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a lot to crow about

So much to blog, so little time. Work will seem a bit dreary today without access to the internet, but if my itchy blog fingers become uncontrolable, my sister has a login to this site and I can send her my posts via email. In case of war, break glass - that kind of thing.

First up today we have the lovely Sheryl Crow.

UPDATE: Henry beat me to this story by two days. Sorry, Henry!

Then-First Lady Hillary Clinton, daughter Chelsea, Sheryl Crow, Army Secretary Togo West, and Admiral Leighton Smith perform at a show for U.S. troops at the Tuzla Air Base on March 25, 1996.

What is that she's doing in that picture? She's...she's....singing for the troops!

Via reader SondraK (via Rush Limbaugh) comes the news that Sheryl was a big believer in the war on Bosnia.

In an interview during Clinton's war on Bosnia, Crow stated:

Here are these people, from 18-year-olds to military veterans, enduring real duress for the cause of peace." The singer then gushed, "I don't ever want to play for a regular audience again, only military folks who are starving for music." She even did a special on VH1 titled: Sheryl Crow: A Postcard from Bosnia.

In fact, Crow also wrote a song about Bosnia:

There is a train that's heading straight
To heaven's gate, to heaven's gate
And on the way, child and man,
And woman wait, watch and wait
For redemption day

It's buried in the countryside
It's exploding in the shells at night
It's everywhere a baby cries
Freedom

Where is her desire for the freedom of the babies crying in Iraq?

Somehow, I doubt she will be entertaining the troops in Iraq once the war starts. So why Clinton, why Bosnia? Why not now?

I wonder if Crow will come around from her Keep Saddam in Iraq stance and remember her desire to support our troops that are out there figthing for Redemption Day for the people of Iraq.

Nah.

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There's quite a few of us who easily supported the war in Bosnia, and don't support the one in Iraq because it promises to bring about only a faux democracy - if any.

Except this isn't a post about "quite a few of us," this is about this faux-peacenik Sheryl Crow, who's so clearly against the war because she's a partisan FOB it's embarrassing. She presented herself as a pacifist not too long ago. See here.

Crow accepted her award for pop-rock female artist wearing a white T-shirt emblazoned with the message "war is not the answer" in black sequins. She had the V-neck shirt specially made.

"I just think there's a really vital, sweeping peace movement out there that's not getting covered in the press, so I just kind of try to do my part," she said backstage.[...]

"I think war is based in greed and there are huge karmic retributions that will follow. I think war is never the answer to solving any problems. The best way to solve problems is to not have enemies."

It only promises a faux democracy? I didn't read that anywhere. Everything I read said it promises to instill democracy, nothing about a fake one.

Is this one of those obvious things that we should just accept or is there actual proof?

And if America is so bad at instilling governments and democracies, why isn't anyone in the UN willing to help?

OK been ill for a few days, but is this time to revive the 'war for oil' debate? Maybe that's why she's not in support of it..

Although, the best thing to do would probably to ask Ms.Crow herself... or is that a bit obvious? ;-)

Is that what we're down to? Faux democracy? Why not just give up and admit that you should be for the war instead of clinging to your dying party?

I'm definitely hoping the boobie post wasn't faux!

Nice try, Oliver...

Of course, you declared previously on your blog (check the comments) that the only reason you oppose Bush administration policies is because it's the Republicans doing it, and not the Democrats.

"Last I checked, it wasn't the DNC implementing these policies" indeed.

Of course if Al Gore was in the white house she'd be all for the war.

I have this odd image of Sheryl telling Iraqis that it's all their fault they're stuck with Saddam because they didn't vote for Al Gore.

By the way Oliver, I predict that time will prove you and the rest of those "quite a few" completely wrong. But you are never going admit it or apologize.

The idea is to remove Saddam and the Ba'athists from power, pour encourager les outres, and if we manage to subsequently install any sort of free system in its place, well that will be just gravy.

With the Ba'athists knocked on their ass, we will be able to deal with the mullahs in Iran, another terrorist sponsoring state.

Then comes the turn of that bad joke of a "royal" (ha) family which runs Saudi Arabia, the real villains of this piece.

Iraq is only the opening act, Oliver. This is going to be the work of years, with the aim of denutting Radical Islam, and demonstrating to any other regime that wants to mess with Uncle that they had better learn to play nice with the others, or they will get a spanking too.

Of course, you declared previously on your blog (check the comments) that the only reason you oppose Bush administration policies is because it's the Republicans doing it, and not the Democrats.
If anyone here actually read the link (not likely) it shows that I would slam the GOP (not the Bush Administration) for outsourcing political campaign jobs to other countries as strongly as I would Democrats for doing the same.

By the way Oliver, I predict that time will prove you and the rest of those "quite a few" completely wrong. But you are never going admit it or apologize.
Are you sure your name isn't Miss Cleo?

Then comes the turn of that bad joke of a "royal" (ha) family which runs Saudi Arabia, the real villains of this piece.
... who our president continually kisses the asses of.

"Then comes the turn of that bad joke of a "royal" (ha) family which runs Saudi Arabia, the real villains of this piece.
... who our president continually kisses the asses of."

Diplomacy: the art of saying
"Nice doggy" until you can find a stick -- Wynn Catlin

By the way Oliver, I predict that time will prove you and the rest of those "quite a few" completely wrong. But you are never going admit it or apologize.
Are you sure your name isn't Miss Cleo?

At first glance I thought you were accusing me of being Miss Manners.
I'd rather be "Miss Behavior"

Montag is right, Iraq is only one battle. Saudi should be the next.