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Why They Need Us Imagine a World Without America
New York Post ^
| July 4, 2006
| Peter Brookes
Posted on 07/04/2006 6:14:30 PM PDT by Mr_Moonlight
July 4, 2006 -- FOR all the worldwide whining and bellyaching about the United States, today - America's 230th birthday - provides an opportune time for them to consider for just a moment what the world might be like without good ol' Uncle Sam.
The picture isn't pretty. Absent U.S. leadership, diplomatic influence, military might, economic power and unprecedented generosity, life aboard planet earth would likely be pretty grim, indeed. Set aside the differences America made last century - just imagine a world where this country had vanished on Jan. 1, 2001.
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TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: america; geopolitics; independenceday; paxamericana
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Comment #1 Removed by Moderator
To: Mr_Moonlight
Great article.
God bless America.
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posted on
07/04/2006 6:19:03 PM PDT
by
jveritas
(Support The Commander in Chief in Times of War)
To: Mr_Moonlight
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posted on
07/04/2006 6:19:31 PM PDT
by
ßuddaßudd
(7 days - 7 ways Guero » with a floating, shifting, ever changing persona....)
To: jveritas
Happy Independence Day my friend.
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posted on
07/04/2006 6:20:34 PM PDT
by
COEXERJ145
(Free Republic is Currently Suffering a Pandemic of “Bush Derangement Syndrome.”)
To: COEXERJ145
You too FRiend :) Thanks God we live in the best and most powerful nation in history of mankind.
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posted on
07/04/2006 6:23:26 PM PDT
by
jveritas
(Support The Commander in Chief in Times of War)
To: Mr_Moonlight
To: jveritas
Take the U.S. out of the picture and the Commies and Socialists will be happy as clams.
Imagine a world where China is the predominant military power. Or where the Soviet Union was still around. Or where the Nazis were never completely defeated, or had been victorious.
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posted on
07/04/2006 6:31:11 PM PDT
by
coconutt2000
(NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
To: jveritas
How many weeks until the New Dark Ages descended upon the earth?
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posted on
07/04/2006 6:31:18 PM PDT
by
Right Wing Assault
("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
To: coconutt2000
It will be a hell of poverty, injustice, and bondage.
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posted on
07/04/2006 6:37:47 PM PDT
by
jveritas
(Support The Commander in Chief in Times of War)
To: Right Wing Assault
If the USA is gone, the whole world will be gone. Thanks God this will not happen for many centuries to come.
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posted on
07/04/2006 6:39:28 PM PDT
by
jveritas
(Support The Commander in Chief in Times of War)
To: Admin Moderator
My apologies. Just thought that it is such a great article and that I couldn't find it online in its entirety other than at the NY Post (registration required!), that I'd take a chance and post the entire thing. Please don't delete the thread or its excerpt though, Thanks :)
Happy Independence Day !
To: jveritas
Thanking Peter Brookes for an apt column at the end of this Independence Day, which has been filled with the beauty of the lift off of the Discovery and the horror of launched missiles by an insane tyrant.
Envy? Yes. But what the civilized world truly hates is the sound of their own conscience - the one that whispers "Stand with America." It is easier for them to rail against us than to join as they should with us.
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posted on
07/04/2006 6:42:43 PM PDT
by
sageb1
(This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
To: jveritas
Why They Need Us Imagine a World Without America
Imagine....
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posted on
07/04/2006 6:43:35 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Let them die of thirst in the dark.)
To: freedumb2003
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posted on
07/04/2006 6:47:47 PM PDT
by
jveritas
(Support The Commander in Chief in Times of War)
To: sageb1
Agreed. Envy is a very destructive vice and the world, particularly Europe are suffering badly from it.
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posted on
07/04/2006 6:50:15 PM PDT
by
jveritas
(Support The Commander in Chief in Times of War)
To: jveritas
By the way, thank you, for all the work you've done on translations. I think I safely speak for all freepers when I wish you a very Happy Independence Day.
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posted on
07/04/2006 6:54:55 PM PDT
by
sageb1
(This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
To: sageb1
Thank you very much, just doing my duty my fellow freeper :)
I am very proud to be a member of this great Free Republic and in the company of great freepers.
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posted on
07/04/2006 7:00:32 PM PDT
by
jveritas
(Support The Commander in Chief in Times of War)
"No country has given so much to so many so often - while asking for so little in return - for so little gratitude than this great country of ours."
BTTT.
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posted on
07/04/2006 7:13:31 PM PDT
by
LibertarianInExile
('Is' and 'amnesty' both have clear, plain meanings. Are Billy Jeff, Pence, McQueeg & Bush related?)
To: jveritas
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posted on
07/04/2006 7:18:07 PM PDT
by
Sam Cree
(Delicacy, precision, force)
To: jveritas
Without the USA :
1. German would probably be the official language of not just England, but the whole world.
2. Adolf Hitler's birthday would be a world holiday.
3. The one-world government would already be in total power.
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posted on
07/04/2006 7:25:44 PM PDT
by
bigdcaldavis
(Xandros : In a world without fences, who needs Gates?)
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