Posted on 11/09/2009 3:05:45 PM PST by EternalVigilance
This morning, in an article by Lt. Colonel Allen B. West (US Army, ret.) about the Ft. Hood terrorist attack, a phrase arrested my attention: "The Saudis are not our friends and any American political figure who believes such is delusional." It took my mind back to the days when I was hosting a commentary show on MSNBC. I remember on several occasions presenting thoughts based on the theme, 'the Saudis are not our friends.' (Not long after came the events that led to the demise of the show.) And that was before the current corrupt Party system produced an election outcome allowing someone to occupy the Oval Office who could not suppress the urge to do public obeisance to the Saudi Monarch.
In his comments Lt. Col. West accurately assesses the Saudi role in developing the cadre of Islamic fundamentalists from whose ranks Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups recruit their dedicated assassins. "Saudi Arabia is sponsoring radical Imams who enter into our prisons and convert young men into a virulent Wahabbist ideology…They are sponsoring textbooks which present Islamic centric revisionist history in our schools."
Now it appears that the preparation and recruitment of Islamic jihad kamikazes has been successfully extended into the ranks of our military, endangering the lives of our personnel on and off the battlefield (as well as the lives of their dependents.) As an "Army brat" I spent the bulk of my early years living on one Army base or another. Though it was part of my father's profession to risk his life for the country, as a dependent I don't recall feeling that my life was at risk on base for even one moment the whole time I was growing up. Can the children of our troops today say the same?
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Alan can’t run a winning campaign but I’d love to see him on a ticket as #2 ...
He would be a fine Sec. Of State. He has no problem speaking the truth
“Ya knew I was a rattlesnake when you picked me up.”
Alan Keyes bump
It says a lot about America when black seems to “rule” these days, but this exceptional man can’t even make a dent in the political scene. He’s a wonderful man, with the right and I mean right, morals, attitudes and beliefs, and he is written off, all the time. Very telling imo. CO
So true. I've been a huge fan of Keyes for many years. Whenever I mention him to black friends and co-workers they just snicker and call him a "NUT".
It seems that in order to gain any credibility with a lot of black folks one has to toe the Rat/Sharpton/Jackson party line. I suppose if you don't you are a traitor to "the cause" and of course a whackjob.
Very sad...
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