He also emphasized my personal tagline for the last sevral weeks. All liberty flows from the barrel of a gun"
AND, the Dems are blind and their denial is putting Americans at greater risk. Thank goodness for Bush!
While Hitler was defying one treaty after another to build his massive military, other European nations (including England) looked for ways to appease Hitler and did whatever they could to avoid conflict with him.
It was obvious what Hitler was up to during the 1930s. The world knew about the persecution of the Jews and the concentration camps. The world knew that Hitler wasn't going to stop with reoccupying the Rhineland. Wasn't going to stop with absorbing Austria. And so on and so on. But you had your "peace activists" as you do today decrying any effort at all to deal with Hitler.
During this dangerous time, it is obvious that rogue nations and terrorist groups are looking for weapons of mass destruction to use against western civilization. Yet these same peace activist types are demonizing the few leaders (like they demonized Winston Churchill during the 1930s) who have stepped up to the plate to do something about it.
I think these peace activists, of the type who are protesting Bush in England today, are as reprehensible as the "peace for our time" folks of the 1930s.
When will we learn that pacifying evil never works?
That sounds like a rather naive decision, doesn't it? Isn't that the same thing that the WTO anti-globalization protesters routinely promise, then ignore?
I put it on the FR IMage Server so as not to give DU idiots any traffic.
"Great responsibilities have fallen once again to the great democracies. We will face these threats with open eyes and we will defeat them."
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BBC + links to Pres. Bush's speech, and DU commentary.
Riled critics misunderestimated GW ~ again. *g*
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That should be repeated for years to come if the UN can last that long.
It's been said that those who live near a police station find it hard to believe in the triumph of violence, in the same way free peoples might be tempted to take for granted the orderly societies we have come to know. Europe's peaceful unity is one of the great achievements of the last half-century. And because European countries now resolve differences through negotiation and consensus, there's sometimes an assumption that the entire world functions in the same way. But let us never forget how Europe's unity was achieved -- by allied armies of liberation and NATO armies of defense. And let us never forget, beyond Europe's borders, in a world where oppression and violence are very real, liberation is still a moral goal, and freedom and security still need defenders. (Applause.)
I consider this paragraph one ofthe most important points in the speech. Bush is serving Europe notice that their freedom was the result of military force. He also let them know that they have lived in a "bubble" outside the real worldm which was made possible by the US security umbrella. The Europeans have led an insulated life after WWII and believe that they can negotiate and discuss their way out of military threats and attacks. Bush made it quite clear the real world is quite different.
Unfortunately, our media will decide that the Michael Jackson story is more significant than the Bush speech. Tough break on the timing.
It's been said that those who live near a police station find it hard to believe in the triumph of violence, in the same way free peoples might be tempted to take for granted the orderly societies we have come to know. Europe's peaceful unity is one of the great achievements of the last half-century. And because European countries now resolve differences through negotiation and consensus, there's sometimes an assumption that the entire world functions in the same way. But let us never forget how Europe's unity was achieved -- by allied armies of liberation and NATO armies of defense. And let us never forget, beyond Europe's borders, in a world where oppression and violence are very real, liberation is still a moral goal, and freedom and security still need defenders. (Applause.)
I consider this paragraph one ofthe most important points in the speech. Bush is serving Europe notice that their freedom was the result of military force. He also let them know that they have lived in a "bubble" outside the real worldm which was made possible by the US security umbrella. The Europeans have led an insulated life after WWII and believe that they can negotiate and discuss their way out of military threats and attacks. Bush made it quite clear the real world is quite different.
Unfortunately, our media will decide that the Michael Jackson story is more significant than the Bush speech. Tough break on the timing.
It's been said that those who live near a police station find it hard to believe in the triumph of violence, in the same way free peoples might be tempted to take for granted the orderly societies we have come to know. Europe's peaceful unity is one of the great achievements of the last half-century. And because European countries now resolve differences through negotiation and consensus, there's sometimes an assumption that the entire world functions in the same way. But let us never forget how Europe's unity was achieved -- by allied armies of liberation and NATO armies of defense. And let us never forget, beyond Europe's borders, in a world where oppression and violence are very real, liberation is still a moral goal, and freedom and security still need defenders. (Applause.)
I consider this paragraph one ofthe most important points in the speech. Bush is serving Europe notice that their freedom was the result of military force. He also let them know that they have lived in a "bubble" outside the real worldm which was made possible by the US security umbrella. The Europeans have led an insulated life after WWII and believe that they can negotiate and discuss their way out of military threats and attacks. Bush made it quite clear the real world is quite different.
Unfortunately, our media will decide that the Michael Jackson story is more significant than the Bush speech. Tough break on the timing.