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We're fighting WWIII,
but few seem to care
New York Daily News ^
| 9/15/03
| Bill O'Reilly
Posted on 09/15/2003 2:02:06 AM PDT by kattracks
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To: kattracks
O'Reilly Bump
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posted on
09/15/2003 5:07:03 AM PDT
by
Samwise
(There are other forces at work in this world, Frodo, besides the will of evil.)
To: FlyVet
My sister called me yesterday eve. She is not too bright and was continually ranting on about there is no communication between the President and the nation, no comms between the troops and the Iraqi police, that the economy is bad, that Bush needs to help the economy of America, etc. No matter how I tried to explain it to her, she could not get it.
Perhaps Bill is right on this. Maybe the President does need to get on the tube - once a week - and explain the situation. I do not think it will help much though if he does not declare that Islam is the enemy. Start off by showing a map of the world with all major conflicts. Tell the American public the common factor of all these conflicts. Declare that while the United States wants to live in peace, we will not tolerate this outside or inside our borders. Tell Israel that they have a free reign. Declare Arrafat a terrorist and order his demise. None of this matter though if our borders remain open and liberal states - such as Kalifornia - continue to degrade our effort in order to get votes. But hey, that seems to be what the Repubs are doing?
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posted on
09/15/2003 5:08:15 AM PDT
by
7thson
(I think it takes a big dog to weigh a 100 pounds.)
To: kattracks
For a country smack in the middle of World War III, we certainly are a blasé bunch. We're worried about how much fighting the people who want to kill us will cost, and whether we have an exit strategy in Iraq. Craven politicians and crazed columnists are second-guessing President Bush, who at times looks like he's first-guessing the nation's foreign policy. Since Bush, for some inexplicable reason, will not spell it out for you, it falls on me to do so. There are around the world thousands of Islamic fanatics who want to kill Americans because they believe Allah is down with that. These people are taught from childhood that Jews and Americans are undeserving of life on this planet. There is no negotiation with most of these zealots; there is nothing one can say to dissuade them. They want blood, and they will use any and all means to get it.
This highlights one of the problems with not actually having a Declaration of War. The enemy is poorly defined and the terms required for armistice are anybody's guess. Into this vacuum, the President's political foes can throw whatever craven terms they please. Not a surprise at all.
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posted on
09/15/2003 5:15:34 AM PDT
by
Sabertooth
(Arnold opposes the driver's licenses, but he also wants to lobby DC to legalize Illegal Aliens. Ah.)
To: kattracks
too true.
24
posted on
09/15/2003 5:16:37 AM PDT
by
Quix
(DEFEAT her unroyal lowness, her hideous heinous Bwitch Shrillery Antoinette de Fosterizer de MarxNOW)
To: Paleo Conservative
Exactly true. John Podhoretz wrote a lengthy essay on this point in Commentary Magazine about 6-8 months ago--very worthwhile tracking it down.
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posted on
09/15/2003 5:17:50 AM PDT
by
Remole
To: kattracks
We're worried about how much fighting the people who want to kill us will costYou can bet the farm that the brutal and negative media coverage of this WAR would NOT exist if the XIMPOTUS (or any gimmie for that matter) were the C-in-C. Also if there were Repulican candidates they certainly COULD not get away with the personal attacks on a gimmie president. Imagine if you will a Trent Lott calling say President Al Gore a GANG LEADER!!
26
posted on
09/15/2003 5:27:40 AM PDT
by
PISANO
Comment #27 Removed by Moderator
To: Singman
How early in the morning did you have to get up to pull together this pile of crap...
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posted on
09/15/2003 5:31:33 AM PDT
by
carton253
(All I need to know about Islam I learned on 9/11/2001)
To: Singman
But I have faith in Americans.I bet you do. Hows the weather in Damascus this morning?
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posted on
09/15/2003 5:35:44 AM PDT
by
johnny7
To: kattracks
What everyone seems to forget is that this war on terrorism will not only go on for years, but it will go one under different administrations.
This is NOT Bush's war as the liberals would have us believe. This is a war that may conceivably span future generations, and future presidents from both parties. Americans will be living on a war-time footing over a long period of time, and this process will alter the mentality of future Americans as well as the leaders they pick.
The aberrant behavior of the 60's flower children will no longer apply to future Americans who have threats of skyscrapers falling on their heads, and future leaders cannot expect to be elected on issues that divide the nation rather than bring it together. Security will be uppermost on the minds of Americans, and future elected leaders that allow terrorist's to damage American soil will have a short political career. Liberals will have to come to terms with the future steeling of American will, and that the Jane Fonda-types, giving aid to those who would destroy us, will be harshly held accountable for their actions.
Because there are so many terrorists it's logical to assume that a few will breach our security people, and cause another 9/11. The "odds" favor such a disaster happening by those who wish to destroy our way of life. If such an event happened under a liberal administration it would spell political disaster for liberals everywhere. Threats of annihilation tend to make Americans testy, and testy Americans who have weapons of mass destruction are not to be trifled with. Our enemy's need only remember that America went nuclear once before, and that was under a Democratic President.
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posted on
09/15/2003 6:23:31 AM PDT
by
Noachian
(Liberalism belongs to the Fool, the Fraud, and the Vacuous.)
To: livius
But these are not normal circumstances, because the left (which controls the press and academia) hates Bush so much they'd rather see their own country go down in flames than admit the reality of this new war and help him pursue it. It's not their country. They are "citizens of the world". They would gladly destroy the United States and its Constitution to advance their leftist agenda.
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posted on
09/15/2003 6:43:01 AM PDT
by
Paleo Conservative
(Do not remove this tag under penalty of law.)
To: Paleo Conservative
It's not their country. They are "citizens of the world". They would gladly destroy the United States and its Constitution to advance their leftist agenda. Unfortunately, you are absolutely correct. They used to just think it, now they openly admit it.
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posted on
09/15/2003 6:53:52 AM PDT
by
bankwalker
(If I have to explain, then you wouldn't understand.)
To: Ed_in_NJ
More!
33
posted on
09/15/2003 7:00:04 AM PDT
by
MortMan
(Tag - Does this mean "I'm it"?)
To: Remole
Exactly true. John Podhoretz wrote a lengthy essay on this point in Commentary Magazine about 6-8 months ago--very worthwhile tracking it down. He wrote a similar editorial back in November 2001 that appeared in the Wall Street Journal
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posted on
09/15/2003 7:16:06 AM PDT
by
Paleo Conservative
(Do not remove this tag under penalty of law.)
To: kattracks
This isn't WWIII and after he starts with that BS the rest slides downhill too.
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posted on
09/15/2003 7:23:44 AM PDT
by
Protagoras
(Putting government in charge of morality is like putting pedophiles in charge of children.)
To: 7thson
I think the first time two groups of cave men fought over the women and hunting territory it was the first world war, so based on that we are on WW10567.
Which is about as accurate as O'Reillys statement.
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posted on
09/15/2003 7:30:28 AM PDT
by
Protagoras
(Putting government in charge of morality is like putting pedophiles in charge of children.)
To: livius
What you have said (post # 10) is entirely true and well said.
"the left (which controls the press and academia) hates Bush so much they'd rather see their own country go down in flames than admit the reality of this new war and help him pursue it."
~livius~
Yes, the Left, the Democrat Party, is utterly corrupt and morally bankrupt--and this from a man whose parents, grandparents, and great grandparents were all Democrats.
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posted on
09/15/2003 12:07:05 PM PDT
by
Savage Beast
(The American Heartland--the Spirit of Flight 93)
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