I pinged people on this thread who might have read my post to explain, this isn't just a knee jerk reaction to what is going in our government today, though I admit, to use that old Soviet phrase which Leftists understand quite well but evades many Conservatives, I DO feel like a "reactionary" with respect to our government. I admit it, and how can I not, for the last few years?
My observations of the nature of the Left are not rooted in this reactionary mechanism. They are rooted in historical context as explained below.
All these things we see going on in our government, can be put in context by this quote from Joseph McCarthy's ghostwritten book America's Retreat From Victory: The Story of George Catlett Marshall when describing his inexplicable (to many) treatment of Chiang Kai Shek and the Nationalist Chinese during the struggle for dominion over the Mao Tse Tung led Communist Chinese in the years 1946-1949:
"If Marshall were merely stupid, the laws of probability would have dictated that at least some of his decisions would have served this country’s interest. Even if Marshall had been innocent of guilty intention, how could he have been trusted to guide the defense of this country further? We have declined so precipitously in relation to the Soviet Union in the last six years, how much swifter may be our fall into disaster with Marshall’s policies continuing to guide us? (McCarthy, Senator Joseph R.. America’s Retreat From Victory: The Story Of George Catlett Marshall (p. 144). Golden Springs Publishing. Kindle Edition
McCarthy took his lumps for attacking, rightly or wrongly General Marshall, who was considered a hero by many for his leadership of the Army during the war, but in reading the ghostwritten work under McCarthy's name, it is hard to defend Marshall in the discussion of "Who lost China?
Especially when one looks at Marshall's quote when he delivered the coup de grace to Chiang Kai-shek and his Nationalist government, leaving them at the mercy of the Communists being supplied by The Soviet Union:
GENERAL GEORGE MARSHALL: As Chief-of-Staff I armed 39 anti-Communist divisions. Now with a stroke of a pen I disarm them.
(NOTE: As an aside, the phrase "Stroke of a pen" is redolent of Leftist actions. I just asked ChatGPT for "Famous quotes using the phrase "stroke of a pen" and it returned this data, should anyone be wondering why that quote has a familiar ring to it. To. be fair, there were a few from people who might not be considered totally Leftist, but I did leave Richard Nixon in there, because he might just as well have applied this to the EPA):
"Today, with the stroke of a pen, we mark the end of a long struggle." - Barack Obama Anyway, if I take that statement McCarthy made about Marshall, and substitute a few words, I defy anyone to tell me that this does not fit the Left in general, and the last several Democrat administrations dating back to 1993 like a glove:
"If Marshall THE LEFT were merely stupid, the laws of probability would have dictated that at least some of his THEIR decisions would have served this country’s interest. Even if Marshall THE LEFT had been innocent of guilty intention, how could he THEY have been trusted to guide the defense of this country further? We have declined so precipitously in relation to the Soviet Union OUR ENEMIES in the last six years SIX DECADES, how much swifter may be our fall into disaster with Marshall's THE LEFT'S policies continuing to guide us?
I defy ANYONE to tell me this does not apply. For clarification, when I say "The Left" I am including not only Democrats, but Republicans as well who assist them both knowingly and unknowingly.
Just for clarification.
Amen...
I have always felt somewhat alone in my inability to formulate my thoughts into words and alwayts admired those that do.
Thank you.
I recently realized the radio air is silent of talk radio.
FR is probably our last hope for the nominal revolutionary.
[[”If Marshall THE LEFT were merely stupid, the laws of probability would have dictated that at least some of his THEIR decisions would have served this country’s interest.]]
I’ve posted Eastwood’s statement before- you have probably seen it, but if not- he said something akin to:
“If you could reason with democrats, there wouldn’t be any democrats”
[[I just asked ChatGPT for “Famous quotes using the phrase “stroke of a pen”]]
Remember oblama who said he “Had a pen and a phone, and knew how to use them”
The left love to claim that their pen is a mighty instrument and is the ultimate authority- but when it comes to honoring the pens of our founders who established the constitution- meh- they don’t recognize that authority
Excellent rlmorel, and I would like to point out two items about Nixon that still put him in a “leftist” box. One, he opened up trading with China, even though they were communists at that point. He actually created China’s economy. Secondly, he took the US off the gold standard, which meant that the dollar had practically nothing backing up its value. I’m one of those that still detests tricky Dick and the enhancement of the DS to cover up illegalities in the name of “national security”.
Agreed.