Posted on 01/27/2015 8:01:33 AM PST by fredericbastiat1
Recently we marked the 50th anniversary of the January 24, 1965 passing of Winston Churchill.
Churchill was not only a courageous leader but an eminent historian and lucid writer who left us with volumes of valuable insight and wisdom.
We have been flipping through his, “The Gathering Storm,” which recounts among other parts of history the lead up to World War II, when Churchill stood as a lone voice against Nazi Germany — a threat he so clearly saw while the world dithered.
Below are 12 passages from Churchill’s Volume I of “The Gathering Storm,” that look awfully eerie in light of the rising totalitarian, anti-Western, often anti-Semitic and savage, jihadist, Communist and fascist forces rising in the world today.
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Have you read what resource China controls by occupying Tibet?
In that mountainous range could be just about anything. But the Tibetan grab occurred before the solar scientists made their solar cooling projections.
Excellent companion piece by VDH posted yesterday:
Barack Obama, Empire Builder: Not since the 1930s have we seen so many evil empires on the rise.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3251122/posts
The Chinese, being long term thinkers, may have realized what a precious resource water is and that may have been why they invaded.
I don't know, but I do know that a war could easily start if the Chinese start manipulating the out flow of water from Tibet.
A cooling planet has less water vapor simply due to it getting frozen out of the air by the cold. That is why you get static zaps and dry skin in winter. One of the benefits of global warming is more rain. So perhaps the Chinese have known all along.
China is the oldest continually running civilization. They have been keeping records for thousands of years. They are also sneaky Commies.
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