[Tirian]

I’ve written here many times of how Winston Churchill spent the 1930’s as a back bencher doing everything in his power to convince his countrymen of the threat posed by Nazi Germany. It took a cataclysm for Great Britain to finally agree with him, but at least he tried. And when his hour finally came, he saved his country.

Hopefully it won’t take a cataclysm to awaken our slumbering countrymen. But regardless, let us try.

A thought provoking column by Dean Barnett, and for many no doubt too close for comfort.

[Txsleuth]

President Bush needs to send these people back to retirement where they belong.

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1730468/posts?page=22#22

[Txsleuth]

PING

[the final gentleman]

" And when his hour finally came, he saved his country."

And may God in Heaven give us a "man" with a capital "M" who will save our country and our children from flighty fruits.

Life is too important to leave to low life politicians.

[backtothestreets]

It will take time, but in due course what is being brought against us must not be merely called Jihad, but the root of Jihad, Islam. Jihad is a bitter fruit, but Islam is the tree.

You are quite right about Winston Churchill. His is a most powerful message people need to appreciate. His nation was divided while the Nazi threat grew in power and capacity. Too many people today see only that Churchill was a conservative and thus believe it was conservatives that mustered the forces to defeat Nazism. Quite the opposite was true in the 1930's. Winston Churchill was a nuance to his conservative party, the same party Neville Chamberlain belong to. In the USA, it was conservatives that set about thwarting the pre-war efforts of FDR. What Churchill and FDR both knew was that the enemy could not be defeated by divided nations, but nations with population united to defeat the enemy. Each recognized a higher calling that transcended political ideology. We call it freedom.

If victory is to be gained, the first battle must be to unite our people as one. There is no more important task before us presently. If we do not unite, victory cannot be assured.

[Titanium Tom]

Try as we might, I'm not very optimistic that we can convince an overwhelming majority of our fellow countrymen to take the growing threat of the jihadists seriously. Unfortunately, it will likely take a cataclysmic event on our own soil to wake them up.