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Trump frames anti-terrorism fight as a clash of civilizations, defending Western culture
Los Angeles Times ^ | July 6, 2017 | David Lauter and Brian Bennett

Posted on 07/06/2017 4:18:42 PM PDT by Innovative

President Trump’s speech in Warsaw cast the fight against terrorism as a clash of civilizations, adopting a framework that his two predecessors had determinedly avoided and linking it to his controversial policies on immigration.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: civilization; deathofthewest; terrorism; trump; trumppoland; westerncivilization; westernculture; whywefight
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Trump is exactly right. And he is willing to stand up and say the truth.

May he live and govern long and "Make America Great Again".

1 posted on 07/06/2017 4:18:43 PM PDT by Innovative
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And that is PRECISELY what it is — a clash of civilizations continuing for centuries more than a millennial.


2 posted on 07/06/2017 4:22:29 PM PDT by House Atreides (Send BOTH Hillary & Bill to prison.)
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To: Innovative

It appears that Trump has read Samuel Huntington. It’s a pity that the reporters for this article haven’t.


3 posted on 07/06/2017 4:22:41 PM PDT by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius available at Amazon.)
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Not as a clash of civilizations, but the defense of civilization.

Typical L A Times


4 posted on 07/06/2017 4:24:30 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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Finally - someone in a position of power and authority has the guts to speak the truth!

“Islam is Islam. Democracy is the train we ride to victory”
— Recep Erdogan; President of Turkey


5 posted on 07/06/2017 4:25:50 PM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (We were Trumpers before Trumpin' was cool !)
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Democrats including Hillary Clinton want to invite Islam into the USA to destroy America because democrats hate America and democrats hate freedom


6 posted on 07/06/2017 4:31:43 PM PDT by rurgan (5.7 million illegals voted for Hillary! voter id laws = trump 2020 = 4 conservative justices)
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Amazing speech.

Trump talks about the evils of government bureaucracy and how individual freedom and western civilization must be defended from the evils of government bureaucracy and I interpret it as also against Islam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYZCtfIPsEQ&feature=youtu.be&t=1635

7 posted on 07/06/2017 4:35:21 PM PDT by rurgan (5.7 million illegals voted for Hillary! voter id laws = trump 2020 = 4 conservative justices)
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Amazing speech.


Yep. A Reagan Berlin Wall speech for the 21st century. Now let’s see if the Euros are interested in fighting for the values they claim to have. I’m not holding my breath on that one.


8 posted on 07/06/2017 4:39:52 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: Innovative

Yes, the west v islam.


9 posted on 07/06/2017 4:57:05 PM PDT by umgud
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To: Innovative
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10 posted on 07/06/2017 5:15:05 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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I have been saying this for 16 YEARS.

At Last!

Thank You, President Trump!


11 posted on 07/06/2017 5:34:52 PM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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In reviewing President Trump's visit and speech in Poland today, I was reminded of Russell Kirk's essay, The Common Heritage of Europe and America, available for reading here

Kirk's words from that essay may be appropriate here on this day:

"The patrimony of a civilization can be lost at the very moment of that civilization’s material triumph. In any culture worthy of the name, men must be something better than the flies of a summer; generation must link with generation. Some men among us are doing whatever is in their power to preserve and reinvigorate our common heritage. This is not a work that can be accomplished through positive law or the creation of international commissions. Yet if a people forget the ashes of their fathers and the temples of their gods, the consequences soon will be felt in the laws and in international affairs. Without cultural community between America and Europe, there is little point in political alliance."

12 posted on 07/06/2017 5:43:58 PM PDT by loveliberty2
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Will Poland have to save Europe from the muzzies again?

Jan Sobieski, where are you when we need you?


13 posted on 07/06/2017 6:03:31 PM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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14 posted on 07/06/2017 6:06:26 PM PDT by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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No, it is a clash between Islam and all civilizations, period


15 posted on 07/06/2017 6:43:25 PM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucifiedc)
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Meanwhile effing open border Clooney hypocrite fleeing London in fear...

http://www.lifeandstylemag.com/posts/george-clooney-twins-135725


16 posted on 07/06/2017 6:45:42 PM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucifiedc)
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Islam has clearly been a religion of conquest and slavery, murder and mayhem, for 1395 years for anyone willing to read the history.

Saying it is a religion of peace is either completely ignorant or completely disingenuous.


17 posted on 07/06/2017 6:51:02 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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Good post. The headline gets it wrong, the President got it right.


18 posted on 07/06/2017 7:32:23 PM PDT by enumerated
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Pretty close.
But it is a clash of religions; of their gods verses God. And the people of God.


19 posted on 07/06/2017 9:52:23 PM PDT by veracious (UN = OIC = Islam ; Democrats may change USAgov completely, just amend USConstitution)
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Could not have framed it better. This is a battle against a society that cannot exist in the 21st century with people with western values.

3 generations of these 7th century animals must be eliminated to bring them to bay so that our heritage may prosper for the next 3 generations.

20 posted on 07/07/2017 2:55:45 AM PDT by eartick (Been to the line in the sand and liked it, but ready to go again)
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