Comments on: Patterico Outside the Tent, Part 2 http://patterico.com/2005/08/20/patterico-outside-the-tent-part-2/ Harangues that just make sense Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:57:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Don Albares http://patterico.com/2005/08/20/patterico-outside-the-tent-part-2/#comment-20037 Don Albares Tue, 23 Aug 2005 02:20:40 +0000 http://patterico.com/?p=3493#comment-20037 Just read the Peacenik piece in the Times. Thought you might be interested in knowing that MOST of the 300,000+ civilian deaths under Saddam occured while he was our convenient ally of the week. We didn't give a good goddamn about it then... he was enemies with Iran. The enemy of my enemy is my friend, right? Just the kind of ASSENINE BS that has sent me and others overseas for the last 50 years, cleaning up behind the political expediencies of the moment. Just so the numbers are correct. We've been buddies with more despots than you can shake a stick at...just so they weren't "commies" or Marxists or whatever. It wasn't right then and it ain't right now. Don Veteran Just read the Peacenik piece in the Times. Thought you might be interested in knowing that MOST of the 300,000+ civilian deaths under Saddam occured while he was our convenient ally of the week. We didn’t give a good goddamn about it then… he was enemies with Iran. The enemy of my enemy is my friend, right? Just the kind of ASSENINE BS that has sent me and others overseas for the last 50 years, cleaning up behind the political expediencies of the moment. Just so the numbers are correct. We’ve been buddies with more despots than you can shake a stick at…just so they weren’t “commies” or Marxists or whatever.
It wasn’t right then and it ain’t right now.
Don
Veteran

]]> By: Toby Petzold http://patterico.com/2005/08/20/patterico-outside-the-tent-part-2/#comment-19916 Toby Petzold Sun, 21 Aug 2005 04:18:22 +0000 http://patterico.com/?p=3493#comment-19916 I just rode by (and through) Camp Casey a few hours ago and it looks pretty tame. There's probably more Bikers for Bush and cops hanging around than protesters. I'm from that area originally, but was surprised at how far from Crawford the ranch really is. I hadn't realized it before. The most interesting insight I could provide you, though, is the one you would expect: the demographic there is overwhelmingly white, middle class, and touristy. These are well-heeled hippies, I assure you. I just rode by (and through) Camp Casey a few hours ago and it looks pretty tame. There’s probably more Bikers for Bush and cops hanging around than protesters.

I’m from that area originally, but was surprised at how far from Crawford the ranch really is. I hadn’t realized it before.

The most interesting insight I could provide you, though, is the one you would expect: the demographic there is overwhelmingly white, middle class, and touristy. These are well-heeled hippies, I assure you.

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