Posted on 04/23/2009 4:57:55 AM PDT by Tolik
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—another home run by VDH—
They'll get to this soon I'm sure.
BTTT
Good one by VDH.
One thing everyone knows by now is that Obama always has done, or will do, the exact opposite of what his teleprompter so eloquently proclaims.
Nice to see VDH is finally starting to unbutton his collar, but he has a way to go before it gets fluent and easy as I. a) b) c) II. III.
Our New Friends Are Really Not Very Nice People [Victor Davis Hanson]
After listening to Ahmadinejad’s U.N. rant and seeing his goons shout at Elie Wiesel, hearing Ortega go on his 50-minute rant, and listening to the antics of the thuggish Chávez and Morales at the Latin American “summit” — and collating all that with Obama’s praise of the “courageous” Saudi royal (replete with bow) and the Turkish government’s demands to derail the new Danish head of NATO (who courageously stood up for free speech) — does anyone really believe that Obama’s glad-handing, push the reset button, “we’re listening now,” “Bush did it,” “I was only (fill in the blank) then” overseas script constitutes morality, wisdom, or the advancement of our national values and interests? Or has the thin ethical veneer almost completely worn away from this narcissistic, Bono-like celebrity tour?
Multiculturalism Trumps Morality [Victor Davis Hanson]
The great threat to global morality, to paraphrase Aristotle, is the notion that you can be moral in your sleep — that by condoning any and all, under the guise of tolerance of the other, you are ethical rather than amoral. Take the bankrupt U.N. secretary general Ban Ki Moon, who in Geneva sanctions the uber-racist Ahmadinejad even as he preaches tolerance from his U.N. soapbox. “I fear that today’s economic crisis, if not handled properly, could evolve into a full-scale political crisis marked by social unrest, weakened governments, and angry publics who have lost faith in their leaders and their own future,” Mr. Ban said. Thus he cowardly ignores the concrete moral felony in front of him as he cheaply and easily goes after a putative moral transgression in the abstract.
We have forgotten that the clichés that have been so loudly on display during the recent Obama global tours — such as “tolerance” (for what?), “multilateralism,” “partnerships,” etc. — while often therapeutic, avoid the harder and often tragic choice to stand up to the glad-handing multicultural thug who wants a photo-op with an American president, who in turn wants a photo-op emphasizing how well he is liked abroad and resonates with the global masses — all at the expense of the poor soul thrown into a Cuban jail, or beaten up by the Chávez goon squads, or slaughtered by the Ahmadinejad religious police, or shut down and hounded by the Ortega thugocracy. When all “paths” are equal, there are none better or worse than the others — and we really are on the road to perdition.
Excellent. I can buy into this article completely, even the part about Muhammed Ali (AKA Cassius Clay).
VDH bump
How does this guy Hanson get right inside my head and straighten out my thoughts in such a way that I can understand them?
He is an amazing talent.
“to drudge up the past”
:-D
Sadly, common sense is not that common.
This may be more than a cycle. We are heading into a period of tribulation. Hopefully we can recover. If not maybe the seeds of democracy that we have planted around the world will thrive.
Dinna know that. Thanks!
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