Text 23202, 49 rader
Skriven 2006-10-01 11:27:53 av John Hull (1:123/789.0)
  Kommentar till text 23198 av Bob Sakowski (1:275/311)
Ärende: Habeas Corpus
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Bob Sakowski -> John Hull wrote:
 BS> John Hull wrote:

 >> Great.  While all you soft-hearted types tuck everybody in and
 >> fluff up their pillows making sure everything is according to
 >> Hoyle, make damn sure you don't miss the bastard sneaking in
 >> through the back door to kill you all in your beds.

 BS> When did you get to be so fearful, John?  You seem to think
 BS> terrorists are a greater threat to our survival as a nation than
 BS> the British in 1776-1815, the rebellion of the Civil War, the
 BS> most advanced (at the time) military powers of Nazi Germany and
 BS> the Japanese Empire both out to destroy us and last but not least
 BS> the old USSR who, personified by Nikita Kruschev sought to bury
 BS> us.

 BS> Compared to what dangers we, as a nation, have faced in the past,
 BS> the terrorist "threat" is more like a boil on the ass.  An
 BS> inconvenience, to be sure, but hardly a condition threatening our
 BS> survival.  That the current regime has opted to play it as if it
 BS> was WILL be noted by history as a fraud to their everlasting
 BS> shame, of course they have no shame but it will be so noted
 BS> nonetheless.

 BS> That Americans... AMERICANS!  Are scared shitless of "terrorists"
 BS> must surely have the brave souls who came before us and had to
 BS> confront real, honest to God national dangers, turning in their
 BS> graves.

 BS> We are better than that.

 BS> YOU are better than that, John.

And you simply don't get it.  You never have.  It isn't that we're afraid of
terrorists on an individual level, because we aren't and never has been.  But
by burying our heads in the sand and not engaging them as we are, we allow them
to operate any way they wish to.  ALL western nations are vulnerable to
infrastructure attacks on things that affect our economy, make it difficult and
dangerous for Americans to conduct necessary business overseas, and ultimately
to cut off needed resources by intimidating our allies and friends overseas who
are less capable of defending themselves.

To say that they can't hurt us is nothing short of utter naivety and
shortsightedness.  Leave it to the liberals, and we will pay a huge price for
it.  So yes, I AM better than that, because I support those who are taking the
fight to the terrorists, and oppose those like you who wish to cut and run.

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