[Westbrook]

Everything I needed to know about Islam I learned on September 11, 2001.

I don't care about the fine details.

We are at WAR for our very existance as a culture and should comport ourselves accordingly.

We didn't care a lot about the details of the Japanese Bushido cult. We just knew it was either them or us, and we acted accordingly.

Unfortunately, we have no Harry Truman and no Douglass McArthur to do what needs to be done.

And here is why.

For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water,

The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,

The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.

And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.

And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.

When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand:

In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people.

For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory.

The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.

Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.

~ Isaiah 3:1-12

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[Tuscaloosa Goldfinch]

I know we're not supposed to change the words of scripture, but you could take out the word "Jerusalem" (or "Israel") in that passage, and put in the words "United States" and it would be dead on accurate.

I was watching a Bette Davis movie the other day, "Old Acquaintance" and her character was making a speech in at a Red Cross meeting during WWII. One of her lines went something like, "We are in a conflct, the true cost of which may not be known for years, but from which we will not rest until our enemy is totally destroyed."

We don't have that attitude anymore, perhaps we shall get it back.