Posted on 05/02/2010 9:13:42 PM PDT by stolinsky
The cop who disgustedly throws away his badge is a Hollywood staple. Throwing away one’s badge makes a self-righteous gesture, but it accomplishes nothing − except to remove a policeman from the world. If you doubt this, ask Captain Richard Phillips of the Maersk Alabama. When his ship was seized by pirates and he was taken hostage at gunpoint, who rescued him? The much-talked-about “world community”? It exists only in the minds of leftists. The U.N.? It is ineffectual at best, and many of its members resemble pirates themselves. Captain Phillips was rescued, and the pirates killed or captured, by the USS Bainbridge and Navy SEALS. If we continue on our current path of weakening our military, we will all become like the men on the Maersk Alabama − unarmed, and sailing in dangerous waters. But when pirates attack, which they surely will, who will come to rescue us?
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Mark Styne - “America Alone”
Very true. Reading through that, its something I certainly agree with.
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