Hello Everybody,   
      
   On this day, five years ago, Secretary of State   
   Condoleezza Rice became the highest-ranking American   
   official in half a century to visit Libya, where she   
   met with GWB's newest pal, Moammar Gadhafi.   
      
   Of course, this should have come to no surprise, as   
   years earlier Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld   
   had gone to Iraq, shaking Saddam Hussein's hand.   
      
   In those days, it was okay for madmen such as   
   Saddam Hussein to use chemical weapons on others   
   (and his own people).  But that was only because   
   Ronald Reagan (our greatest president) said so.   
   After all, we could not afford for Iran to kidnap   
   any more Americans.   
      
   GWB claimed it was necessary for the United States   
   to invade Iraq because Saddam Hussein had stockpiles   
   of WMD.  Never mind that no such stockpiles of WMD   
   have ever been found.  That's not the point.  GWB   
   said so, so it must be true.   
      
   President Barack Obama is asking the Congress to   
   authorize the use of military force against Syria,   
   on grounds that the Syrian regime has used chemical   
   weapons on its own people.   
      
   President Ronald Reagan was best buds with Saddam   
   Hussein.  President George W. Bush was best buds with   
   Moammar Gadhafi.   
      
   President Barack Obama did not ask the Congress to   
   authorize the use of military force against Libya.   
   Instead, he acted on his own authority.  It was   
   regime change - Obama-style.  No trial for the Libyan   
   dictator.  Or if he had one, it was very short.   
      
   Republicans applauded Ronald Reagan when he made   
   friends with Saddam Hussein.  Republicans applauded   
   George W. Bush when he befriended Moammar Gadhafi.   
      
   Where was the condemnation from Republicans when   
   the US Ambassador to Libya and three other Americans   
   were murdered by terrorists?  Rather than condemn   
   the terrorists, Republicans chose to condemn   
   President Obama.  Why?  Because President Obama   
   succeeded where his Republican predecessors failed.   
      
   Dictators are not our friends.  Dictators are not   
   friends with anybody who is pro-democracy.  Unless   
   it serves their purposes, dictators have no friends.   
      
   And yet there will always be folks such as Donald   
   Rumsfeld and Condoleezza Rice, putting on a smiling   
   face and shaking the hand of a psychotic killer.   
      
   Oh, did I mention Nancy Pelosi?  She did meet with   
   Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, a few years ago.  He   
   was a very gracious host, from what I understand.   
      
   --Lee   
      
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