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November 29, 2003
Unctuous Litte Toady
Nicholas Kristof has the most tacky, offensive column about the Iraq war I've seen this year.
In a column 10 days ago about Iraq, I expressed frustration at the absence of a good name for our war there. So I offered prizes (Iraqi 250-dinar notes with Saddam's picture) and invited readers to send in entries.
And here are his "winners".
The five winners, each of whom gets a 250-dinar note left over from my last Iraq trip, are: Brad Corsello of New York for "Dubya Dubya III"; Richard Sanders for "Rolling Blunder"; John Fell of California for "Desert Slog," Will Hutchinson of Vermont for "Mess in Potamia"; and Willard Oriol of New York for "Blood, Baath and Beyond."
How cute....and how easy it is for Mr. Kristof to sit in the safety of his office and trivialize the deaths, injuries and sacrifices of our military members. Whether you oppose the war or not, I think you'd agree it is an inappropriate subject for such mockery. At least I hope you would.
Mr. Kristof ends with this smarmy little paragraph.
More seriously, during this holiday weekend, I hope we'll think often and appreciatively of those Americans who are in Iraq right now. Humor cannot erase their fear and loneliness in the face of Washington's policy failures, or the heartbreak here in so many homes where bereaved parents, spouses and orphans are struggling in this season to remember why they should be giving thanks.
More likely they're struggling to remember why they should be reading the NYTimes....and finding there's no reason. No reason at all.
Shame on you, Mr. Kristof.
Posted by Rita at November 29, 2003 08:08 AM