My son came home for the weekend from his college but, his car is in the shop now and I had to give him a ride back to school. On the way back, I turned on Fox News on the XM channel and listened a bit to John Gibson. John is okay - not one of my favorites because he's a bit over the top and mellow dramatic. But his views are mostly spot on.
Anyway - he was encouraging anti-war folks to call in and state why they were against the war. Many did - and the serious depth of ignorance was quite alarming. As Americans - we need to work on deep thought and analysis of issues and get away from the emotions that surround them.
Basically though - the major jist of the anti-war crowd that called up said we should leave because we never should have gone in to begin with. Well, heh - what was right and what was wrong about our entrance into Iraq is irrelevant at this point - that's all ancient history. We are faced with two choices now ...
1. Staying the course and winning this war - which experts say WE CAN DO. Or we can ...
2. Leave Iraq and turn the whole mess over to Iran.
That's the two choices and #2 doesn't look like a very positive one for our national interests. In fact - it doesn't look like a very positive choice for my kid's or grandkid's sake either - who will eventually have to deal with an Islamofascist Persian state that controls the bulk of oil production in the middle east.
Just astounding to me that college graduates are unable to think of the geopolitical situation in an "organic" fashion. You can't hand Iraq over to Iran and expect that cheery old Iran is going to continue to sell us cheap oil. Silly rabbit.
Additionally, I was stunned by another assumption these anti-war "oblivions" held. They all believed we should fight Al Quaida in Afghanistan - but we should leave Iraq and not fight them there.
Now, when pressed on the causes of 9-11, these guys all (predictably) blamed American foreign policy for 9-11 and all of them said that if we just got out of Iraq and the middle east - then Osama would probably leave us alone.
Two problems there - uhhh - wouldn't Osama still be pissed at us for our war in Afghanistan? A war that you support and want to continue?
Damn - how can any adult display such childish logic?
Second problem here is the fact that Osama isn't going to let up on us no matter what we do. How many scholars have to come out and state that what Osama wants is world-wide Islamic caliphate. In his "Letter to Americans" ... Osama's FIRST DEMAND was for Americans to convert to Islam. Other demands? Give up your capitalist ways. Give up your perverted ways. Give up your government and put the Koran in it's place.
Why haven't any of these idiots read this stuff? Why don't they believe it when it comes right from the horse's mouth?
To those oblivious liberal callers - especially the one who called in and said we should leave the middle east - even though he personally drove an eight cylinder truck (he was willing to pay up to $12 or $13 dollars for a gallon of gas. Yes - dumbass alarm here!) ...
Here's your sign.
Anyway - he was encouraging anti-war folks to call in and state why they were against the war. Many did - and the serious depth of ignorance was quite alarming. As Americans - we need to work on deep thought and analysis of issues and get away from the emotions that surround them.
Basically though - the major jist of the anti-war crowd that called up said we should leave because we never should have gone in to begin with. Well, heh - what was right and what was wrong about our entrance into Iraq is irrelevant at this point - that's all ancient history. We are faced with two choices now ...
1. Staying the course and winning this war - which experts say WE CAN DO. Or we can ...
2. Leave Iraq and turn the whole mess over to Iran.
That's the two choices and #2 doesn't look like a very positive one for our national interests. In fact - it doesn't look like a very positive choice for my kid's or grandkid's sake either - who will eventually have to deal with an Islamofascist Persian state that controls the bulk of oil production in the middle east.
Just astounding to me that college graduates are unable to think of the geopolitical situation in an "organic" fashion. You can't hand Iraq over to Iran and expect that cheery old Iran is going to continue to sell us cheap oil. Silly rabbit.
Additionally, I was stunned by another assumption these anti-war "oblivions" held. They all believed we should fight Al Quaida in Afghanistan - but we should leave Iraq and not fight them there.
Now, when pressed on the causes of 9-11, these guys all (predictably) blamed American foreign policy for 9-11 and all of them said that if we just got out of Iraq and the middle east - then Osama would probably leave us alone.
Two problems there - uhhh - wouldn't Osama still be pissed at us for our war in Afghanistan? A war that you support and want to continue?
Damn - how can any adult display such childish logic?
Second problem here is the fact that Osama isn't going to let up on us no matter what we do. How many scholars have to come out and state that what Osama wants is world-wide Islamic caliphate. In his "Letter to Americans" ... Osama's FIRST DEMAND was for Americans to convert to Islam. Other demands? Give up your capitalist ways. Give up your perverted ways. Give up your government and put the Koran in it's place.
Why haven't any of these idiots read this stuff? Why don't they believe it when it comes right from the horse's mouth?
To those oblivious liberal callers - especially the one who called in and said we should leave the middle east - even though he personally drove an eight cylinder truck (he was willing to pay up to $12 or $13 dollars for a gallon of gas. Yes - dumbass alarm here!) ...
Here's your sign.
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