Posted on 10/25/2006 8:55:32 AM PDT by Quilla
The libs are the most dangerous enemy this country has. Flat out.
Regardless of how and when it happens, Bush and the Republican congress will be blamed.
Democracy is inherently weak when it comes to war. We are subject to the political pressure that media can bear upon the administration.
When we are united, as in WWI and WWII, we win.
When we are divided, as in Vietnam, we lose.
The enemy cannot beat our military, so they have learned to beat our will via the press and the minority political party.
Well said.
They're the modern equivalent of castle sappers.
I agree with others here. If they had such a weapon they would have already used it at a State of the Union address.
BUMP
A little fear-mongering? So, which national-level politicians actually care about us (sincere question)?
The most dangerous enemy this country has is a population that will spend two hours a night watching "reality" shows and no hours a month reading an analysis of what's going on in the Middle East and what the options seem to be to do something about it.
The American public has shown that it can do whatever it has the will to do. That will has always been difficult to concentrate; it usually only does so after a disaster, and the length of time that such concentration can be maintaned and used has shortened quite a bit in recent years.
Regardless of how and when it happens, Bush and the Republican congress will be blamed.
You are 100 percent right on that. They blame President Bush on 9/11 and the media and others will ensure that the Bush Presidency was all about terror attacks and that will be his legacy because of the media and his enemies. Shameful!!!
The most relevant and important nugget: "...This 1960’s mentality in a 2000’s world is not just “fundamentally flawed”—it is unforgivably negligent. In an age of daily mortal threats to our citizenry, these quixotically misguided hippie leftovers still place civil liberties far ahead of civil defense..."
BRAVO!!!!! BRAVO!!!!!
I thought it was a good point myself. We must have looked at it differently.
If it comes and some of my family (who are scattered around the USA including daughters in blue cities, parents in red cities, brother in the rust belt .. like many Americans) are among the dead all bets are off. It would take a huge effort to control my overwhelming desire for immediate, personal, retaliation on those responsible. By that I mean both organized Islam and Liberalism. While I think I probably can control my anger, I am fairly certain many others can not and will not.
Thus, like it or not, it is my belief that any such attack would immediately be followed by at least the outbreak of a "dirty war" in the USA.
Yep.
While Liberals call the War On Terror a war that is both politically motivated to get the President and Republican party elected, and financially motivated to line the pockets of the Republican war profiteers like Cheney, I prefer to think his staunch prosecution is due to a more rational reason.
He was in Air Force One, winging his way through the stratosphere with his finger on the nuclear button on one of the the worst days (if not the worst) in American history. He probably vowed never to let it get to that point again.
No. The most dangerous enemy are not the air heads watching American idol. All nations everywhere has had peasants, even a democracy can survive.
The most dangerous are the "enemy within". In that I include both closeted moles and terrorist cells of various Islamic groups, as well as their institutional supporteres like CAIR. Also, and possibly even more dangerous, are the American hating "liberals" and "porgressives" who view G.W. Bush as more of a threat than Al Qieda. This includes everyone from the ACLU to Rosie. They are dangerous in various levels because, at root, they seek the failure of America and the victory of our enemies. They are constanly burrowing under the foundations to bring their dream about.
They were all supporters of the USSR in the Cold War and did everything from spying for them to supporting unilateral disarmament as designed by the KGB (under the term "Nuclear Freeze") through-out that conflict. It is only by the grace of god and the strength of a very few good men, led by the heroic Ronald Reagan, that they were not successful.
It is unlikely we will be so lucky twice as to defeat both a strong external enemy and massive internal subversion in support of it without blood being shed.
Great article and interesting thread.
First WTC bombing came in 1993... the second, more 'effective' one came in 2001. Wise up.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.