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Will we ever win another war?
Townhall ^ | Wednesday, December 6, 2006 | Ben Shapiro

Posted on 12/06/2006 7:25:53 AM PST by presidio9

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To: ex-snook
Ah c'on, enough. ?They want us to bomb them so they can be killed!

Are they sitting around asking "what can we do to get America to kill us?" No. But do they see death from American bombs as a deterrent to their goals? No.

181 posted on 12/06/2006 1:16:29 PM PST by Phantom Lord (Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
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To: Centurion2000
I'd ignore the moslems in Russia though, they are pretty tame. Ivan fixed their hash back in 1521 pretty well.

That and the Russians aren't beholden to PC nonsense and have no reservations about going in and wiping them out if need be.

182 posted on 12/06/2006 1:17:46 PM PST by Phantom Lord (Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
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To: presidio9

Personally, I don't think we ever again will defeat the enemy without until we defeat the enemy within.


183 posted on 12/06/2006 1:22:34 PM PST by LibWhacker
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To: cripplecreek

Sad but true.


184 posted on 12/06/2006 1:22:55 PM PST by beansox
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To: Phantom Lord

Unfortunately the West has become very PC.
Europe wants to bash us but let us spill our blood for everyoe.
The Mooselims want us dead.
The Jews living here want the Democrats. They don't even care what happens to Israel.
The Germans want to inherit the world by sitting on the sidelines and cheering.
The Russians want to ally with China to teach us a lesson.
Our own country dislikes itself and does everything possible to ruin the freedoms it enjoys.

Maybe we should just pull back all of our troops worldwide, (why do we still maintain troops in Germany?) declare that our country has decided to become neutral, act like Switzerland and leave the policing of the world to someone else for a change?
We could use the money we save to build incredible defensive and offensive eapons that no one would ever dare to attack us.
Just a thought.


185 posted on 12/06/2006 1:28:34 PM PST by americanbychoice2
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To: r9etb
How convenient. Talk about your defeatist attitudes.

I agree that a defeatist attitude does not help. You may take hope in our history and in the "American spirit." However, aside from the actions of our armed forces, what gives you encouragement today with regard to our war with the jihadists? What tells you that a critical mass of the American people understand the threat and are willing to pay the price of victory?

186 posted on 12/06/2006 3:19:41 PM PST by outofstyle
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To: aristotleman
aristotleman wrote:
Defeat doesn't show in current economics, or current war outcomes. Defeat is an attitude fostered in society. When a country becomes a market, and its citizens become mostly complacent, that is the defeat.

Hmmm .... did you ghostwrite "State of Emergency" for Pat Buchanan?

(that's intended to be a compliment, by the way)
- John

187 posted on 12/06/2006 3:55:11 PM PST by Fishrrman
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To: Fishrrman

Pat Buchanan talks about this issue? I must read his book.

I'm very frustrated by this.


188 posted on 12/06/2006 6:35:36 PM PST by aristotleman
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To: Phantom Lord; HitmanLV
Technically, the Korean was has not ended and we are still at war with Korea. We are just observing a very long ceasefire.

LOL, that's true.

189 posted on 12/06/2006 8:10:59 PM PST by Victoria Delsoul
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To: presidio9

Has anyone else noticed this? The Liberal Press is just setting in and declaring that we "lost" everywhere we go in. I don't know how many of you noticed that immediately the press set in on how many US soldiers we lost. They report this number (only) for obviuos reasons: it makes us look like we're losing the war. Whe you report that number to Americans, it only does two things: 1 demoralizes the war supporters 2. it gives the anti-war activists ammunition for haating the war. Basically, there is no way to look at the numbrer of US soldiers killed and see it as a "good" number.


190 posted on 12/06/2006 9:11:29 PM PST by Ronald ReaganROCKS
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To: Diogenesis
Unless, "thanks" to the MSM and Democrats, America and the American people LOSE the will to win.

That already happened; and it also happened to those who lead this country.

191 posted on 12/06/2006 9:15:12 PM PST by Junior_G
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To: ex-snook
While for the past 5 years we have seen the email and internet rumors to stay away from the mall because suicide bombers are going to attack, for the first time someone has actually be caught and charged with planing to bomb a mall...

Shopping Mall Terror Plot Foiled

192 posted on 12/08/2006 10:46:16 AM PST by Phantom Lord (Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
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