The Lonely Goatherd Blog

And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats - Matthew 25:32




Up to the minute notes on the current state of free thinking and free living: Kentucky moonshine - original analysis and reporting from MoreThings, and all round pop culture museum of sight and sound - photo galleries, mp3 and video downloads.

Al Barger and MoreThings - getting people's goats since 1998.

Live free or die!


----

I stand with Israel


Al Barger's Boutique Gift Shop

I wouldn't want to ask people to just give me money cause they like my website, but do please take a quick look at Barger's Boutique. You might find yourself a little something-something for 2 or 3 bucks that you just can't resist! Any of the round images you find around MoreThings will get you to an Amazon page to buy my stuff and help ol' Al keep the lights on.
Muhammed, Mohammed blasphemous image
Jesus and Doubting Thomas
Sammy Davis Jr with Archie Bunker on All in the Family



More Things


MoreThings Home


Goatherd Blog Home



Music Sustains the Soul

Video Fan

God and Country

Free MP3 Downloads

Free Video and Movie Downloads

Barger for Senate archive

Holla Back!


If you're testing God and lying to his face, you're going to catch hell. - Jack White



What's a libertarian?








Links
To explicitly state the obvious, these external links go to interesting and provocative websites, but they speak for themselves. I don't necessarily agree with anything they say - especially that no-goodnik Richard Marcus.
*************





Ruvy's Roost

Bad Eagle

Mark Steyn

Kole Hard Facts of Life

Richard Marcus - Beady Eyed Lyin' Canadian

Buckdog

Samizdata

The Memory Hole

Rate a cop



All original content on MoreThings.com copyright 2008 Albert Barger or the respective authors


March 21, 2003

 

Gratitude, schmatitude
Lot of folks think the people of Iraq should come kiss our feet in gratitude that we've come to liberate them. Matthew Yglesias, for example, was taken aback that Salam, writing from Baghdad, does not particularly favor us bombing the living crap out of his hometown.

Nonetheless, I wouldn't expect somebody on the other end of our guns to just be full of trust, as I wouldn't be real thrilled to have to trust someone not to blow me up.

Furthermore, our government has arguably historically acted in a cavallier manner with the Iraqi public, ignoring their interest and sufferings first by supporting and then by trying to suppress Hussein.

Now, I'm glad of what we're doing in Iraq. It just badly needs doing. Hussein was an evil threat to US and all decent nations. The fact that our government was sponsoring him at one time just makes it that much more our responsibility to deal with him now.

Also, the people of Iraq should be expected to have some serious reservations about US running up in on them like this. We need to prove ourselves to the people of Iraq, to show them that they're not getting screwed in the deal again.

I trust that we will. Of course, that's real easy for me to be all trusting, sitting safe in Indiana. It takes a lot more trust to trust someone with your life, which is the level of control we're demanding of the Iraqi people.

It might be necessary, and even (by our estimation) in their own best long term interests for us to come take the wheel for a minute. It is not reasonable, however, to expect them to like it.


posted by Al at 3/21/2003 02:41:00 AM

Link Soup
morethings master photo gallery index boutique MP3 new album releases lyrics sammy davis shirley temple photos little richard photos buddy holly pictures fats domino images chuck berry pictures Jesus pictures leann rimes 24 lucille ball images clint eastwood pictures lena horne images beach boys janis joplin images team america pictures robert mitchum photos bruce springsteen pictures bugs bunny pictures mariah carey pictures ann coulter photos loretta lynn pictures kanye west images beatles pictures white stripes pictures andy griffith pictures kill bill pictures beverly hillbillies pictures michael jackson robin williams frank zappa pictures jerry lee lewis pictures richard pryor photos june carter johnny cash pictures u2 photos four seasons images james cagney images pulp fiction pics snoop dogg elvis presley pictures dolly parton pictures olsen twins photos brandy cheech&chong tori amos pictures David Bowie photos roger rabbit reese witherspoon pictures rolling stones photos fiona apple images kim novak images ray charles photos marx brothers pictures prince rogers nelson pictures blazing saddles images steve martin eddie murphy photos aretha franklin photos south park  pictures homer simpson images bob dylan pictures elizabeth taylor photos alice in wonderland pictures madonna images saturday night live pictures jewel kilcher photos willie nelson images india.arie pics lynyrd skynyrd hee haw pictures james brown images pete townshend photos tina turner pictures dixie chicks photos bill murray pictures elton john images emmylou harris images in living color pictures guns n roses pictures jodie foster photos eminem frank sinatra photos van halen images satan blondie photos merle haggard images rocky horror pictures monty python martin luther king watchmen pictures sarah palin