Posted on 08/18/2017 10:27:31 AM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler
As the American left targets historical icons for removal and/or destruction, one is reminded of the way the Taliban destroyed centuries-old Buddhist statues and the Islamic State’s ongoing violence against Christian churches and landmarks.
In short, the American left, the Taliban, and the Islamic State (ISIS) hold two things in common. First, an inability to appreciate the whole of history as it happened, which includes good times and bad. And secondly, a tendency to express this lack of appreciation via violence and destruction.
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What is the difference between destroying historical monuments in Afghanistan and destroying historical monuments in the USA?
There is none.
Don’t call ‘em “Left” .. call them Democrats. Shame that stupid party.
I believe they are trying to destroy the credibility of our founding fathers, followed by destroying the document they created - the US Constitution.
I see this as a full attack on the integrity of the U.S. as a country defined by our constitution.
Where did Freedom go?? To the antagonist??
They take away any pubic displays of religion, they control our education & now they are erasing our history.
They are the Taliban.
That is the agenda.
Bttt.
5.56mm
Taliban uses explosives to destroy historical monuments. Sooner or later, the left will employ this technique on the larger monuments like the Washington and Lincoln memorials in D.C. and people will be killed and hurt.
The Left will bite off more than they can chew and it will backfire on them.
Rush highlighting new NPR Marist poll showing Americans overwhelming want to keep the monuments and statues.
The leftists have gone down that road before.
List of Weatherman Actions
(Barack Obama friends Bernadine Dohrn and Bill Ayers)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Weatherman_actions
Partial List of Leftist Bomb Incidents
March 6, 1970:
Three Weather Underground members were killed when a bomb they had built exploded in the basement of a townhouse in Greenwich Village. In the days following the explosion, police found 57 sticks of dynamite, four completed bombs, detonators, timing devices, and other bomb-making equipment.
May 10, 1970:
National Guard Association of the United States: A single homemade bomb, enclosed in a briefcase, explodes at the entrance to the NGAUS. Windows in the building and surrounding area are blown out. The bombing occurs the night following a massive demonstration in D.C protesting the U.S. incursion into Cambodia. The radical leftist group, the Weather Underground Organization, claims responsibility for the attack.
March 1, 1971:
The Weather Underground explodes a bomb in the United States Capitol to protest the U.S. bombing of Laos.
May 19, 1972:
A bomb explodes in the fourth-floor women's restroom of the Pentagon which is located in Arlington County, Virginia. Part of a wall is blown out and other damage is caused, resulting in about $80,000 in damages. The explosion occurs on Ho Chi Minh's birthday and also several days before a planned demonstration to protest Nixon's increased bombing of North Vietnam and the mining of North Vietnamese harbors. The Weather Underground takes credit for the attack.
Jan. 29, 1975:
A device explodes in the third-floor women's bathroom of the United States Department of State, causing several walls to collapse and creating damage on five floors of the building. Damage was estimated at $350,000. A bomb threat was called into the Washington Post several minutes before the blast by the radical group the Weather Underground Organization. The group cited the continued war in Vietnam and Cambodia and the continued U.S. support for those governments. By the next year, the group had claimed credit for 25 bombings—including the U.S. Capitol, the Pentagon, the California Attorney General’s office, and a New York City police station.
Dec 8, 1982:
Norman Mayer, an anti-nuclear weapons activist and eccentric, drives a white van up to the base of the Washington Monument. Mayer claims to have a 1,000 pounds of explosives in the van, which he say he will use to destroy the monument, unless a national dialogue on the threat of nuclear weapons is seriously undertaken. He holds off police for 10 hours before he starts to roll the van towards the White House. At that point, United States Park Police snipers open fire, fatally wounding him. No explosives are found in the van.
April 26, 1983:
A bomb explodes at the National War College at Fort McNair in SW Washington shattering windows and cracking walls in the building and doing $100,000 worth of damage but no injuries. See Resistance Conspiracy
Aug. 18, 1983:
A bomb goes off at the Washington Navy Yard's Computer Center doing minor damage and causing no injuries.
November 7, 1983:
The 1983 United States Senate bombing occurs. The "Armed Resistance Unit" a cover name for the militant leftist group May 19th Communist Movement, bombs the U.S. Capitol in response to the U.S. invasion of Grenada.
April 20, 1984:
A bomb explodes at the Washington Navy Yard Officers Club.
It's interesting but I don't understand what it is showing.
They could not be hidden like smaller, moveable artifacts, therefore they were out in the open and primed to be electrically hammered.
The winged bulls were not Christian, nor were they even Jewish.
Here is a pair at the British Museum:
Thanks.
But what is that man doing?
It looks like he has some kind of device making gel or soap bubbles.
He is chiseling off the face of the stone.
Thanks again.
Now that you explained it I can see it!
Islam is insanity, isn’t it?
Yes, it is insane. Thanks to the British Museum we will still be able to see them.
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