Posted on 03/30/2007 9:33:42 AM PDT by 3AngelaD
Quick -- somebody promote Lt. Cmdr. Erik Horner for good instincts. "We not only have a right to self-defense but also an obligation to self-defense," the second-in-command officer of the USS Underwood said, referring to the surrender by 15 British sailors in Iraqi waters to Iranian forces last week. "[The British] had every right to defend themselves rather than allow themselves to be taken. Our reaction was, 'Why didn't you guys defend yourselves?' " Better to ask why the larger Western world didn't teach these sailors to defend themselves, both as their personal right and their societal obligation... When a civilization no longer inculcates an overriding attachment to its own survival, well, it no longer survives as a civilization... When the government of Britain recently responded to a recognized act of war against its military personnel by threatening diplomacy, a kind of emptiness to the whole British enterprise was exposed... This is incredible. This seemingly immutable restriction suggests that, according to current military and civilian thinking -- which together reflect a pretty clear consensus of elites -- the lives of allies under fire are of no greater value or significance than the lives of enemy sympathizers. And the enemy knows this, in Iraq and beyond, no doubt reveling in the safe haven of our fantastic objectivity. Such rules and restrictions, the product of politically correct developments in Western culture, foster a non-combative theory of combat. Surrender is an expression of this culture; so are rules of engagement that risk the lives of our people. Such a culture, whether acting by the book or by consensus, hardly supports a soldier's right and obligation to self-defense, let alone unleashes the warrior in pursuit of anything resembling victory. Which isn't to say this cultural trend is irreversible...
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
President Ronald Reagan:
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.
We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream.
It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same,
or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children
and our children's children what it was once like in the United States
where men were free."
Amazing...these sailors were out on rubber boats in grave danger (and still are) but how nice of the powers to try and negotiate with the enemy as the powers to be sit in their cushy offices. We ALL have the right to self defense and...those in charge should be protecting the rest of us as well. We voted them ALL into office to look after us. It's damn well time they began to do their jobs the way they should be done!!!
Lord Nelson: "...never consider as neutral any place from whence an attack is allowed to be made."
We will be fighting in the streets before that happens...
And I won't give a damn about your crocodile tears shed over the poor, misunderstood terrorist...
Quote of the day.
And speaking of Muslims terrorists roaming the streets of America, see: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1809332/posts
I think I can speak for a large number of citizens of the US that you will LOTS of company when the time comes.
AND IT IS COMING. Folks just refuse to listen..
Unfortunately...you are correct.
Amen.
Seeing as how the Brits have recently passed legislation making some foundational tenets of Christianity, illegal, I say it couldn't happen to a more deserving bunch.
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