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Thank God for America
by Col Bob Pappas, USMC, Ret.
If this present generation had been present at the writing and signing of the Declaration of Independence, one cannot help but
wonder how they would have behaved and what they would have said or written. "Liberals" would most certainly have voiced not just
concerns, but opposition to the "Declaration" because it might lead to war. They would have taken issue with the enumeration of
grievances, because their enumeration would likely offend the "crown." In fact a declaration of independence would most certainly
lead to heavy handed retaliation, destruction of property and killing of innocent civilians to put the down the notion that a small
group of upstart colonies could be independent.
An independent "United States" would have to deal, not only with Britain, but with France, Germany, Russia and the litany of
imperialist countries. "Liberals" would argue that it would be more than the colonies could possibly handle. Europe would form a
Union, a United Nations, to oppose U.S. independence; and the risks, sacrifices and danger associated with UN opposition would be
too great. They would argue that the pursuit of independence was based on the desire to exploit abundant natural resources to
satisfy colonial greed which would not be fair to the folks on Mars or Venus.
In fact, if "liberals" had dominated politics in those days, Independence Day, 1776 would, in all likelihood, have never occurred.
But when the signers of the Declaration of Independence affixed their signatures to that momentous document, it changed everything,
except Islam, which hasn't changed for better since Mohammed.
In the alternative, the U.S., was founded by Christian men on Biblical principles; they were not perfect, no doubt, yet the United
States of America has emerged as the greatest nation in the history of the world, while the pathetic nations that embraced Islam
live on the verge if not in widespread squalor. And "liberals" don't tell us that we are responsible for their plight.
For those pathetic American "liberals" who fawn at Islam's minarets, beards, turbans and burkas, but know nothing, Islam is a 1400
year old "religiopoliticsociofacist" system unhampered by progress. Its leaders, including the recently elected head of Iran are
determined to keep it that way; and to impose it on all others. One man's "spread of democracy and freedom" is another's "jihad" to
keep that from happening.
American "liberals" may not think so, or in their cocaine laced liquor stupor choose not to believe it, but their present tolerance,
if not embrace of Islam would vanish with its advent and their body would come crashing down in a heap without a head. So, this
writer daily thanks God, the Almighty Creator and Savior of all who believe and repent of their wrong doing, that his legal
immigrant Greek father and his English, Irish, German, Cherokee mother brought him to life in the United States of America.
When the signers of the Declaration of Independence affixed their signatures, they did not know that their penultimate statement,
"And in support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other
our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor,"
would be tested beyond imagination. None escaped unscathed and most lost everything, but the United States of America was borne and
for that all Americans owe those Christian men a debt of eternal gratitude.
Would Muslim men have done it? To their credit, some in Afghanistan and Iraq are trying, and if American "liberals," in Congress,
the so called, "mainstream" media, entertainment, and education would stop torpedoing them, they might just succeed; and when that
happens the world will be a safer place for everyone.
Semper Fidelis
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POTENTIAL HOT SPOTS: West Africa
Strategy Page ^ | 2005 Jul 2
Posted on 07/02/2005 10:20:13 AM PDT by Wiz
July 2, 2005: American military commanders are becoming increasingly worried about developments in West Africa, particularly the Gulf of Guinea. The western end (Ivory Coast, Liberia, and Sierra Leone) is in melt-down, barely being held from total chaos by some 20,000 international peacekeepers. Worse, bandits and militiamen from these countries have occasionally spilled over into neighboring Guinea, threatening its stability and creating humanitarian emergencies, as they plunder, murder, and kidnap local people.
At the other end, Nigeria is in semi-chaos, with the threat of religious civil war hovering over it while being troubled by increasingly dangerous criminal gangs pirating oil. Complicating the situation is Nigeria's territorial dispute with Cameroon. Nigeria occupies the oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula, on the Gulf of Guinea, and some area on Lake Chad, that are generally regarded as belonging to Cameroon. In 1994 Cameroon took the matter to the World Court. In 2002, after eight years in adjudication, the court awarded the peninsula to Cameroon. Nigeria has ignored the ruling, and remains in occupation of the region. A couple of weeks ago Nigerian troops fired on Cameroon troops, killing one, which does not bode well for the prospects of a peaceful settlement.
Most of the rest of the states along the Gulf of Guinea between the two ends are in no great shape.
(Excerpt) Read more at strategypage.com ...