SCUD Dud - As I

SCUD Dud - As I was writing the piece below, who should pop on the TV but none other than Arthur "Scud Stud" Kent himself. He's writing for McCall's magazine and hosting a puff show on the History Channel today. He was on the Larry King show, talking about the announcement today about the post-war provisional government of Iraq. He was in a panel discussion with King, Winston Churchill (grandson of the great British prime minister) and a reporter for Nile TV.

Kent commented on the notion of a government led by CENTCOM commander Tommy Franks and proposed civilian administrator, retired General Jay Garner: "This means quagmire. Game over".

The Q word, again. You'd think they'd learn.

Churchill responded, with some of his granddad's aplomb:

The idea that the UN, with its threat of Russian, Chinese or French vetos, would produce a better thing thatn a UK/Us administration, is absurd. I think the moment will come when the regime cracks, and people across the world, including the Muslim world, will see scenes of rejoicing after liberation fro 30 years of tortunre and murder...and that'll have an amazing effect on the Arab Street. We have to make sure we follow through and not just move on and forget about Iraq.

Kent dismissed Churchill:

SUre, there'll be a period of rejoicing. But the fact of matter [this seems to have become Kent's favorite modifier to any sentence, by the way; "the fact of the matter is, we're taking a break" is only a slight exaggeration] is, the Russians and French are more popular in Iraq than the US is. I think the reporting needs to consider the deep animosity among the Iraqis against US and UK for the twelve y ears of crushing sanctions and the twelve-year bombing campaign. When the time comes to estabilsh a supposedly free iraq, and there's no UN - where's the logic in that? The Iraqi people and the Iraqi government aren't buying it.

Arthur Kent; from "Scud Stud" to "Clairvoyant UN Flack".

Listen; you can hear the sound of a career falling faster than a SCUD that's been hit by a Patriot.

Posted by Mitch at April 5, 2003 08:56 PM