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2007-11-11 Home Front: WoT

The mission, f*ckhead, is supporting the 18 yr old with the rifle

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Posted by lotp 2007-11-11 07:23|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 Terrific story.

Posted by badanov 2007-11-11 08:03|| http://www.freefirezone.org]">[http://www.freefirezone.org] 2007-11-11 08:03|| Front Page Top

#2 Wow. LTC Bay is, as always, spot on.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2007-11-11 09:56|| 2007-11-11 09:56|| Front Page Top

#3 That's a powerful story, but is particularly poignant today.

Posted by Tony (UK) 2007-11-11 10:05|| 2007-11-11 10:05|| Front Page Top

#4 I remember the story of a Czech college professor teaching in the US. One day, in 1968, he came to class visibly shaken, and told his students that the Soviet Union was invading his country, that tanks were rolling down the street of Prague and slaughtering anyone in the way.

"We are a peaceful nation! We threaten no one! Why are the Russians attacking us? America is the defender of the world. Why is it not helping us? How can you just sit there?" And with that, he left his class, and resigned, hoping in some way to fight for his homeland, and even though he was old he was willing to carry a rifle.

His nation fell to conquest, and the peaceful government of the "Prague Spring" was replaced with a harsh dictatorship by their conquerors.

But the professor continued his struggle. Within a year, he was part of the US Information Agency, which produced a movie, "Czechoslovakia 1968". It won the Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject.

Three years later, in 1972, New York Conservative Party Senator James Buckley obtained a copy of the movie he wanted to air on New York television, a move bitterly opposed by the Democrat chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, Senator J. William Fulbright. The Republican administration refused to stop its presentation.

Senator Fulbright, anti-black and anti-Jewish racist and segregationist, on 30 July 1961, two weeks before the erection of the Berlin Wall, said in a television interview, "I don't understand why the East Germans don't just close their border, because I think they have the right to close it."

He also argued against investigating the successful communist infiltration of the US government and Pentagon, voting against the McCarthy hearings and objecting to the House Un-American Affairs Committee investingations.

Though he was later deeply concerned that patriotic right wing organizations, like the John Birch Society, might infiltrate the military.

As chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, Fulbright held several series of hearings against the Vietnam War. Many of the earlier hearings, in 1966, were televised to the nation in their entirety; the 1971 hearings included the notable testimony of Vietnam veteran, traitor, and future-Senator John Kerry.

Fulbright died of a stroke in 1995 at the age of 89 in Washington, DC. A year later, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary dinner of the Fulbright Program held June 5, 1996 at the White House, President Clinton said, "Hillary and I have looked forward for sometime to celebrating this 50th anniversary of the Fulbright Program, to honor the dream and legacy of a great American, a citizen of the world, a native of my home state and my mentor and friend, Senator Fulbright."

A despicable individual who always distrusted America, sought to undermine its power and influence in the world, sought to elevate the power of the United Nations and other international organizations over the United States. Fulbright always supported and encouraged tyrants and tyranny, yet despised the weak and oppressed and sought to keep them down.

I mention all of this to show how that for decades now, those "18 year olds with a rifle" have not just had to fight against evil and vicious enemies throughout the world, but even at home, equally evil and vicious enemies, opposed not just to them, but to their entire nation, have also tried to undermine and destroy them.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-11-11 11:20|| 2007-11-11 11:20|| Front Page Top

#5 Nukes and nerve gas make every tribal war an international crisis. Goodbye Tokyo, Moscow, or Miami because a sophisticated tribesman at war with his eternally despised neighbor decides that demolishing the global economy would make everyone pay attention to his neglected, forgotten grievance.

Glad to see that somebody understands just how nihilistic our foes are.

Tyrannies keep breeding this insanity. The only solution is consensus, wealth-producing societies, where everyone gets a say and everyone has a buy-in. If it sounds like democracy then call it that. Its sustainable stability, ever evolving sustainable stability when people police terrorists and dont promote them.

Mentioned in passing but a central point nonetheless. Bay's "sustainable stability" utterly relies upon something thatno matter how vitalsimply is not happening. Nor is it likely to happen in the near future, especially with the kid glove approachas mandated by our effete politicianscurrently being used by our military.

Muslims, by and large, simply refuse to police themselves for the purpose of eliminating terrorism. If they actually did so, I would not feel compelled to advocate disproportionate retaliation in order that this world's Muslim population finally be made to understand that neglecting their duty to quell extremism and terrorist activity will get them killed in large numbers for their inaction.

Self-policing is Islam's only hope for survival. As I have noted before, the West cannot possibly hope to clean Islam's house for it. Only Muslims are able to adequately identify and prosecute the extremist elements in their midst. Their unwillingness to do so makes them culpable in the extreme.

Given that the Koran's very core doctrine exhorts Muslims to extremism and terrorism, I see little hope that anything short of death on a truly massive scale will ever persuade Islam as to the error of its ways.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-11-11 17:07|| 2007-11-11 17:07|| Front Page Top

#6 There he is, saying the same shit again.

From now on, do us all a favor and substitute your rants with a simple code.

Like the one above for instance. Instead of the dribble about Muslims not policing themselves, you could just type, say, code 2. That way we all know what you're talking about without having to read it over and over and over again.

Posted by Fester Wharong8851 2007-11-11 17:14|| 2007-11-11 17:14|| Front Page Top

#7 Wow! Anonymous criticism. The most persuasive kind. Sorta falls flat when an accepted expert opinion is found to be backing my own assertions.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-11-11 17:20|| 2007-11-11 17:20|| Front Page Top

#8 Chris - you really are obviously a smart guy. What part of "get your own fucking blog" do you not get?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-11-11 17:40|| 2007-11-11 17:40|| Front Page Top

#9 the REAL reason is you know just how much traffic you and your pontifications would get. So why do you parasite off Fred's blog. Keep your comments here short, terse, snarky even ( I like those), and cross-refer to your own blog for further reference. If you have any trust in the strength of your extended ideas, arguments, logic, debate ability, you'd do it. Your refusal to do so says volumes. Blogspot is free - you can't complain about cost. You know html, you can't use ignorance.... sack up, Zen, and make everyone happy, including yourself, with the droves that will flock to the Zen Site for enlightenment and instruction :-)

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-11-11 18:00|| 2007-11-11 18:00|| Front Page Top

#10 Zenster - Fullbright was Bill Clinton's mentor.

Posted by 3dc 2007-11-11 18:27|| 2007-11-11 18:27|| Front Page Top

#11 I second the motion..

GET A BLOG ZEN!! your own. you hover over this one like a swarm of gnats. I figure you must take a lap-top into the bathroom with you and crap-blog Rantburg simultaneously.

Read a book, take a long hike, on a short pier.. get lost...
..

Posted by Red Dawg">Red Dawg 2007-11-11 18:28|| 2007-11-11 18:28|| Front Page Top

#12 Anonymous criticism could be code 3.

Posted by Groluper Tojo5478 2007-11-11 18:51|| 2007-11-11 18:51|| Front Page Top

#13 I figure you must take a lap-top into the bathroom with you and crap-blog Rantburg simultaneously.

Why would I imitate you?

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-11-11 19:05|| 2007-11-11 19:05|| Front Page Top

#14 now that was clever. Advice given with good intentions - take it?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-11-11 19:10|| 2007-11-11 19:10|| Front Page Top

#15 Ima gonna take my own advise and take a hike...on land..

:)

Posted by Red Dawg">Red Dawg 2007-11-11 19:51|| 2007-11-11 19:51|| Front Page Top

#16 Zen you are a wealth of information. Your own blog might be a fantastic idea. But don't you dare leave here.

Posted by Icerigger">Icerigger 2007-11-11 19:59|| http://coonlakebeach.com/support_mn_troops.htm]">[http://coonlakebeach.com/support_mn_troops.htm] 2007-11-11 19:59|| Front Page Top

#17 Ice, please email me. Your email addy seems to have some problems

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-11-11 22:44|| 2007-11-11 22:44|| Front Page Top

#18 Done. Make yourself some tea.

Posted by Icerigger">Icerigger 2007-11-11 22:50|| http://coonlakebeach.com/support_mn_troops.htm]">[http://coonlakebeach.com/support_mn_troops.htm] 2007-11-11 22:50|| Front Page Top

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