“Have a look at the last sentence in that quote again. ‘If ineffective, then shoot them down.’”
I saw that. I was responding to a specific comment by the FReeper: “Has the right” is not the same as “threatening to shoot them down.” The threat to shoot them down came later.
China threatened to shoot them down, if they try to land. I don’t like it, and I don’t like the situation with Russia. But it’s the situation that we have.
By the thought patterns and cultures of our enemies, if we recede, they will advance and try to bully more. Worse yet, they’ll continue military buildups with ongoing plans to conquer and enslave us.
They see our free speech as the greatest threat to their power. Their cultures’ yearning for empire continues.
Back in the ‘60s, many of us American school children were shown a Russian propaganda film. In it, a Russian girl presented what Russians believed to be a wonderful family life in Russia. But even with the girl’s cheerfulness in front of the scenes and information in the presentation, we saw squalor and intolerable living conditions.