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The Barbarians Are Inside, And There Are No Gates
Steyn Online ^
| November 13, 2015
| Mark Steyn
Posted on 11/14/2015 8:47:06 AM PST by Sharkfish
... With his usual killer comedy timing, the "leader of the free world" told George Stephanopoulos on "Good Morning, America" this very morning that he'd "contained" ISIS and that they're not "gaining strength". A few hours later, a cell whose members claim to have been recruited by ISIS slaughtered over 150 people in the heart of Paris and succeeded in getting two suicide bombers and a third bomb to within a few yards of the French president.
Visiting the Bataclan, M Hollande declared that "nous allons mener le combat, il sera impitoyable": We are going to wage a war that will be pitiless.
Does he mean it? Or is he just killing time until Obama and Cameron and Merkel and Justin Trudeau and Malcolm Turnbull fly in and they can all get back to talking about sea levels in the Maldives in the 22nd century? By which time France and Germany and Belgium and Austria and the Netherlands will have been long washed away.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: isis; paris; parisattacks; steyn
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To: Sharkfish; hecticskeptic
Thank you, Sharkfish. Hecticskeptic had already posted it, but thank you as well.
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posted on
11/14/2015 10:07:49 AM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: Sharkfish
While it changes nothing, like most editorials do, it is thoughtful and I can’t disagree with it.
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11/14/2015 10:19:46 AM PST
by
Sequoyah101
(It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
To: GOPJ
No stuffed animals, either! I’m series!
To: Secret Agent Man
No gates, no guns, no swords no shields. And not even g-damn
recognition that islam is terrorism. Islam is jihad, and jihad is terrorism.Hussein brings legions of sleepers--and his DCI Brennan
is a convert who stipulates jihad is a legitimate religious tenet.
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posted on
11/14/2015 10:30:34 AM PST
by
PhilDragoo
(Hussein: Islamo-Commie from Fakistan)
To: Sharkfish; fieldmarshaldj; AuH2ORepublican; Impy; GOPsterinMA; randita; Sun; NFHale; ...
The title of this article is the best I’ve ever seen on this topic. It’s what happens when nations don’t have borders.
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posted on
11/14/2015 10:39:04 AM PST
by
Clintonfatigued
(The War on Drugs is Big Government statism)
To: Clintonfatigued
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posted on
11/14/2015 10:45:19 AM PST
by
GOPsterinMA
(I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
To: GOPsterinMA
You’re very welcome, please post to your ping list. It’s that important.
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posted on
11/14/2015 10:47:20 AM PST
by
Clintonfatigued
(The barbarians are here because there are no gaits)
To: Clintonfatigued
I’m texting, emailing, Facebooking it now.
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posted on
11/14/2015 10:52:43 AM PST
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GOPsterinMA
(I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
To: Sharkfish
$h!tface contained them, right here in this country, in cities run by democrats.
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11/14/2015 11:33:21 AM PST
by
I want the USA back
(Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country)
To: Sharkfish; 3D-JOY; abner; Abundy; AGreatPer; Albion Wilde; AliVeritas; alisasny; ...
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posted on
11/14/2015 9:00:27 PM PST
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Democrats and GOP-e: a difference of degree, not philosophy)
To: Sharkfish
Our leaders don’t understand the threat of Islamist terror or just how limited support there is for of Western values, much less the liberal delusions they cling to.
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posted on
11/14/2015 11:10:02 PM PST
by
rmlew
("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers.")
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