Democrats are gearing up to make a lot of noise in support of ignominious withdrawal from Iraq before gracelessly accepting the inevitable reality that the Commander in Chief calls the shots in wartime. This way they hope to appease their defeatist constituency without having to take the fall for yet another surrender and the blood bath that would certainly ensue.
The entire discussion is surreal.
IMHO, it sounds like we're up the creek without a paddle.
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Stopped reading right there...the authors misconception that no one who matters has been willing to identify the people demonstrates exactly the problem that exists. If the intelligent, hard working people who have expended great energy to research the facts of the situation (Ann Coulter, Mark Steyn) do not matter then the problem will only be evident when mushroom clouds appear on the horizon...and then still...people like the ones on CNN will say it is all a Neocon plot!
Any government will work if authority and responsibility are equal and coordinate
This does not insure "good" government; it simply insures that it will work.
But such governments are rare, most people want to run things but want no part of the blame.
This used to be called the "backseat-driver syndrome."
LAZARUS LONG
Especially when one pulls out all the stops to keep the borders open.
Will the Next Attack Get Our Attention?
Maybe. The way I see it unfolding is like this. Democrats will win the Presidency in 08. They will come up with some grand appeasement plan to get us out of Iraq and the Middle East. Al-Qaeda will celebrate, regroup and strike again only this time with weapons they obtain from Iran potentially radiological.... When that happens with 50k or more dead American Civilians all I can say is George W. Bush will be vindicated. So how do the Rats stake their political future against this inevitable reality? That is the question.
In general I agree with this assessment.
It is like watching a slow motion train wreck. It is obvious what is coming, yet no one is willing to actually do what is required to stop it. I'm just glad I don't live in a major city.
Another terrorist attack will no doubt point the finger of blame at the Bush administration for allowing 100,000 new Muslim immigrants to legally enter the United States per year following 9-11...and who knows how many illegally, given his inaction and unwillingness to build a wall on our borders.
If 9/11 didn't get their attention, nothing will! It is a slow motion train wreck, are we (FR) the only ones who realize it?
Here I am. I'm your next Churchill. over here! pick me!
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Newt Gingrich is beginning to sound a lot like Churchill.
I will make a prediction of my own: If the toll exceeds, say, 100,000, we will see something akin to civil war in this country. If the southern border and lax immigration enforcement are involved in any way, the institutions and interests that advocated those lax policies will literally go up in flames.
Depending on how much power the authorities have left, and their willingness to use it, anyone who opposed measures that could have prevented the disaster could well end up in the rough and ready court of vigilante justice. This includes, but is not limited to, the PC media culture, the "peace" movement, and left-wing academia. There should have been some hangings after these forces wilfully instigated the Cambodian genocide and the green gulag in the 1970s. They can't get away with it twice, especially not if it happens here.
If the Dems get in the White House, there won't even be a creek, let alone a paddle. Scarey, isn't it?
Somebody out there actuallyundêrstands thenature of the situation in the world.
Somebody out there actually understands the nature of the situation in the world.
What will our politics look like the day after the next time jihad comes home to America?
If it results in a large body count, the political scene will be much the same as the first few months after 9/11 - and might last as long before we return to politics as usual. How long it lasts will depend on Hollywood influenced opinion polls.
His name is Newt Gingrich, but he won't be allowed anywhere near power until the situation is as dire as it in Briatain in 1941.