Good article.
Thanks for posting.
Because they hate America and everything about it.
It's so true-
"Deliberate delusion born of self-interest; ignoring reality out of self-importance"
Libs are still stuck in high school trying to get the most votes for Student Council, or the Miss Popularity award, it seems.
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Best article I have read in along while detaling what is happening to American common sense.
"They are outlawing our defense of ourselves. Many “enlightened” liberals wishing to control our fate quote him because it provides them the “moral” tools with which to stymie our efforts."
Defending America is too "messy". Perfect fit for the a**holes crying about the war in this country,
Great article. A keeper for my library. Thanks for posting. The Rabii really hits the nail on the head.
1) Afghanistan was a US Victory.
2) Iraq was a US Victory.
4) They are both part of the War On Terror.
Who is this guy? He's pretty awesome.
They have lost the working man but the blue collar crowd has shrunk in size such that the Reagan Democrats are largely gone. The Union crowd called the Lace Curtain Liberal Artsy Fartsy Liberals. They have no idea of the real world.
They used to complain about America's support of brutal dictatorships just because they were anticommunist. It was a valid critique in my opinion. Bush has put forth a moral foreign policy promoting democracy. Well, these jerks hate this even worse than the support for Marcos or Batista.
While they call for understanding of other cultures (which I support), they will not evaluate those cultures based on widely accepted values or their ability to "get along" with others. Only America is to be tolerant, other countries have "legitimate grievances" and need not tolerate anyone disagreeing with them.
This is surely a screwball world.
When practiced by too many, a civilization dies.
Unfortunately, the psychosis documented here is practiced by a shade less than 50% of us. And growing. We will never solve the problem with these people around. They will deny the threat until the moment they are beheaded. To them, surrender is preferable to self-defense.
Yes, I think this is the problem--the "understanding" business. But the author fails to mention one of the worst offenders in the understanding business, the Jewish philosopher Martin Buber who was a resident of Israel. He embraced the "thou", the "other" as Muslim to the detriment of his own country.
"Can a good Muslim be a good American? I forwarded that question to a friend that worked in Saudi Arabia for 20 years.
The following is his forwarded reply:
Theologically - no. Because his allegiance is to Allah, the moon God of Arabia.
Religiously - no. Because no other religion is accepted by his Allah except Islam (Quran, 2:256)
Scripturally - no. Because his allegiance is to the five pillars of Islam and the Quran (Koran).
Geographically - no. Because his allegiance is to Mecca, to which he turns in prayer five times a day.
Socially - no. Because his allegiance to Islam forbids him to make friends with Christians or Jews.
Politically - no. Because he must submit to the mullah (spiritual leaders), who teach annihilation of Israel and Destruction of America, the great Satan.
Domestically - no. Because he is instructed to marry four women and beat and scourge his wife when she disobeys him (Quran 4:34).
Intellectually - no. Because he cannot accept the American Constitution since it is based on Biblical principles and he believes the Bible to be corrupt.
Philosophically - no. Because Islam, Muhammad, and the Quran do not allow freedom of religion and expression. Democracy and Islam cannotco-exist. Every Muslim government is either dictatorial or autocratic.
Spiritually - no. Because when we declare "one nation under God," the Christian's God is loving and kind, while Allah is NEVER referred to as heavenly father, nor is he ever called 'Love' in The Quran's 99 excellent names.
Therefore after much study and deliberation.... perhaps we should be very suspicious of ALL MUSLIMS in this country.
They obviously cannot beboth "good" Muslims and good Americans."
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They are deeply invested in the idea that morality is a crock, a con job, a way decent ordinary people are manipulated by unscrupulous tyrants from the dark ages. See, soldiers who actually believe in honor are to them just fools. Sacrificing oneself for one's country is obscene - no country is worth it and the things one actually does are wrong rather than right. All harsh constraint, all discipline, all necessity - they are just ways of trying to get the unwashed many to do some poohbah's dirty work.
See, as soon as one has bought that piece of easy going cynicism, life is so much easier all the way around. One is morally superior to every striving saint or hero simply because one has seen through the sham and does not try. One is wise when self indulgant. One never has to do anything or even to accept anything as true or existing, that one does not want - because one can always allege that it is a mere allegation to manipulate you. Sass is the only remaining virtue - to decide for oneself, based on what feels good right this instant, and to tell off everyone trying to tell you anything. Stopped up ears deliver an effortless liberty, inward imagination delivers achievement. Every failing is somebody else's fault, some "man" trying to con people, and all we have to do is be on to it and not go along.
What would be involved in giving that up? First, there would be urgent tasks that are matters of duty. Frivilous pursuits would be morally disreputable. There would be better and worse people in the world, objectively. Things could be legitimately asked of citizens by authorities. War would be a natural part of the human condition instead of an obscene aberrration and fit of madness, to be merely run from and screamed against. Dangers would have to be faced rather than avoided. Those one has been bad mouthing for most of one's life would be wronged parties, and guilt would be justified rather than a hangup to get over.
Fundamentally, they are fleeing the responsibilities of it all, because fleeing responsibilities and calling on others to flee from their responsibilities, termed "liberation" by those peddling it, is what they have been about for - oh about 300 years.
inspirational and prophetic analysis and worth passing on.
I skimmed it quick, but it deserves a word-for-word read. Excellent post, Reagan Man. BTTT and bookmark for later.
You go, Rabbi!
Precisely! It doesn't matter one whit if we 'accept' them, or give in to their demands in the Middle East. They'll still come for us, because that's what they believe they SHOULD do.