Posted on 04/24/2006 5:48:27 PM PDT by Dark Skies
Clinton wished for a war which would catapult him to greatness...and Bush is sitting on a powder keg of potential greatness...
Where is our Churchill?
It has. Its been hijacked by muslims.
Or have the muslims been hijacked by demonic islam?
Relax, threatening nuclear war is just a Persian cultural thing. Y'all just need to embrace more diversity.
Ping.
A little known fact about Goose stepping:
The troops only Goosed stepped in front of the reviewing Area. Since goose stepping is hard{try doing it in Hobnails and Jackboots} They did it only when it was in front of VIPs. The rest of the time, they marched normally.
I have tried Goose stepping{Long story}. You cant do it for very long. But boy, does it look and sound impressive.
If I hear you correctly...goose stepping is all about projecting a martial image. It is saying..."we are going to war..."
I think Bush knows full well what Islam is. Personally, I believe that there are two things at work here: (i) he's giving them a last chance to shape up; or (ii) he's stalling for time while we get ourselves ready for the inevitable.
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Check out the documentary "Obsession"
http://www.honestreporting.com/obsession/
I pray (fervently) that you are correct. But I am surprised that he hasn't formed a committee of moderate American muslims to lead the way. To put American fears to rest. To tell us that these fiends who kill innocents will be spurned (and indeed...are spurned).
But that hasn't happened. We just get the same tired language about the "religion of peace." I wonder if he isn't blinded by his friendships with the Saudis (he grew up in that environment)...doesn't he know about Wahhabism?
Also, I worry that the Prez thinks islam is a problem which can be solved only with military force. It is an ideo/religious problem...you can't shoot that.
Thx PR...I have reviews of it but my sound card has died, so I must be content with silence. If you find a transcript...please post it on FR.
I used to watch the Iranians march around the base and they always "Goose-Stepped" when in formation.
Yeah, threatening other countries is just their way of saying hello! And when they really like you, then they actually blow something up. Like a KFC....
I don't think he'll use military force, personally. Thanks to the Dems, nobody is going to do that until a traceable bomb destroys one of our cities.
You're right that this is a challenge of ideology. Probably Bush will stall until it's somebody else's problem, because the press is against him, academics are against him, the EU is against him, and, in addition, he's neither a theologian nor a philosopher. (He's a pragmatic manager who is being stalled by a very uncooperative bunch of lower level nobodies whom he should have fired the moment he set foot in the WH - but maybe that's just me...)
Of course, the future will define the past...but if he passes Iran off on the next leader (and the issue of Wahhabism, etc.), he can kiss his legacy goodbye. He'll never sink to the level of Carter, but a higher standard (a need for a higher standard of leadership) is forming.
He has not defined the enemy. The enemy is still vague and amorphous...terrorism...extremism. Bullshit.
Basic fundamental islam!
"Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin"
...in the words of Daniel..."he will have been weighed, measured and found wanting..."
Humanity faces an enemy and our leaders dare not speak its name.
That's the sad truth, and I have no idea why.
LIke you, I am completely baffled. I read history...but I have never seen a vacuum of leadership so great as the one that exists now.
I am dumfounded.
Perhaps it's the Spice !
Bush even restated recently that we are addicted to it !
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