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America's Fatal Weakness
Canadian Press ^ | December 11, 2006 | JB Williams

Posted on 12/11/2006 6:34:25 AM PST by PlainOleAmerican

Terrorists abroad have spent decades preparing for war against the west, studying American culture, identifying all of the cracks in the mortar, all of the weak links in our chain of command and the soft spots in our defenses that make the worlds last remaining super-power a vulnerable target for any terrorists willing to die for the cause.

In retrospect, America's weaknesses were more obvious to others than most Americans thought.

The USS Cole Attack

September 11, 2001

What must change to survive such an enemy?

(Excerpt) Read more at canadafreepress.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bush; democrats; iraq; wot
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To: Texas Songwriter
There is danger in using any single verse of Scripture to defend any theological concept, (but it is far more dangerous to use one to defend one's politics, as I believe was happening here).

One needs to look at the whole of Scripture, and how one comes to Christ (through His calling and grace alone, and not through any human action), and it becomes very obvious that one human being cannot force Christ on another, nor one country on another.

Now if one is talking about forcing Judeo/Christian based political systems on other countries, that's another subject entirely. As is the subject of whether or not the United States is Christian at all any more......

101 posted on 12/11/2006 11:01:17 AM PST by ohioWfan (President Bush - courageously and honorably protecting us in dangerous times, . Praise the Lord!)
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To: arthurus

The Saracens must suffer a level of destruction so great that they are convinced that Allah does not will that Islam shall prevail in this generation.



It may not take that much destruction to get their attention. Recall that Iran started a "mini war" with us, sending high speed boats out to shell tankers, sending their aircraft to spar with our fleet.

When they had an airliner take off from a military airport and fly towards one of our ships, and we shot it down, killing a bunch of civilians ... and the world did not condemn us for it ... they got the message and stopped their "mini war".


102 posted on 12/11/2006 11:35:45 AM PST by Mack the knife
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To: ohioWfan

So noted, ohio. Indeed a monstrous issue regarding Christianity IS AND WAS raised when arthurus said Muslims must be forcibly converted to Christianity. I stopped right there to deal with that issue, upon which I was told that what Christianity is, is beside the point. Only what Islam is, is what matters. HUH??




103 posted on 12/11/2006 11:44:31 AM PST by txrangerette ("We are fighting al-Qaeda, NOT Aunt Sadie"...Dick Cheney commenting on the wiretaps!!)
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To: EagleUSA

One more for sure... Maybe more...


104 posted on 12/11/2006 12:18:29 PM PST by PlainOleAmerican
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To: layman

They have two... They are all Arab as well.


105 posted on 12/11/2006 12:19:09 PM PST by PlainOleAmerican
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To: TheCrusader

History is repeating itself... and you are exactly correct! How dare you speak the truth when the First Amendment say's you can't!


106 posted on 12/11/2006 12:20:53 PM PST by PlainOleAmerican
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To: The Great RJ

ALL TRUE!


107 posted on 12/11/2006 12:23:15 PM PST by PlainOleAmerican
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To: Teacher317

The MSM is the enemy!


108 posted on 12/11/2006 12:24:33 PM PST by PlainOleAmerican
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To: Leftism is Mentally Deranged

It WILL happen. The open question is at what expense first?


109 posted on 12/11/2006 12:28:49 PM PST by PlainOleAmerican
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To: Neoliberalnot

It didn't happen with the sniveling RINO's in power either, which is why sniveling liberals are back in power today...


110 posted on 12/11/2006 12:31:42 PM PST by PlainOleAmerican
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To: prairiebreeze

Thanks!


111 posted on 12/11/2006 12:32:22 PM PST by PlainOleAmerican
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To: Killborn

Sadly, we are NOT winning the war on terror. The American people just forfeited the war on terror by electing a congress that will stop funding the war on terror and make illegal, all of the tools needed to win that war...

We are not finished losing soldiers, but we are finished fighting this war in any serious fashion....

Wish there was a single reason to share your optimism.


112 posted on 12/11/2006 12:36:13 PM PST by PlainOleAmerican
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To: MizSterious

Well said!!!


113 posted on 12/11/2006 12:38:22 PM PST by PlainOleAmerican
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To: PlainOleAmerican

I don't see the sameness in both parties except between RINOs and rats. All republicans are not RINOs just to be fair. I would imagine the mouthpieces of the RAT party (ABC,CBS,NBC,CNN, and NPR) had something to do with the re-emergence of liberals in congress.


114 posted on 12/11/2006 12:38:52 PM PST by Neoliberalnot
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To: txrangerette
I'll second that "HUH??"

Thanks for standing up for Biblical Christianity, tx.

115 posted on 12/11/2006 12:38:53 PM PST by ohioWfan (President Bush - courageously and honorably protecting us in dangerous times, . Praise the Lord!)
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To: Dante3

These days, we elect enemies!


116 posted on 12/11/2006 12:39:34 PM PST by PlainOleAmerican
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To: Sam Cree

ABSOLUTELY!


117 posted on 12/11/2006 12:41:30 PM PST by PlainOleAmerican
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To: PlainOleAmerican

Ping for later read


118 posted on 12/11/2006 12:43:11 PM PST by mike70
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To: Twinkie

Bet on it!


119 posted on 12/11/2006 12:44:11 PM PST by PlainOleAmerican
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To: RightWhale

Thanks fror NOT readin this column troll!


120 posted on 12/11/2006 12:46:57 PM PST by PlainOleAmerican
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