Freedom Fries re-gurgitated

Dear Congressman Jones,

I watched you lecture Richard Perle, pleading for an apology for this misadventure in Iraq. While we're at it, how about an apology for Hans Blix? This Administration besmirched the integrity of Mr. Blix, suggesting he was a toady for Saddam. In the early 90's, this "toady of Saddam" uncovered evidence that Saddam was planning to produce lithium 6, which can only be used in H-bombs. This stimulated pressure to insert weapons inspectors into Iraq. Some toady! If we had listened to him, you would not be going to military funerals so often. You would not have had to write those 1300 letters. How about an apology for him? Blix was right!

Come to think of it, perhaps you should begin the apologies. You berated the French, setting in motion a wave of Francophobia. Have you apologized to them? Just because we jump off a cliff, sans parachute, into Iraq, does not mean the French must follow. Maybe if you apologize for your ignorant remarks, Mr. Perle and the other architects of this fiasco will follow your lead? How can you urge Mr. Perle to muster the decency to apologize, if you won't muster the decency to apologize for your error in judgment?

When you write that speech, keep this image in mind. When Charles Lindbergh landed in Paris, he was mobbed by Frenchmen inspired with his achievement. His two chief competitors were both French. Now that is Nobility of Spirit!