Posted on 11/06/2009 9:23:30 PM PST by ransomnote
The fact that someone could go through -- at government expense -- an undergraduate education with ROTC, then medical school at a US military institution, and remain a traitor to the United States is a significant warning. A very significant warning that the idea of Political Correctness has consequences we can't afford. Corruption of the Legions is one danger the Republic cannot endure.
The Legions remain faithful; but for how long when their officers are no longer faithful? Hassan had been through ROTC and a US armed forces medical school as a commissioned officer. Why was his failure of loyalty to the armed forces not detected earlier? But of course he was a Muslim, and it would not be politically correct to wash someone out of an armed forces medical school for lack of loyalty to the armed forces of these United States.
We sow the wind. We have reaped one whirlwind.
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The politically correct spin is coming like a tidal wave. He is a crazy guy who happens to be a Muslim. All of that misses the point: he was disloyal to the United States, and said so openly and many times; yet he remained a commissioned officer of the United States. That is the point that is being overlooked. Whether the disloyalty is due to a psychotic episode or some other cause is not important.
(Excerpt) Read more at jerrypournelle.com ...
His and Larry Niven's INFERNO introduced me to Dante's original.
If I’m not mistaken.. Isn’t there an audio of Obama saying he stands with Islam? I forget where I heard it.. from his book?
I think it was in one of his books ‘...if things should take a bad turn, I shall stand with Islam’
There is a quote from his book that is often excerpted a little bit out of context.
When talking about Arabs in his Senate District he writes something like “They require assurance that I will stand with them if the political winds shift in an ugly direction.”
That’s the quote I was trying to think of.. Thank you!
Thank you for clarifying - I think that was the quote I was mangling.
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I see.. Thank you!
Niven and Pournelle were among the authors that hooked me on Sci-fi. I also liked Vonnegut (sp?) and Arthur C. Clark among others.
When I was a kid, my first-ever SF book was an Andre Norton. Her juvenile adventures were the equal of Heinlein's, to me.
How are the political winds shifting now, and who is choosing to stand with the American people?
Yes, the cause of the MSM's disloyalty is not as important as jettisoning them as soon as possilble. Although the cause should still be examined to prevent future disloyalty.
Causes like:
I Grok that! Norton yes! Heinlen YES! And the modern sci fi writers just don’t have ‘it’ compared to those greats you mention IMHO
Yes. I never liked that quote because it almost reads like “they want to know if I am still with them or if I have become too Americanized to put their interests first”
I was thinking the same thing myself. The guy made a choice, a choice to break his oath. Time and again it’s shown that muslims have only one loyalty, and they will betray everything else.
98% of it is Star Trek/Star Wars or LOTR variations or vampire romances.
The rest is postmodern navel-gazing.
The few space adventures are plastic, with boring characters.
So I read other stuff.
Try David Drake.. hes good sf.
Even late in life he did have Geraldo Rivera's number, though.
Try David Drake, David Weber, S. M. Stirling, and Steve White.
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