The more things change, the more they stay the same. We have a nation of people gearing up for war at a frantic pace, which has violated the borders of a neighboring country, and which is eager to kill as many Jews as possible. And many of our own citizens react this way:
Number three is, we want to use all the tools that the US —power. We want to use our diplomacy. We believe the United States should be talking to everyone in the region, including countries we don’t like, like Syria and Iran. We feel like it is a lot better to talk to someone before you have to bomb them. — Wesley Clark
(Video at Expose The Left)
That Wesley Clark video is from May, but top-level Democrats are now expressing similar sentiments, along with the idea that we need to leave Iraq immediately.
Ever heard of this guy? Wesley Clark’s approach didn’t work out too well for him or for his country.
We should seek by all means in our power to avoid war, by analysing possible causes, by trying to remove them, by discussion in a spirit of collaboration and good will. I cannot believe that such a programme would be rejected by the people of this country, even if it does mean the establishment of personal contact with the dictators. — Neville Chamberlain
Here’s one more quote:
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. — George Santayana
A common refrain in the MSM is that Islamists are reacting to extreme poverty against the rich west. This 1995 Daniel Pipes article demolishes that position. If you don’t have his site bookmarked, you should.
Islamic fundamentalism is not a product or by-product of poverty. Several studies have shown that a substantial majority of Islamists and their supporters come from the middle and upper socio-economic strata … [this] refutes the widely held assumption that Islamist popularity thrives on economic misery. –Palestinian journalist Khalid Amayreh
As to the real root cause, why won’t the media take them at their word?
Carrying out terrorism…is one of the tenets of our religion and Shari’ah…This war is fundamentally religious…Under no circumstances should we forget this enmity between us and the infidels. For the enmity is based on creed. — Osama Bin Laden
The case for war is predicated on the concept that the jihadists are not ignorant savages incapable of thinking and planning, developing a strategy and the tactical goals to achieve victory. In fact they mean what they say, and their actions are consistent with that. The victory provided by our cutting and running – which Osama bin Laden predicted years ago – will provide the best recruiting tool the enemy could want and will crush Islamic moderates. Our politics will increasingly be infiltrated by Islamists – CAIR, John Conyers, Keith Ellison just to name a few. The Muslim Brotherhood has a plan for victory, and they are enjoying success so far. No reason to think that will change, because so far it’s working out really well for them.
Having said all that… it’s becoming more clear every day that we are going to surrender. The Iraq Study Group, which by all accounts studied nothing but the most face-saving way to bug out, Bush’s appointment of Gates, the fact that we are extending additional rights to an enemy that hides among civilians and does not even qualify for Geneva Convention rights, and more than anything the ridiculously restrictive rules of engagement that our troops have been under since Day One when the enemy acknowledges no rules of engagement whatsoever – these are all straws that indicate which way the wind is blowing. And frankly I was just crushed by this upcoming defeat for a number of reasons. More than anything, I want my sixteen year old daughter to enjoy peace and prosperity. If we’re going to war, then getting it done RIGHT NOW sounds good to me. I would enlist, if I could. I would buy war bonds if they were for sale. If my daughter was of age and wanted to go, she would have my blessing. I’ve given to causes that support the troops, and would love to do more. My patriotism makes me desire a victory. And I want to continue to be free to worship and in general, behave as I please; freedoms which the encroachment of dhimmitude will deny me. All of these reasons may sound nice on the surface, but they are wrong.
The simple fact is that the church under persecution glorifies God far better than it does in prosperity. And if it is God’s will that the American church finally joins churches in much of the rest of the world in persecution, then so be it. We have, for the most part, failed to support those other churches in our prosperity and freedom. The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away; blessed be the name of the Lord. I’m going to focus on praying for God’s will to be done, for His kingdom (not America) to be advanced, and for His name to be glorified. And if, as I begin to suspect, that means defeat for America, then I will try to learn to not just accept it, but to welcome it.
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