A truly great American patriot who was not afraid to speak the truth. From a speech in 1984:

They said that saving Grenada from terror and totalitarianism was the wrong thing to do - they didn't blame Cuba or the communists for threatening American students and murdering Grenadians - they blamed the United States instead.

But then, somehow, they always blame America first.

When our Marines, sent to Lebanon on a multinational peacekeeping mission with the consent of the United States Congress, were murdered in their sleep, the "blame America first crowd" didn't blame the terrorists who murdered the Marines, they blamed the United States.

But then, they always blame America first.

When the Soviet Union walked out of arms control negotiations, and refused even to discuss the issues, the San Francisco Democrats didn't blame Soviet intransigence. They blamed the United States.

But then, they always blame America first.

When Marxist dictators shoot their way to power in Central America, the San Francisco Democrats don't blame the guerrillas and their Soviet allies, they blame United States policies of 100 years ago.

But then, they always blame America first.

Rest in peace and thank you for your service to our country.

Her observations about American liberals and Democrats remain valid today. You know, she was a Democrat before Reagan picked her as UN ambassador.

A tough, gritty true patriot. God bless her.

And the creeps on Democrat Underground are already starting to piss on her grave...

And the creeps on Democrat Underground are already starting to piss on her grave...

Thankfully, muirego has been banned so he won't be able to do that here.

"You know, she was a Democrat before Reagan picked her as UN ambassador."

There is a world of difference between the Democrats of years long past and the socialist regressives (euphemisically referred to as "liberals") that run the "democrat" party today.

Kilpatric was a great American. May she rest in peace, with the gratitude of her fellow Americans for her service.

She should have been president.

She was OK during the Cold War, but I can't think of her without thinking of what the Tory MP Alan Clark said of her:

Monday, 9 April 1984

I was curious to meet this Anglophone harridan. She [was] adamantly, subversively pro-Galtieri during the Falklands crisis. Even up to the end she was urging Reagan to put pressure on the Prime Minister to allow the Argentine Army to leave the Islands 'bearing arms' (thus allowing a kind of 'heroically these men fought the whole British Navy to a standstill' propaganda myth to arise), which might just, I suppose, have saved the General's bacon domestically. The line is, she's so clever, she's an academic really, all that shit. . . .

Finally she appeared, a mixture between Irene Worth and Eleanor Roosevelt. Immediately began 'putting it way.' Halfway through the meal . . general conversation ceased and the honoured guest delivered a monologue, invited (reluctantly) questions.

Odious, totally stalinist, humourless. Trotted out the Party line, consequential sentences, no rationale at all. . . loathsome.

Mr. Thatcher's Minister - The Private Diaries of Alan Clark, pp. 70-71.

Now, supporting the military dictatorship of Argentina over the UK. Now, that's right-wing. Hard-core.

She said this in 2002:

"It would be a step backward in America's fight against international terrorism ... When we accept a terrorist state as legitimate, we strengthen terrorist groups," she said. Dr. Kirkpatrick said that while the Oslo accords were supposed to bring Israel peace and safety, "the situation is more dangerous for Israel now than it's ever been." She emphasized that "The destruction of Israel and expulsion of the Jews has been the goal of the PLO since its beginning in 1964 and continues to this day."

Not much doubt what she would have thought about the ISG's idea of serving tea and cookies with the thugs in Syria and Iran.

Thanks for putting her quote about Lebanon on the blog.

It reminds me of why I can't praise St. Ronnie of Cut & Run.

And, Robert, let's not forget Ollie North and the Israelis sold weapons to the Iranians who had supported Hezbollah, who killed those Marines in Beirut.

Somehow that never gets discussed.

St. Ronnie had a more menacing evil on his plate back then. He handled the threat just fine, thank you. I vote to make him the 4th Repubican on Mt. Rushmore (Washington was a Federalist.)

Observer, come off it. Alan Clark's Diaries??? That's the best you can do in finding a cutting remark on Kirkpatrick? It's so, how would you (he)say it, quaint???

Oh, I don't know that you could call Alan Clark "quaint," DaveD.

Revanchist, old-Tory, certainly eccentric, and libidinous come to mind.

He'd have been a great drinking companion, for sure.

And, he's certainly a reliable source for Kirkpatrick supporting Argentina in the Falklands War.

Observer5, I think that would be true.

You realize that dying means she is going to start voting straight party Democrat in future elections.

Don't know what it is about dying that turns Republicans into Democrats, but it keeps happening. Must be something in the dirt.

Kirkpatrick -Eulogized as "A true patriot" by the Wizbang faithful.

All without any apparent irony, for Kirkpatrick once said the same of Jonas Savimbi.

Oh, she'll be missed alright...

Goat, Savimbi was fighting the Soviets and Marxists, a worthy cause. Didn't realize you were one of those, but if your a Dem., I guess the shoe fits.

Alan Clark was a hamster compared to Ms. Kirkpatrick, and so is "Observer 5," a true creep, and worthy successor to Muirego and the other louts on this board.

Here's what you need to know about Observer 5's inspiration, Mr. Clark:

"His father, Kenneth Clark, a life peer, was popularly known as "Lord Clark of Civilization" in honor of his wonderfully arrogant cultural series on television. Alan inherited, and lives in, a battlemented seventeenth-century castle. He is a multimillionaire. He is also a respected military historian, who raised a few hackles by musing on how well the German army had fought in defeat.

Tact is not his strong suit. He has described the present chancellor of the exchequer as a "puffy podgeball" and the deputy prime minister as a man who had "bought his own furniture" (that is, nouveau riche). When obliged to read a feminist-oriented statement in the House of Commons, he gabbled it derisively, afterward cheerfully admitting that he had not been "entirely sober." He outraged sensibilities by referring generically to "Bongo Bongo Land."

Unsurprisingly, he never achieved senior office"

Stuff it, O 5, you piece of shiite.

Mitchell, you left out his fantastic womanizing, which included the wife of a distinguished judge and her daughter, and his writing for Classic Cars magazine.

He was Minister of State for Defense Procurement, and also was a Minister of State for Trade.

He did have the gift and the fortitude for absolute candor about himself and others. He would have been amused by your foaming at the mouth, Mitchell.

A hamster? I think not. More like a badger.

His Diaries will be read long after the words and the name of Kirkpatrick have faded from history.

God O 5, you've delusional.

No one reads this man's work. No one.

Jeane Kirkpatrick was a giant. That you would have to cite a drunk degenerate like Clark on a day when we honor Kirkpatrick's life speaks volumes about you.

Mitchell:

Ars longa, vita brevis.

Whaddya you, her son or something? Obviously not the one who's a Buddhist monk, as you're too agitated for that.