Ralph Peters Unhinged

The American Thinker ^ | September 11th, 2006 | Andrew G. Bostom

[.cnI redruM]

>>>>>>>"We write off the suicide bomber as a criminal, a wanton butcher, a terrorist. Yet, within his spiritual universe, he’s more heroic than the American soldier who throws himself atop a grenade to spare his comrades: He isn’t merely protecting other men, but defending his god."

I guess he stops short of openly rooting for Al Qaida, but just short.

[Molly Pitcher]

I heard Peters talking along these lines with Laura Ingraham last week...and the interview left me scratching my head...Just didn't make sense to me. Laura was puzzled too.

[trebb]

He isn’t merely protecting other men, but defending his god

I say it's a pitiful "god" that needs to be defended by mere men...

[Doogle]

saboteur

n 1: someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks [syn: wrecker, diversionist] 2: a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader [syn: fifth columnist]

[xxyyxx]

I've often wondered why the muslims, with all the money from oil, just don't buy off all the reporters, TV Evangelists, newspaper editors.

[YellowRoseofTx]

I say it's a pitiful "god" that needs to be defended by mere men...

AMEN to that

[VOA]

Ralph Peters...compromised?

[.cnI redruM]

That's a good point. I originally pitied and felt really bad for the 9-11 Hijackers. I figured they had been brain washed into it by OBL like the old hashhashins of old.

Then I read about Mohammad Atta's degree in Mechanical Engineering. There is no excuse for a well educated man who knowingly engages in the slaughter of innocents. Ralph Peters' exercise in intellectual flatulence about how wonderful suicide bombers are doesn't cut it.

[.cnI redruM]

I wonder who pays Ralph Peters?

[alice_in_bubbaland]

I've often wondered why the muslims, with all the money from oil, can't enter the 21st Century and pull their own people out of the gutter and leave the rest of the world alone.

[JillValentine]

I used to like Ralph Peters, but no more. He has gone over to the enemy.

His hate-filled rants against conservatives sound very similar to those coming from Howard Dean.

[.cnI redruM]

For a fairly concise answer to that, read "What Went Wrong?" By Bernard Lewis.

[.cnI redruM]

He seems to have gone Paul Craig Roberts on us.

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

this 1997 quote from Peters helps with putting him into perspective:

"There will be no peace. At any given moment for the rest of our lifetimes, there will be multiple conflicts in mutating forms around the globe. Violent conflict will dominate the headlines, but cultural and economic struggles will be steadier and ultimately more decisive. The de facto role of the US armed forces will be to keep the world safe for our economy and open to our cultural assault. To those ends, we will do a fair amount of killing."(Major Ralph Peters 'Constant Conflict' Parameters, Summer 1997, pp. 4-14)

http://www.amazon.ca/Beyond-Baghdad-Postmodern-War-Peace/dp/customer-reviews/0811700844

[no dems]

Thank God he is "retired".

[JillValentine]

I stand corrected. I reread the article and it's now clear that Peters is worse than Howard Dean. Dean at least reached out to NASCAR-types, while Peters is calling us KKK racists. Also, I don't think Dean ever went so far as to accuse conservatives of wanting to murder a billion Muslims.

I can't believe I ever thought nice thoughts about this guy.

[.cnI redruM]

well, at least he approves in our taste in bedspreads...

[pissant]

Maybe Peters is a recent convert to to TROP

[expatpat]

Just follow the (Saudi) money........

[kellynch]

His books should be required reading.