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The idiocy of appeasement - (4 yrs post 9/11 and liberals STILL don't understand our enemies!)
WASHINGTON TIMES.COM ^ | JULY 12, 2005 | EDITOR

Posted on 07/12/2005 11:03:41 PM PDT by CHARLITE

"Last week's terror bombings in London should be seen as a reminder not just that [President] Bush's [Iraq] war was a hideous diversion of focus and resources from the essential battle against terror, but that it has actually increased the danger of terrorist attacks against the U.S. and its allies." A loony rant from British MP George Galloway? No. That's New York Times columnist Bob Herbert yesterday.

Indeed, Mr. Galloway said nearly the same thing hours after Thursday's attack, and was quickly censured. Now we know that it wasn't because of what Mr. Galloway said; it was when he said it. Mr. Herbert knew better to save his "Blame Bush/Blair" comments until after most of the bodies had been counted.

It's frustrating, though hardly surprising, that nearly four years after September 11 the Western left refuses to understand our enemies. On that day, the United States was not in Iraq or Afghanistan. It should be equally as obvious that we weren't in either country when terrorists slaughtered Olympic athletes in Munich in 1972.

But while Messrs. Herbert and Galloway glory in their "enlightened" views, al Qaeda and its affiliates understand us better than we sometimes understand ourselves. They petition Western governments against "hate crimes" -- such as a bill in Britain that would criminalize "religious hatred" aimed primarily at Islam -- and then murder Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh for making a critical movie of Islam. And now, tragically, they slaughter Britons and say it was because of Iraq and Afghanistan. So Mr. Herbert blames Messrs. Bush and Blair.

Lenin had a name for his Western sympathizers. He called them "useful idiots," because they were too busy running public relations for Soviet Russia to realize that they also were in Communism's crosshairs.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 71; 911; america; enemy; galloway; george; georgewbush; greatbritain; islamofascism; london; terror; tonyblair
"On that day, [September 11] the United States was not in Iraq or Afghanistan. It should be equally as obvious that we weren't in either country when terrorists slaughtered Olympic athletes in Munich in 1972.
1 posted on 07/12/2005 11:03:43 PM PDT by CHARLITE
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To: Critical Bill; Leapfrog; CBart95; ThreePuttinDude; Beth528; SMARTY; CyberAnt; nothingnew; ...
Islam ping.

Char (:

2 posted on 07/12/2005 11:05:11 PM PDT by CHARLITE (I propose a co-Clinton team as permanent reps to Pyonyang, w/out possibility of repatriation....)
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To: CHARLITE

I wonder who he would blame if 10 pounds of explosive went off (in the name of Allah) under his wife, kid or mistress?


3 posted on 07/12/2005 11:08:40 PM PDT by Dallas59 (" I have a great team that is going to beat George W. Bush" John Kerry -2004)
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To: Dallas59
"I wonder who he would blame if 10 pounds of explosive went off (in the name of Allah) under his wife, kid or mistress?"

Excellent point. It's the very thing that I wonder about, every single time that one of these Bush-bashing anti-war, pro-"freedom fighter" dolts opens his or her mouth...........and this includes all of the insane Follywood left when they spout off, too!

Hate to be "mean," but it might be a spectacle to hear Michael Moron say, one more time, "There IS NO TERRORISM!"..........and then KABOOM up his audacious Fatness goes into the wild blue yonder....vaporized into the stratosphere!!"

Thanks for your great observation, Dallas59!

Char :)

4 posted on 07/12/2005 11:16:36 PM PDT by CHARLITE (I propose a co-Clinton team as permanent reps to Pyonyang, w/out possibility of repatriation....)
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To: CHARLITE

Great editorial; couldn't have said it better myself. Thanks for the post.


5 posted on 07/12/2005 11:17:40 PM PDT by lazlohollyfeld
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To: CHARLITE

I'm still waiting for ANY western leader to identify our enemies as Islamic terrorists. It always seems to be "extremists", or they hijacked a religion, or whatever. But never Islamic terrorists. If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck...! PC kills.


6 posted on 07/12/2005 11:36:19 PM PDT by Mr. Keys
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To: CHARLITE

LIberals don't think.


7 posted on 07/13/2005 12:32:29 AM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: HatfieldOR

"Why we have to put up with PC these days when we have handed liberals backsides on a plate in election after election, I will never know."


This begs the question, have conservatives won in the recent elections? The answer should be rather obvious.


10 posted on 07/13/2005 1:46:23 AM PDT by David Isaac
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To: CHARLITE

bump


12 posted on 07/13/2005 2:19:16 AM PDT by GOPJ
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To: CHARLITE

bttt


13 posted on 07/13/2005 2:21:59 AM PDT by nopardons
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To: CHARLITE

bump


14 posted on 07/13/2005 3:33:36 AM PDT by PogySailor
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To: HatfieldOR

Where are the truth speaking Conservatives who are willing to tell the world that PC has wounded America and we are bleeding to death?


15 posted on 07/13/2005 3:58:02 AM PDT by B4Ranch ( Report every illegal alien that you meet. Call 866-347-2423, Employers use 888-464-4218)
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To: CHARLITE
It's frustrating ... that nearly four years after September 11 the Western left refuses to understand our enemies.

Excellent phraseology: Not that they can't undertand, but that they won't.

Very revealing and descriptive of typical liberal attitudes. I've thought since I was old enough to have a political opinion that the donkey is such an apt symbol for the democRatic party.

16 posted on 07/13/2005 5:26:20 AM PDT by Marauder (From my cold, dead hands ...)
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To: B4Ranch
Where are the truth speaking Conservatives

You mean like Senator Zell Miller?

17 posted on 07/13/2005 5:29:02 AM PDT by Marauder (From my cold, dead hands ...)
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To: CHARLITE

Left MSM/Rats/Liberals = "useful idiots" of Terrorists.


18 posted on 07/13/2005 5:37:23 AM PDT by SeaBiscuit (God Bless all who defend America and Friends, the rest can go to hell.)
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To: Marauder

Poor ol Miller. A MArine working with a bunch of traitors. I can imagine him looking at the rest of the crowd asking himself where is someone who understands what patriotism is? Is there anyone in this crowd who knows what it means?

Then there's the side of me that says, "Don't expect to clean sewers for a living and not smell like one.

His faith in the President is unwarranted, IMO. His words about Kerry were right on the mark though.

I know I expect too much from politicians, but that's the way I am.


19 posted on 07/13/2005 6:12:20 AM PDT by B4Ranch ( Report every illegal alien that you meet. Call 866-347-2423, Employers use 888-464-4218)
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