Read this guy's rant, he posts on the blog at my local paper:
David Hunt (unregistered) wrote:
One other thing: I used to be a Libertarian... I left in large part because of the utter naivete of many of the people there. The basic philosophy was that if we leave the world alone, the world will leave us alone.
Which is, of course, purest bovine scatology. Iran took hostages in 1979 - they must have psychically forseen how Reagan would win the election. We got attacked again and again and again during the 1990's because, with equal prescience, they predicted President Bush in 2000.
In two of the most telling statements of how the "appeasers" don't get it, right after 9-11 Michael Moore asked why New York was attacked when most didn't vote for George Bush, and actor Tim Robbins was outraged because the terrorists were attacking one of the most diverse and tolerant pockets in America.
In the article:
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=B3339C3F-B742-4068-9ED4-B06D37A9FA74We have a wonderful bit of perspective:
America’s two foremost envoys were informed that “it was written in the Koran, that all Nations who should not have acknowledged their authority were sinners, that it was their right and duty to make war upon whoever they could find and to make Slaves of all they could take as prisoners, and that every Mussulman who should be slain in battle was sure to go to Paradise.”
When was this? In 1785; the American envoys were protesting the attacks by the Barbary pirates on American shipping originating from the "shores of Tripoli".
Let me see. No George Bush. No Israel. No US imperialism. Just Islamofascist aggression. The same kind they have unleashed on the world since Mohammed first was visited by the angels...
Indeed, some have argued that the "let's run away and appease the Islamofascists" crowd are suffering from a collective Oslo Syndrome:
http://www.frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=210F9FFC-9E28-4D9C-84E2-527D6679B4A8And there are endless excuses by the appeasers for why we should not stand up for the West:
http://sigmundcarlandalfred.wordpress.com/2007/09/19/missiles-mullahs-and-mirrors/Those opposed to this war, and most probably by extension any war, are in denial:
http://shrinkwrapped.blogs.com/blog/2005/01/the_defensive_d.htmlThe primary difference between ProgressiveWarrior and myself, besides my being willing to put my own name to my opinions vs. his using a pseudonym, is that he believes there is a choice - when it comes to Islamofascism - between war and peace. I believe there is a choice between war NOW and war LATER.
http://belmontclub.blogspot.com/2003/09/three-conjectures-pew-poll-finds-40-of.htmlhttp://www.americanthinker.com/2006/09/the_moral_emptiness_of_the_lef.htmlUltimately, making excuses for terrorists, as many have done, does nothing but give them encouragement that they can continue their bloody campaign:
http://drsanity.blogspot.com/2004/09/enabling-behavior-for-terrorism.htmlIn many ways I hope the Democrats sweep the 2008 elections (not really, but just imagine it). In the years that follow, having pulled out of Iraq with failure on our faces, abandoning Czechoslo.., er, I mean Israel to buy "peace in our time", er, a true and lasting peace in the mideast, paying the Jizya tax, er, I mean sending economic aid...
And we will STILL see terrorism in Europe, in the US. We will STILL see Iran nuke Israel.
I can't wait for the excuses then.
Link:
http://nashuatelegraph.disqus.com/nashuatelegraphcom_us_nears_4000th_casualty_in_iraq/#comment-240597