Pearl Harbor (Neal Boortz gives his two-cents)

boortz.com ^ | 12/07/06 | Neal Boortz

[RedCell]

PEARL HARBOR

Many years ago we were sitting around the radio station planning some future events and appearances. The discussion turned to a request for a station even on December 7th. One person at the meeting reminded us that December 7th was Pearl Harbor Day. Another piped up with a question: "Pearl Harbor Day? What's that?"

It's not 13 years later, and I dare say that you wouldn't have to look very far to find someone wouldn't have a clue what Pearl Harbor was all about. That's not surprising, considering the quality of our government schools.

My family moved to Hawaii soon after World War II ended. I can remember my father taking me to Pearl Harbor to show me the damage from the Japanese attack. I can vividly recall the collapsed dockside cranes and the hulls of bombed ships still visible in the harbor.

It took the United States four years to bring Japan to the surrender table. Though there was dissention in the country during WWII, there was never a lack of resolve. There were questions as to whether or not intelligence failures had contributed to the Japanese success, but never any questions as to whether or not we should fight until victory was achieved. I'm not aware of anyone demanding that we negotiate with Japan and Germany to find a way out. Nobody was screaming for an "exit strategy" We didn't have TV anchors doing their daily tally of civilian casualties. To the contrary, during WWII news sources were eager to report American successes. Not so today.

Oh .. one more thing. Back then we knew that in the Pacific theatre we knew that it was a war against the Japanese. It wasn't a "War on Sneak Attacks."

Today we persist on calling our fight against Islamic fascism a "War on Terror." It is not. Terror is a tactic. You don't declare war on tactics. You declare war on the people who are using the tactics against you. This is not a war on terror. It is a war against Islamic fascism. How the hell do you fight a war when you aren't even willing to define just who it is you are fighting? Are we that gobbled up with political correctness that we are afraid to identify our most deadly international enemy? They attack us on our own soil and we're afraid to name them and speak of our intent to crush them? We only speak of the tactic they used?

Get with the program, my friends. Its a war on Islamic fascism, not a war on terror. Identify the enemy and just maybe we'll have some chance of defeating him.

Now we have the report from this Iraq Study Group. Did we have World War II Study Groups 65 years ago? Anyway, I believe this report portends disaster.

First it says that the U.S. ought to renew its resolve to bring about some settlement of the Israeli - Palestinian conflict. There is only one way that this conflict is going to be settled, and that is for the so-called Palestinians to be totally and completely defeated. Palestinian militants are dedicated to the destruction if Israel, and nothing but complete defeat is going to deter them. They look at every negotiation as nothing less than a chance to play nice while pushing their advantage. Agreements mean nothing. They will accept an agreement for one reason and one reason only ... to give them time to strengthen there forces and prepare for a new attack on Israel. Every time Israel makes a concession the Palestinians respond with rocket attacks and renewed vows for the destruction of Israel. Palestinians will only decide that it is time to leave peacefully with Israel when they know for a certainty that their absolute destruction is the only alternative.

The more troublesome part of the ISG report is the suggestion that the United State open a dialogue with Iran and Syria. We are going to end up asking for Iran's help in stabilizing Iraq so that we can pull our troop out. The very fact that we are talking with these mad Mullahs will, to them, be evidence of our weakness. They'll negotiate, and they may well agree to help fix things up in Iraq. But there will be a price to pay. Will that price be our tolerance of their nuclear program? Will the ultimate price of our involvement with Iran be the eventual emergence of Iran as a nuclear power .. a nut-job nuclear power run by Islamic militants .. in control in the Middle East?

Question: What happens when Iran becomes our savior in Iraq, and then becomes the biggest power broker in the Middle East. What happens down the road when Iran uses its military and a nuclear threat to gain control of almost all of the Mideast oil? How high will the price of oil go? Is $100 a barrel too much? Will we pay $4.00 for a gallon of gas?

Oh .. by the way. The congress voted down opening up more areas of the Gulf for oil and gas exploration.

[RedCell]

I agree with Neal's column. "We" still don't get it. Damn political correctness to hell.

[TSchmereL]

Thanks to Neal Boortz for his help in electing Democrats to a majority in congress in 2006. That really helped his cause. /sarcasm

[Thermalseeker]

Thanks to Neal Boortz for his help in electing Democrats to a majority in congress in 2006.

BS. Boortz made no significant contribution to the defeat of the 'Pubbies in the last election cycle whatsoever. If anything he called a spade a spade and pointed out how far away from the Class of '94 the current crop of 'Pubbies had drifted. That is a good thing.

The race was the 'Pubbies to loose and they tripped all over themselves running away from the conservatism that got them into office in '94 in the first place. Whether you agree or not, that is what cost them the election. It was nothing more than "Dance with who brung ya or walk home".....and they proved that they'd rather walk.....

[Volunteer]

Have we truly studied what WE did to cause the Dec. 7th attacks?

I mean, NPR states that it was, indeed, American foreign policy that was to blame for Japan's attack on us. Even though he had not yet been born, it is clear that George W. Bush was behind this.

[END SARCASIC LEFTIST RANT HERE]

[dfwgator]

We must try to understand why the Japs hated us so much. /s

[tumblindice]

Why, there's a nip in the air this morning.

[TSchmereL]

Neal Boortz may have been correct to criticize the GOP, but he picked a very bad time and a very aggressive manner in which to do it and by doing so, he did help elect Democrats. He even admits that was his intention. He had an undeniable effect.

Now we are stuck with the Democrats and I predict it will get a lot worse.

And as a result, where is Neal Boortz beloved "Fair Tax?" It is dead as a door nail. What will happen to the kind of individual liberty and responsibility Neal Boortz preaches? It will vanish like a snow ball in hell.

I read your "about page" and you and I probably listen to Neal Boortz on the same radio station.

An election is not about getting everything you want. An election is a choice between the lesser of two evils.

It is humorous that you talk about dancing with the ones who brought you. That cuts both ways. The GOP brought people like Neal Boortz a long way, but people like Neal Boortz did not want to dance. Now they are the ones walking home alone. And it is going to be a long walk.

[Thermalseeker]

He had an undeniable effect

You dramatically over estimate the listenership of the Boortz show. I'd venture to say that the VAST majority of voters this past election cycle have no idea who he is or what he stands for.

In regard to the Fair Tax, I support it, but do you really think it ever had a chance of passing? Seriously? They only way the Fair Tax will even make it to the floor for a vote is by massive demonstrations and holding politico's accountable. That ain't gonna happen.

Individualism and personal responsibility have been being whittled away for decades by the Leftists in this country. Social (in)Security, HUD, the Dept. of Edcucation are all examples of this phenomina. It started long before Boortz took to the airwaves on WRNG in Atlanta in the late '60's and will continue so long as the herd is full of sheeple.

[Sax]

Look what one Japanese paper decided to run on December 7th (below.) Only an idiot would think this is a coincidence. Truly tasteless.

http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200612070125.html

[untrained skeptic]

And as a result, where is Neal Boortz beloved "Fair Tax?" It is dead as a door nail.

It's no more dead than it was before. Did you really think that the power hungry elitist RINOs in the Senate were going to vote for tax reform that would remove their ability to pander to special interest groups?

What will happen to the kind of individual liberty and responsibility Neal Boortz preaches?

We had a Republican President, and majorities in both the Senate and the House.

The senate wouldn't even hold a vote on the nuclear option to break the filibustering of constitutionalist judges. Frist knew he didn't have the votes, and didn't want to embarrass any of his fellow "Republican" senators.

Instead we had a bunch of RINOs negotiate a defeat that they billed as a partial victory, when real victory was only a vote away.

They had the majorities, and over and over against they failed to get the job done, so a lot of voters refused to keep giving them more chances.

Now, for a time we are likely to be worse off in regards to what Congress does. Hopefully, the Democrats will show their true colors and voters will elect a Republican President again and elect more real conservatives to congress.

It would have been far better had we been able to kick out the RINOs in the primaries and replace them with Conservatives, but if we want to move this country forward we can't keep sending the same big government RINOs back to office.

I voted for our RINO senator Mike DeWine because I felt he was the lesser of two evils, and I thought maintaining the symbolic majority in the Senate was important. However, I'm not sorry that he lost. I just hope that Brown will only get one term and then we can finally fill that seat with a Conservative.

I also hope we can get a good conservative to run against Voinovich in the primary when his seat comes up for reelection. Otherwise, unless the Dems are stupid enough to run someone like Fingerhut against him again, I suspect we'll lose that seat to the Dems as well.

[anymouse]

Not tasteless, but a reminder of what awaited any enemy that considered attacking America.

What is tasteless is the Baker-Hamilton report recommendations, which broadcast to our enemies that America no longer has the "stones" to do what is necessary to beat an enemy into submission - the only true way to prevent long bloody wars.

If you behave submissively you invite predators to test your ability to defend yourself. If they find that you are weak, they will attack you and take what they want.

[Sax]

I do believe it is tasteless, at the very least, for a Japanese to preempt any potential Pearl Harbor Day rememberance coverage with an article that gripes about the devastating consequences that they brought themselves. I doubt the intent of the article was 'don't piss off America or they'll nuke you.'

[Sax]

a Japanese = a Japanese newspaper

[Wolfie]

You don't declare war on tactics.

We don't "declare" wars at all anymore.

[TSchmereL]

I don't overestimate Neal Boortz effect. He had an effect.

So we have gone from a slim chance of getting a fair tax to no chance of getting a fair tax.

Yet you say you support the fair tax?

The fact is that the herd is in fact full of sheeple. Neal Boortz knows it. Neal Boortz exploited it to the extent he could.

[TSchmereL]

The Fair Tax is very much more dead than it was before. To deny it is to fool yourself.

[Thermalseeker]

Yet you say you support the fair tax?

I very much support the Fair Tax, quite likely more than most since I'm member of fairtax.org. However, I'm also a realist. I know that money is power in Washington. If you think the politico's are going to give up the power of taxation without masssive demonstrations in support of the idea of HR25, then you simply are not in touch with history or reality. Because I realize that it always has been difficult, if not impossible, to pass HR25, regardless of what Boortz has to say, doesn't mean that I don't try promote good ideas when I see them. Get it?

[TSchmereL]

Yeah, I get it. You are in favor of the fair tax, but since Republicans, who are more inclined to also support it, were not warming to the idea quickly enough, they deserve to be thrown out of office and replaced with Democrats who will never enact it.

[anymouse]

So what else is new? Remember that the left often helps the right more than they know when they think they are free to show their true colors.

Remember that the Japanese have never been good at contrition. It is part of the Asian "saving face" honor culture. The Muslims have a similar aversion to admitting that they are wrong.

But every "warrior" culture as well as more "civilized" cultures respect the demonstration of raw military might. They might not like you, but they damn well know not to mess with you, lest they feel the sting of your sword.

That is not what the wimpy Baker Hamilton study group report is about. It is the equivalent of rolling over and offering up our underbelly for sniffing or worse.

[Thermalseeker]

Yeah, I get it. You are in favor of the fair tax, but since Republicans, who are more inclined to also support it, were not warming to the idea quickly enough, they deserve to be thrown out of office and replaced with Democrats who will never enact it.

No, you clearly don't get it. I never said anything of the sort. The 'Pubbies shot themselves in the foot, but Tennesseans sent a 'Pubbie back to the Senate, and I did my part to help with that. Running away from their conservative principles is what lost them the election. It this isn't the case, how come so many Blue Dogs were elected?

BTW, I liked the comment on your bio about Political Correctness. Spot on.