Posted by Dan Ewert : 3/28/2003 02:31:00 AM (Archive Link)
Jesse Jackson, what a guy. Seems he’s calling for a truce in the Iraq war so humanitarian aid can get through. Is there no headline for which this guy will not grab? And on whose side is he working? Who thinks that the Iraqi forces would just sit back for awhile while aid was distributed? These are the same people who are using civilians as human shields and are firing mortars into the Basra marketplace. They didn’t seem overly concerned about humanitarian notions then and they aren’t likely to have a change of heart when Jesse rolls into town.

Jackson also says he wants to take a delegation of religious leaders to visit American and Iraqi POW’s “to be convinced they are alive and well.” It’s hard to know whether that comment is directed more at the U.S. soldiers held by Iraq or at the Iraqis being held by American forces. We’d all like to think the former but with Jesse, you can’t be sure. One thing is for sure… if he ever did make it to Baghdad to see the American POW’s, it would only be turned into so much propaganda by Iraq. And don’t be surprised if Saddam’s lackeys start saying an aid-justified cease-fire is a great idea and then blame America for not also agreeing to it. Hussein has the PR and spin machine of the same quality as the Clinton administration. It’s a wondrous thing to behold, like an elephant with diarrhea… impressive but oh so disgusting.