Posted on 11/25/2006 8:14:45 AM PST by John David Powell
Just saying ...
They will blame us for being there to begin with.
Personal responsibility is not a characteristic of the ignorant.
Good article, John. Having had 4 children, 3 of them girls, I went through similar experiences. Unfortunately, we are dealing with those who are raised on a steady diet of blaming the oppressors. Even their Qur'an teaches that they are oppressed. We have a similar problem in our own country, thanks to people like Al Sharpton and most of the left. As long as we have leaders who fan the flames of blame in order to garnish and maintain power for themselves, we won't see the end of the problem.
They'll continue to blame the U.S., obviously. ....as is SOP in the world. ....the Muslim world in particular.
Actually, they would blame us even if we weren't there. It's galling to them that we breathe "their" air--in freedom and relative prosperity. (Prosperity eludes them because they're unwilling to do what it takes to achieve it.)
Foreign provocateurs (the CIA and the Mossad).
I spent some time in the middle east and had a chance to observe their culture and ways. They have a quasi-eastern philosophy about life, a yin and yang outlook. There must be balance in life, and when it comes to human relations there must be a winner and loser. The western concept of win-win is alien to them--how can you have two winners?! That's illogical!
" A radical legislator declared that the United States was to blame for the killings and called for the withdrawal of U.S. forces or the setting of a timetable for their withdrawal. "
At first I assumed this was a reference to Muqtada Al Sadr.
But, to our nation's detriment, it could also describe many Democrats- Murtha, Durbin , Kucinich, Kerry , etc.
Too many in fact to list.
They are a society of victims. They have no responsibility for any aspect of their lives. A pitiful way to live...
But then again, whom am me to tell he how to write?
heh heh heh
Nothing is our fault. All blame rests squarely on the teen-age girls. Brilliant.
Great article. Thanks for posting it here.
I am stunned by the way girls' behavior has deteriorated since I was in that age group. I never even heard of such a thing when I was that age -- never till this morning. How a father could keep his cool at such a time is beyond my comprehension. But the words on the napkin, they are apples of gold in frames of silver.
Are you acquainted with Twain's satire?
No, but I bet I'll love it. Please point me to it.
Mother was a Limey, Grandfather a school head master, wife is a teacher. A fellow cain't even talk hillbilly 'roun heah without you get in some kind o' trouble.
My wife says that my learning two languages (three if you count English English) when I was learning to speak doomed me to a special affection for the whole enterprise.
In situations like this, I always ask "What is the same about every screwup in your life?" The answer is "you."
Everybody endures setbacks, but when a person's whole life is one big screwup, my question above usually gets to the source of the problem.
Same thing applies to nations, IMHO.
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