Posted on 09/21/2002 1:32:30 AM PDT by Chairman_December_19th_Society
We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail [President Bush]
Good morning!! Do not let the victims of the attacks on New York and Washington, nor the brave members of our Nation's military who have given their lives to protect our freedom, die in vain!!
Chancellor Schroder apologized to the US for the Hitler comparison. No word as to whether the German minister who made the remarks lost her job.
Tornadoes raked across Indiana yesterday afternoon as part of a severe weather front moving eastward.
For AMERICA - The Right Way, I remain yours in the Cause, the Chairman.
/john
... if we in effect have no arab support except Kuwait, Afghanistan Pakistsan and a couple of the minor Muslim states, then it much to our advantage to use Israel as our fellow warrior.There's another thing going on here. World politics only now, with this Administration, are unraveling from the old Cold War alignments. There'r adjustments yet to be done, but I'm confident the Administration gets it.
Take Pakistan for example. It was a U.S. puppet to fight the Soviets. Its enemy, India, was our enemy. Then comes Clinton. He simply looked away. So what does Pakistan do? It flips us off. What does Clinton do? Nothing. By the time he heldup the F-16 deliveries (over the Paki-bomb), it was too late. He had no leverage, and they knew he didn't care. The sad thing is that Clinton was and is the last to know it. Bush has inverted the Cold War equation without losing Pakistan. It's been marvelous to watch.
Now the Saudis are about to learn that Russia is no longer our enemy. That means they can no longer threaten to support Russia's enemies as leverage against us.
The Cold War was the biggest war in human history. Every corner of the earth was involved. Every political alliance, relation, and move was in regard to it. When the USSR collapsed, though, Cold War politics did not.
Bush 41 set about restructing the world. He used the U.N. the way he did in '91 not because he needed it but because he was trying to teach the world a new trick. He succeeded, and I think that is why his buddies have been so keyed up over the U.N. The "New World Order" was a legitimate policy statement (and very misunderstood). Clinton backslapped every Bush 41 achievement, especially in Iraq. Had he another term, Bush 41 might have pulled it off.
Clinton thought the Cold War was over, and that we could all make nice and get together and fight evil. He didn't get it. He didn't understand that although we no longer had Cold War enemies, we also lost our Cold War friends. The world learned quickly that Clinton wasn't serious. The Chicoms understood it perfectly. Clinton tried to manipulate a new world yet stuck in Cold World patterns. Had he understood it, he could have changed it. He didn't get it.
Now Dubya has done something marvelous. He has not just picked up where his father left off, he has completely restructured the world. Our enemies can no longer use our friends against us. Our friends can no longer use our enemies against us.
What the hell is a country like Syria supposed to do now? They can buy all the Russian arms they want, but Russian politics are no longer for sale. That means there is no benefit to them to oppose us, with or without Isreal. All they can do is rant for home consumption, then play U.S. regulation ball.
Bush has divided the world into little interests. The Cold War may finally be over. May we win this, and the next wars.
/john
/john
..... with your being out of the country for a couple of weeks, your system is probably more susceptible to "domestic" germs right now. Hope you shake it quickly! If it's the same thing hubby had, it will slow you down some for several days.
Guennie ~~~ Welcome home! I sent you some mail yesterday ....... :-)
Miss Marple ~~~ Welcome home to you, too! I hope you have time to read the posts to you on the tornado thread and the Dose as well as here ...... so many people were so concerned when you were MIA and so relieved when Molly was able to get word to FR that you and yours were ok.
DJ ~~~ all I can say is that I will keep you and your family in my prayers ..... you have really been through the mill lately ........ *hugs*
Lorena ~~~ we had a delightful day ...... met some FReepers ..... but when it came time to "stand" the balloons (I learned that you don't talk about "blowing up" hot air balloons .... that's not considered a good thing at all ...... LOL!), it started raining ...... :-(
..... I was soooooo looking forward to seeing the flag balloon and was really disappointed about that. Hubby was even going to be part of the ground crew and I was going to be able to go in the chase car. But we had a great time and enjoyed the trip in spite of that disappointment.
G'night all! Talk to you tomorrow!
On an earlier note, I did make some contacts and purchases for a theoretical future business. I look forward to that. Can you say "Korea Room"? and "Mexico Room" and "Ireland Room"? We've got a theme... grin!
/john
*grins*
I'm going to go ahead and sign off now, John. For one thing, I'm exhausted ...... count me among those who haven't been sleeping well. And also either my ISP or FR is sooooooo slooooow that it's driving me nuts. I think it took 5 minutes for the Reply page to open up ...... :-(
God bless you, John! And thanks for what you're doing!
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