters:
Iraq's Prime Minster Iyad Allawi urged Egypt on Saturday not to give in to kidnappers who have taken an Egyptian diplomat hostage in Baghdad.
He said the Iraqi government was doing everything it could to try and secure the release of Mohamed Mamdouh Qutb, who was seized after reports that Cairo might consider helping Iraq with security arrangements.
With that kind of attitude, Allawi can forget about a Nobel Peace Prize.
[via The Cool Blue Blog]
Peace only comes when those of good will demonstrate the power to eliminate those fanatics who wish to make us all live as they see fit.
Posted by: goomp | July 24, 2004 at 01:12 PM
those fanatics who wish to make us all live as they see fit.
Isn't that exactly what Bush is doing?
Posted by: Robert McClelland | July 24, 2004 at 03:51 PM
"those fanatics who wish to make us all live as they see fit.
Isn't that exactly what Bush is doing?"
Actually that would be the politically correct, oh so sensitive left.
Posted by: Mark Walker | July 24, 2004 at 10:14 PM
Oh my word. Mr. Bush is doing what any person who can think in common-sense terms would do. Fight them. Do NOT cave in to childish demands. Kill them when you can, where you can. And finally, change them - drag them, kicking and screaming, into the 21st century. Where the rest of the world (well, most of it) already is living.
"Hey, guys? Welcome to the human race. Wanna join?"
Posted by: rick | July 25, 2004 at 05:32 PM