Posted on 03/31/2022 7:22:59 AM PDT by sodpoodle
nteresting take on history. Didn’t Thomas Jefferson say something like, “My great grandfather was a warrior so my grandfather could be a farmer so that my father could be a merchant so that I could be a scholar”?
Read a kaleidoscope of truth and reality below.
Camels on the Horizon:
The founder of Dubai, Sheik Rashid, was asked about the future of his country, and he replied, "My grandfather rode a camel, my father rode a camel, I ride a Mercedes, my son rides a Land Rover, and my grandson is going to ride a Land Rover…but my great-grandson is going to have to ride a camel again. “Why is that, he was asked?
And his reply was, “Hard times create strong men, strong men create easy times. Easy times create weak men, weak men create difficult times. Many will not understand it, but you have to raise warriors, not parasites.”
And add to that the historical reality that all great empires...the Persians, the Trojans, the Egyptians, the Greeks, the Romans, and in later years, the British...all rose and perished within 240 years.
They were not conquered by external enemies; they rotted from within.
America has now passed that 240 year mark, and the rot is starting to be visible and is accelerating.
We are past the Mercedes and Land Rover Years….the camels are on the horizon.
The greatest generation consisted of 18-year-old kids storming the beaches at “Normandy”.
And now, two generations later, some 18-year-old kids want to hide in safe rooms when they hear words that hurt their feelings. They also want free stuff from the government because they think they are entitled to it.
The "camels are on the horizon" for sure…
GOD HELP US.
Operative term is ‘EMPIRE’. Very different concept than country.
Make no mistake, the US is an empire NOW, but the start point really has to be staked on empire creation, not national creation.
That would be roughly 1890, and spectacularly tipped off by the truly short-sighted actions of Theodore Roosevelt.
The one good thing about the Ukraine War is it has knocked some sense into the world.
Since the Cold War we have prioritized all sorts of blather, but a Russian missile pointed at your home tends to focus the mind.
“GOD HELP US”.
That sums it up perfectly.
Soon.
BTTT
“you have to raise warriors, not parasites.”
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Parasites. Talk about nailing it!
Thanks for posting.
Camel by Camel, by Sandy Marton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnqQ8n06-0A
Either you recognize it, or you don’t. But I’m not telling.
“My friend sent this in an emaik, so I looked it up and found the author and a link.”
Thank your friend for me!
Anyone with half a brain and born before 1970 should see what is happening before our very eyes.
As someone born before 1970 and as a proud veteran, I agree with the blogger. Those kids that stormed the beaches of Normandy were the last great generation. Think about it. Those same people brought us a winning war and bounty beyond belief. They laid the groundwork for what was to be an amazing run with the hopes that the next generations would be able to pick up the ball. So much for picking up the ball. That did not work out too well.
While we’ve reaped the great benefits, the outcome should have been obvious years ago. After WWII we never won another war (and there were several), we created a land of very intelligent and educated weaklings and we attempted to bully the rest of the world with our belief system and in the process created big enemies. No one likes a bully and we are starting to see the price to be paid.
Correct. The camels ARE on the horizon!
Anyone with half a brain and born before 1970 should see what is happening before our very eyes.
I was born IN 1970 -— and I recognized where the country was heading shortly after I joined the Navy and go to my PCS.
It’s kind of like flesh eating bacteria, and or a brown recluse bite and I’m just watching the skin/muscle/etc. fall off. There’s no amputation that is possible, because it’s all started from the head (DC) down...
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