"...Lots of bombs in the air...."
James Howard Kunstler ping
"Try imagining a peaceful Iran not bent on exporting Jihad (just like you might imagine a peaceful Ukraine, not making itself a problem for the rest of the world). Forgive the cliché, but Iran (a.k.a. Persia), is an old and durable culture, with a highly educated population, one of the world's largest oil-and-gas reserves, and plenty of other resources. Iran could be somebody. It doesn't have to be a bum with a one-way ticket to Palookaville."M'Lady and I are fans of much in and from Europe, and push back against those who conclude "Europe is finished." The European Union and the European Leftists are sinking, too slowly for our hopes. But civilizations / cultures are NOT synonymous with governments.
To paraphrase: try and imagine a peaceful everywhere. Not as one world like the globalists imagine, but as with many nodes and redundancies. Individual as well as joined when profitable to all. Used to be called a "win-win."
Girls like uniforms, and strong young guys who win. I can’t imagine what life was like back then, with these guys returning as heroes. Physically fit with their low-interest loans.
And of course it came at a time when immigration hadn’t ruined everything, turning us into a mish mash of third world flotsam. I was too young to g to see that. Unfortunately I’ve only known declining America. Graffiti- tagged drugged-up America where 1% of the people own everything and everybody else has to scrape by. I’ve only known covid masks and the daily onslaught from the enemy media.
I would have liked to have been there back when we were just gong to the moon. A time of hope. Shining city on a hill and all that.
The last time that America’s “press” was on that selfsame country’s side was when Americans fought to save Communism. Some things never change.
Meanwhile, On the Waterfront, “I coulda been somebody”. LOL!
Why does this sound familiar? There's that "oppressed" word again that the left makes useful for invigorating it's idiots.
And I've always wondered what the connection between the left and the arguably ultra-conservative muz is. Could it be the kiddy diddling? Unless I'm overlooking something nothin else matches up. Hard ta say. But the lefty in my AO voted Harris/Walz strictly based on insurance concerns. Country be damned. 🤔
>Forgive the cliché, but Iran (a.k.a. Persia), is an old and durable culture, with a highly educated population,
We were told similar about the Iraqis. “They’re the Germans of the Middle East, very organized.”
Yeah, not so much. My expectations for what emerges are very, very low.
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