The highest ranking member of our fine military killed in Iraq died today. He was killed by a cowardly bomber. Col. Wood died in the line of duty leading his men.

CNN: Wood, based at Forward Operating Base Falcon in the northern province of Babil, had responded to a roadside bomb Thursday and was giving orders to his men as they secured the area when a secondary explosion blew him backwards into a canal, killing him instantly, the military said.
Wood, 44, was based at Fort Stewart, Georgia. He is survived by his wife and daughter.

Thanks for your service and sacrifice Mr. Wood and Family our prayers are with you and with all our men fighting so hard this week.

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France wasn't always filled with cheese eating surrender monkeys.

In October of 732, Charles Martel ("The Hammer") and his Frankish horde stopped cold the onrushing cavalry of Allah's finest, halting Islam's desire to break out from Spain and subjugate the rest of Europe.

Creasy argues also that the Martel victory "preserved the relics of ancient and the germs of modern civilizations ." That is, in a Moslem Dominion, the ferment of the Middle Ages, which sparked the Enlightenment with all of its scientific, economic, and political fruits, would never have occurred. Look at the modern Islamic world: backward, unfree, poor--in sad fact, scarcely modern at all. This could be the state of all humankind if not for a Europe where, as Strauss notes, "church and state were [often] at loggerheads," helping form a culture that was, "compared to Islam, decentralized, secularized, individualistic, profit-driven."

Half-educated Christophobes who think the faith contributed nothing but superstition and inventive torture to the human story should ponder Strauss' words. So should modern zealots who would happily marry church and state.

Without the victory at Tours, there would be no suds-swinging Oktoberfest, no Halloween (because no All Hallows Eve), indeed little fun now or at any other time of the year under a Shari'a, or religious law, not noted for winking at petty vices.

Victor Davis Hanson notes the Battle of Tours, or Poitiers, as he refers to it, as one of the landmark battles in Western civilization in his book "Carnage and Culture."

Pray for Europe. But save a few prayers, too, for a band of bearded, coarse, but faithful men who stood shoulder-to-shoulder in a cold dawn and faced proven death galloping full-speed toward them--only to unhorse that grim rider and break his bones to bits.

Which is to say that if in the next life you can't find the Pearly Gates, just follow the sound of the loud German drinking songs. You'll get to the right place.

So when you're out running around having a fun Halloween, stop for a moment, look up, and thank a Frank.

Stein hoist to Clarity and Resolve.

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Up to 70 terrorist supporters and insurgents were killed today by airstrikes prompting immediate whining about the targeting of civilians.

CNN

"[They] were not terrorists -- they were only a bunch of civilians whose curiosity prompted them to gather around a destroyed Humvee," said Dr. Dhiya Fahdawi, who treated people at a hospital in Ramadi. In the Abu Faraj region, north of Ramadi, about 50 insurgents were killed in operations surrounding a suspected insurgent safe house, the military said

OK so you will forgive me if I don't buy that. If you are dancing on top of our dead boys like you were last month I find it hard to scrape up much sympathy for you. In fact all I can think of right now is Hell Yeah!!!! Last month I saw you on FOXNEWS dancing and grinning, not that FOX feels like posting that video to the net but they had a momentary lapse of judgement and I saw you on WTVW.

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ABCNEWS:

According to sources in intelligence, emergency services and police headquarters, when three Iraqi insurgents were arrested several days ago during a raid by a joint FBI-CIA team, one of those caught disclosed the threat. .

This is a breaking story. While there is a lot of doubt precautions are being taken.

Department of Homeland Security sources told ABC News they are very doubtful the threat information is credible, though NYPD sources said the information continues to come in and is disturbing.

Also FOXNEWS:

Confederate Yankee has live coverage of the breaking news. Also GOP & The City , Counterterrorism blog, Terrorism Unveiled live-blogging. Chad at ITB following.

Updated: It now appears the same intelligence that led to the NYC subway alert today also resulted in a raid South of Baghdad.

CNN:The highly classified operation involving the U.S. intelligence community and the U.S. military was carried out against suspected al Qaeda operatives south of Baghdad, CNN has learned from a well-placed U.S. military official. "Significant intelligence was also gathered in this raid, along with al Qaeda operatives who were rounded up," CNN's Jamie McIntyre reported... ...But the official said the raid was the result of the same intelligence about the threat to New York's subway system.

To this story, there will be more.

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IÂ’ve been following John McCain for a bit. Today he was on FNS. Pretty good interview. It might seem if you asked Bill Kristol that the good Senator from Arizona is a better spokesman for the president on Iraq that is old Rumsy.

Or will we? The president seems determined to complete the job. Is his defense secretary? In addition to trying to abandon the term "war on terror," Rumsfeld and some of his subordinates have spent an awful lot of time in recent weeks talking about withdrawing troops from Iraq--and before the job is complete.

That was Kristol.

Now for McCain.

I don't know, because the president, I think, very appropriately made it very clear in the strongest terms that we are there until Iraqis are capable of carrying out their own security responsibilities. He could not have been more forceful or more clear, in my view. And I totally agree with him, and I think his statement was unequivocal. And now you're seeing these statements, both before and after, which are in contradiction to what he had to say.

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(Colorado Springs, CO) The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) whose chief is U.S. Adm. Timothy J. Keating has decided that the military jargon is insensitive to American Indians. Although there have been no complaints, Adm. Keating has banned the use of certain words, including warrior, brave, and chief, from the military lexicon.

According to a NORAD spokesperson, Master Sgt. John Tomassi, the military is following the lead of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in prohibiting the use of Indian names.

Just think. With one stroke of a pen, Adm. Keating changed my perception of the North American aerospace defense network from a high-tech and reliable weapons and intelligence command into a bunch of whimpering pussies. After learning of this latest politically correct infestation at the commanding officer level, I immediately felt less safe.

It's also disturbing that Keating's irresponsible edict folds all too nicely into Osama bin Laden's propaganda to al-Qaeda terrorists and recruits that the American military is weak and cannot win. The U.S. military can't be expected to intimidate an enemy when it's viewed as sensitive and cowardly, bending over for every whiny complaint in society.

Rumsfeld should send out a war party to bring back Keating's scalp.

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OK, so he's not beautiful. In fact, Hugo Chavez is most likely one of the ugliest humans I've ever seen. But he most certainly is having dreams of grandeur. Or smoking one heck of a lot of crack. In a speech to thousands of students (does anyone ever speek to anyone besides students?), Chavez says that if the US decides to invade Venezula, they will be defeated. He then goes on to admit that he doesn't have any evidence that the US is going to invade, but that we have never given up on the dream of invading Venezula or Cuba.

Now, Hugo, I hate to burst your bubble and pull you so rudely out of your happy place, but I feel that it is my civic duty to inform you of a few facts.

1. If the US wanted to invade Cuba, it would now be the 52d state (we'd have to do something to keep Puerto Rico from getting jealous). And nothing that you, Castro or Russia could do could stop us. It's always been this way and will always continue to be this way. Oh, and the Bay of Pigs wasn't an invasion. It was a clusterf*ck.

2. In case you haven't noticed, the United States has the most powerful standing army in the world today. Remember the fact that nobody had ever successfully invaded Afghanastan? We did. Remember Iraq? The Republican Guard never stood a chance. So I don't know what makes you think you'd fare any better. What are you going to do, throw coffee beans at us?

Chavez then goes on with his inane blatherings.

Chavez called the United States the "most savage, cruel and murderous empire that has existed in the history of the world."

The Venezuelan leader said "socialism is the only path," and told the students the collective goal is to "save a world threatened by the voracity of U.S. imperialism."

Yes, yes. We're the Evil Empire. That's why our poorest people are richer than most countries richest. Sure. Capitalism doesn't work. My dream is shattered. I'm going to leave my high-paying job now and drive my nice car home and park it in my two-car garage. I'll go in and turn off our 54" screen TV and tell my kids to get off their two computers so that I can tell them how bad capitalism is. And as we have steak and potatoes for dinner, we'll mourn the fact that our system doesn't work.

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NAGASAKI,
Japan (AP) - A siren wailed and a bronze bell rang out Tuesday as
Nagasaki marked the moment 60 years ago when an American plane dropped
a plutonium bomb, killing tens of thousands and sealing Japan's defeat
in World War II...

...When the
silence ended, Nagasaki Mayor Iccho Itoh had some angry words for the
leaders of the nuclear powers, and especially the United States.

"To the
citizens of the United States of America: We understand your anger and
anxiety over the memories of the horror of the 9/11 terrorist attacks,"
he said. "Yet, is your security enhanced by your government's policies
of maintaining 10,000 nuclear weapons."

Why, yes it is, Mayor Icky.  Just look over there at those peaceful, freedom loving nations to your west.  See 'em?  Ya gotta know who I'm referring to.  I would dare say that if it weren't for our nuclear weapons, you'd be giving your speech in Chinese, with a Korean translation.  It isn't as though they don't have a score to settle.  Much as I despise the Communists, they do have a legitimate greivance against you and your country, bub.

After all, do bells toll and sirens wail on the anniversary of the rape of Nanking? 

Your nation's desire to rule the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere caused far more death and destruction in the world than any weapon we've yet designed.  The nation of Japan raped, pillaged, plundered and slaughtered its way through Asia in a way even the most insane jihadist can only dream about.  And let's not delude ourselves here.  Dropping those bombs spared Japan from an invasion by hundreds of thousands of battle hardened U.S. soldiers and marines.  How many cities would have been obliterated then?  How many civilians would have died?  Hell, Mayor Icky, you might not have even been born.

How naive of you, Mayor Icky.  Do you think that if your nation had beaten us to a nuclear weapon, they would have hesitated to use it against us to turn the tide of their ever-increasing failures?  I think not.

I should get my big coffee table book, "The Chronological History of World War II" back from my younger brother.  It isn't just a history book, it's literally a day by day recounting of WWII from September 3, 1939 to August 15th, 1945.  I could give a comprehensive list of anniversary dates chronicling Japan's atrocities.  And the body count would far exceed Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  And no bells would toll nor sirens wail on those dates, either.

So spare us the guilt trip, Mayor Icky.  You'll find no sympathy here.  Japan wouldn't be what it is today without us.  And any time you feel up to snuff, kick our 50,000 military members out and feel free to defend yourselves from the ChiComs and the DPRK.

CP@VAM

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And so we begin phase one of the world's march to nuclear terrorism, facilitated by a Europe too fearful of confrontation to have the fortitude to stand up against Iranian threats.

[(Nuclear power plant (UCF) 295 km from Tehran March 2005 (AFP/Henghameh Fahimi)]

By caving in now and "recognizing the Islamic Republic's right to peaceful nuclear energy but not to making atomic fuel with possible weapons use," the EU has set in place the fullfilment of certain forthcoming tension to develop nuclear weapons throughout the Middle East with Iran, Syria, Egypt, and Saudia Arabia - all scrambling to be the new kid on the block with the latest in nuke-em technologies. And along with these exercises in random acts of insanity, we can expect to experience random acts of nuclear terrorism by terrorists using weaponry acquired from Iran, it's agents, and Islamic terrorists facilitated by it's agents.

If there is a single leader in the free world that seriously believes Iran does not intend to develop atomic weapons - then they haven't been listening to the Islamic regime. They are living in a dream world so common to moonbats, and there will soon come a time when in the midst of "recognizing the Islamic Republic's right to peaceful nuclear energy" - nuclear weapons will rain down upon our cities and nuclear weapons will be the weapon of choice for Islamic terrorists who have no qualms about dying while destroying entire nations.

VIENNA (AFP) - The European Union offer submitted to Iran on Friday recognizes the Islamic Republic's right to peaceful nuclear energy but not to making atomic fuel with possible weapons use, diplomats said.

The EU says it "respects Iran's rights under the (nuclear) Non-Proliferation Treaty for the peaceful use of nuclear energy," a diplomat at the UN atomic agency in Vienna told AFP in summarizing the report.

If Iran does acquire atomic bombs, which it fully intends to do, it will most certainly put pressure on other countries in the region do the same, especially since many Arab countries believe it's unfair that Israel has nuclear weapons and they don't. If Arab countries, particularly Saudi Arabia, Egypt and possibly Syria, found themselves caught between a nuclear-armed Israel and a nuclear-armed Iran, it would greatly increase pressures to pursue their own nuclear options - increasing the potential for terrorists to gain access to nuclear weapons. Such events can only result in not only a regional arms race in the Middle East which is extremely likely to be destabilizing, given the number and intensity of conflicts and instabilities in the region and rapidly spreading throughout the world. more...

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CNN this morning has an interesting article about a group of childrens' art that is on display in New York. But these aren't just any children. These children come from Dafur. And these aren't just any childrens' drawings. They depict the violence and hatred that they see on a daily basis in Dafur.

Human rights activists, seeing this display, see something else. They see representations of crimes and human rights violations.

"For the first time we have graphic representation of the crimes," said Olivier Bercault, a Human Rights Watch researcher.

But why are you so excited about having pictures of the human rights violations? After all, as recently as February 2005, the UN said that while there were bad things happening there, they weren't actually bad enough to do anything about. And Kofi Annan himself, when visiting the region in 2004, got firsthand evidence of the atrocities that were happening. And what did he do then? He smiled, made the people a few vague promises, got his picture taken and left.

I don't think there's any question in anyone's mind nowdays what is going on in Darfur. The question at this point should be what is going to be done about it? I feel like the ball is in the UN's court, but I'm certainly not holding my breath for them to actually step up and do the right thing. How many more children have to live with this sort of horror before you decide that it's enough?

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Other than the 14 U.S. Marines and one civilian translator who were killed by a powerful roadside bomb in Western Iraq, covered by Mac here, six U.S. Marine snipers were ambushed and killed yesterday by terrorists.

Five of the snipers died Monday during an insurgent attack on a patrol outside Haditha, according to a Marine Corps news release. The body of a sixth was discovered later a few miles away. All were killed by small-arms fire, the Marines said.

Pentagon officials in Washington said the men were members of Marine sniper teams operating in the Haditha area.

Truly a sad occurence, but how do snipers get caght off guard and killed? According to a Marine on the ground at the time, all was quiet until a small round of small arms fire alerted Marines on the ground. When they made it up to the snipers nest, five Marines were found. In other words, the enemy snuck up and killed the snipers. Were they tipped off by a member of the Iraqi National Guard of the whereabouts of the snipers?

It is extremely plausible such a tip may have happened. One of the primary concerns of the United States military and the ING is that terrorist and/or insurgent moles have been recruited and joined the ranks of the Iraq military. Snipers do not just get found because they are trained to hide their position.

The Army of Ansar al-Sunnah has claimed responsibility for killing five of the Marine snipers and states they are holding the sixth hostage.

The group's Web site Wednesday posted still photographs showing a bloody, badly wounded body wearing Marine camouflage trousers and two hooded gunmen standing in front of several rifles. Masked gunmen had shown up in the Haditha public market Monday afternoon displaying helmets, flak jackets and other equipment they said was taken from the bodies of the dead Marines.

I have not found the new URL to Ansar al-Sunnah's web site as of yet, but I will continue to search for it. Of course the body of the sixth sniper was found one mile from the original ambush site. Ansar al-Sunnah also states they beheaded five of the snipers, though as with is always the case with Ansar al-Sunnah in particular, the truth is usually far from what they claim.

SITE reports Ansar al-Sunnah released a communique saying they killed eight Marines and are holding one hostage. There is no other news concerning two other Marine deaths in Haditha.

On the positive side of things, Iraqi authorities announced the capture of an Ansar al-Sunnah leader, Majid Mohammed Ahmeen, who was the group's commander in Diyala province.

Update:
I have not found Ansar al-Sunnah's site yet, but Vlad has found a video made (August 4 entry). The video clearly shows jihadis firing mortar rounds, what else is new, and then what appears to be a dead Marine. Sniper rifles are then shown and a pair of dogtags. The assault though is not shown nor is the Marine they are supposedly holding hostage. You would think if they had a Marine held hostage they would show video of him.

Warning: The images are gruesome.

Cross-posted at In the Bullpen

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1 maybe they can saw Majid Mohammed Ahmee head off on video, it seems fitting if terrorism isn't Islamic to give him the proper apostates death, beheading: 8:12 I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them. Moreover Allah says of those who reject him. Because, Allah has already sentenced them to death.

Posted by: dave at August 03, 2005 03:29 PM (DO6vD)

2 R.I.P. fallen heros of the Marine Corps. Your deaths will not go unavenged, I promise you that much.

Posted by: Sgt. America at August 03, 2005 03:53 PM (jdyEn)

3 the terrorists are the ones who stole america from the NATIVE AMERICANS. Every american death is pleasing and i hope al qaeda liberate america again and chop their heads off.

Posted by: naveed at August 03, 2005 07:31 PM (XfUdJ)

4 Naveed you are an inbred son of a pig.

Posted by: Jester at August 03, 2005 08:03 PM (QKZX5)

5 I love when non-Americans try to tell others about their country. In the case of Naveed though, it's even more ironic because he's in England. What a moron. You're the reason why trash like yourself do not stand a chance. Thanks for playing.

Posted by: Chad Evans at August 03, 2005 08:04 PM (8WaYp)

6 Since weÂ’re quoting the Koran, I have one too: And know that out of all the booty that you may acquire (in war), a fifth share is assigned to Allah,-and to the Messenger, and to near relatives, orphans, the needy and the wayfarerÂ… -SURAH 8:41 See how generous Islam is my American friends, Little Ali Hassan at the Haditha Orphanage is really going to love that M4A1 assault rifle

Posted by: Kaoru Morimoto at August 03, 2005 11:09 PM (8KBv8)

7 Naveed, your blathering comments are about as useless as a pig in Mecca. It is true that "American" colonists took (and in many cases, purchased) the land from the Native Americans. This occurred during a time when such "imperialist" expansion was the norm, not the exception. Oh, but how many cultures of this world have Arab Muslimes (I misspelled it for a reason) uprooted and/or enslaved? Northern/Eastern/Central Africa, Spain, Persia, Central Asia, Turkey, the Balkans, etc. These lands have all suffered at the hands of Muslime terrorists. Your Muslime ancestors first attacked Christianity by destroying the Christian Byzantine and Persian empires, AND the Christian monarchies in Syria (Ghassanids) and Iraq (Montherits). Hmmm... didn't the Christian Crusades occur after that? I wonder why... Don't even preach to us about being terrorists, you blind idiot! Your culture's past (and present!!) reeks of expansionism and terrorism. You just hide it behind Allah. Speaking of pigs in Mecca... Naveed, being a good Muslim, lives in England, so he can enjoy the wealth and freedom provided by the "terrorists" he claims to hate. What are you hiding from Naveed? Don't like the freedom enjoyed by your Muslime brothers in the Holy Land? Is it a bit too violent for you in your home town and/or country? You enjoy the peace and security of England, don't you? Chad is right; you (and the millions of other "Muslimes" like you) are the reason your Muslime "crusade" will fail. Hey, I just thought of something: is it possible that your post violated a new law in the UK? I think I'll forward your post and your email address to a buddy at Paddington Green...

Posted by: Wild Bill at August 03, 2005 11:22 PM (Zzdkl)

8 Now now now now now, thereÂ’s no need for name calling. We all walked of the same boat after the flood. Both Christians and Muslims can agree on that. Nobody is a pig here. Pigs eat pig feed, Muslims eat cup ramen and Americans eat freedom fries. God is good, all is well. Wild Bill, if you are Christian, u should learn to tern the other cheek.

Posted by: Kaoru Morimoto at August 03, 2005 11:51 PM (8KBv8)

9 Kaoru, if you're replying to my post, I'm not sure why you pounced on me rather than Jester. Am I more of a threat to you than Jester? He had the balls to address Naveed's pig heritage outright; I only implied pig. Here's the deal: I don't take too kindly to someone who enjoys, and wishes for, the violent, painful deaths of any/all Americans (or any person for that matter). I think that calling someone a "pig" is rather mild compared to stating that "every american death is pleasing... chop their heads off." Keep it real Morimoto. It's what's happened since we all got off that boat that matters now. And please don't preach to me about what a Christian should do. Are you a Christian? I can't "tern" the other cheek; I've run out of cheeks. Muslims aren't hindered by such teachings (quite the opposite!), yet they readily invoke them for Christians (to gain an advantage?). I believe that the peaceful teachings of Jesus (the Injil) will ultimately prevail over the violent teachings of Muhammad (the Hadith), but some other Christians are gonna have to win this war that way. I guess I'm weak; I can't do it anymore. Here's hoping that all Muslim terrorists spend eternity submitting to Iblis as the new tenants of the Hawijah.

Posted by: Wild Bill at August 04, 2005 01:37 AM (Zzdkl)

10 Naveed, you're not playing your islamic victim card right. You're supposed to justify the brutal disgusting and barbaric acts done in the name of Islam by telling everybody how America has opressed Islam.. I'll give you some hints: Afghanistan: Got weapons from the US to fight the Soviets. Gulf war I: US saved Mecca's ass from Saddam. Bosnia: The US stopped the genocide done against the Muslims. Gulf war II: Gave the Shia freedom to practice their religion (I know, it's a weak argument because you tend to throw carbombs at them too..)

Posted by: Ren at August 04, 2005 08:27 AM (a9tRx)

11 All the more reason why captured Jihadi terrorists ought to be interrogated using blow-torches, and once answers have been extracted, they should be impaled alongside the roads and highways of Iraq. Dead Jihadis' bodies should be rigged with explosives so that when their local village support network comes out to bury them, kaboom! (Muslims like to bury their dead within 24 hours, its a religious requirement).

Posted by: Michael Lopez-Calderon at August 04, 2005 09:37 AM (x6TjU)

12 Wild bill, it was more of a suggestion than “preaching.” But if u want to know why I “pounced on” you, when indeed others have said a lot worse, it is because I guessed you were Christian and I believe I guessed right. I am simply going by biblical principle. People of high spirituality receive high rewards, but also high punishment when they mess up. In the same way, it is possible that an adulterer has committed a greater sin than a murderer if the adulterer has high knowledge of the word of God, and the murderer has none. I do not believe that Naveed has said anything that should draw attack from Christians. He is only acting according to his religion, and he is just a victim if anything. U chose to confront a Muslim acting accordingly under Islam by attacking both the individual and his faith. While attacking Islam or any false teaching is biblical, Attacking the individual is not. I believe I am keeping it “real”as you call it. DonÂ’t you realize that Naveed has stayed in the comfort of his faith while managing to have you act outside of your own. That may have been his plan to begin with. U may feel like u told him off, but to me, it just looks like you fell into a trap. I believe u know a lot about Islam, I think u know enough about it to know that what Naveed said was most likely influenced heavily by his faith. So why do you offend him? I also think u know enough about your own religion to know how to respond to Naveed, but instead u are calling him names with people like Jester and Chad. That is why I felt that you should learn to turn the other cheek. IÂ’m sure u can please may fellow Americans and your Government by joining in on offending Naveed, but I donÂ’t see how it would please God. They eat and drink with you but their heart is not with you. 神に従うのが一番大事

Posted by: Kaoru Morimoto at August 04, 2005 09:55 AM (8KBv8)

13 Uh, Kaoru, where did Naveed say anything about his religion? If someone says the Americans are terrorists because they took land from Native Americans and uses this as the basis to wish Americans dead, they are a moron stuck on twisted history. I appreciate you including my name in your last comment, but no where did I attack Islam in any way. Please choose your comments a bit more wisely.

Posted by: Chad Evans at August 04, 2005 10:13 AM (Yxk8B)

14 See how generous Islam is my American friends Funniest quote by far on this board. You should get your own show, like Chapelle but with Burkas, and funny fatwas for skits.

Posted by: dave at August 04, 2005 10:34 AM (DO6vD)

15 Chad! Please! Do you really think that Naveed feels Americans should all die because of what happened with the Native Americans? He feels that way because he is Muslim, and according to the Koran, non-Muslims have three choices; convert, pay taxes to Muslims, or die. Also, everyone else seems quit convinced that Naveed is Muslim, why else would they be using Islam against him. I believe I said that attacking Islam was biblical. Calling the individual names is not. That is why I included your name, because u called him a “moron” and “trash.” If you want to be politically correct, it is better to offend an individual than to attack a religion. If you want to be Christian, you challenge false teachings like Islam and be careful not to offend the individual. That Is what I am telling Wild Bill, because he identifies himself as a Christian. So Chad, what I say should not concern you unless u are Christian. You are talking about being politically correct if your defense is not attacking Islam, I was talking about being biblically correct.

Posted by: Kaoru Morimoto at August 04, 2005 11:06 AM (8KBv8)

16 Kaoru: I understand what you are saying.

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at August 04, 2005 11:33 AM (x+5JB)

17 I’m sorry Chad, I misunderstood you when you said that Naveed did not mention anything about his religion. I thought you were suggesting that he was not Muslim, but I realize now that you simply did not understand how Naveed can be in compliance with Islam without mentioning his religion. You see, all of the offensive things that Naveed said about America is in compliance with Islam. Non-Muslims like Americans are infidels in the Koran and must be killed. Muslims who befriend infidels must also be killed. Also, Muslims can treat “infidels” however they want. So yes, Naveed is being a good Muslim if you want to know the truth. I will quote from the Koran as proof if you wish.

Posted by: Kaoru Morimoto at August 04, 2005 11:35 AM (8KBv8)

18 "You see, all of the offensive things that Naveed said about America is in compliance with Islam. Non-Muslims like Americans are infidels in the Koran and must be killed." Kaoru: Well said. Now if only Moslems who refute this would own up to these facts.

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at August 04, 2005 11:46 AM (x+5JB)

19 I can assure you my name calling is just that, as I am mighty angry about the BS the liberals swallow about the lies of Islam. The rise of Islam IS a real threat to the life I chose to live and I would be miserable in an Islamic society...even more so than if the Germans or Japanese had won WW2. To all the Muslims who defend their way of life...please piss off back to your own societies and stop trying to change ours. I'm a mighty proud westerner and the infidels in my eyes are the ones who follow Allah and all that other islamic crap. Well said Wild Bill, you have a good grasp of history.

Posted by: Jester at August 04, 2005 06:57 PM (QKZX5)

20 U don’t have to justify name calling to me Jester, the suggestion I made to Wild Bill was strictly Christian to Christian. I do not have any suggestion on how secular persons should conduct themselves. “I would be miserable in an Islamic society...even more so than if the Germans or Japanese had won WW2.” On a secular note, I hope u are not suggesting that if Japan “won” the war, Americans would have had to live under Japanese rule. You give us too much credit. Japan was after South-East Asia and the South Pacific, not the world. Japan was a limited power with a limited vision. Japan’s attack on America was a desperate attempt to keep the China campaign from falling apart. In protest of Japan’s conquest in China, the Americans made the strategic move of cutting off Japans oil and other supplies. Japan’s objective in fighting America was to get America off its back, so that they do not have to withdraw from China. An unconditional surrender was an American objective.

Posted by: Kaoru Morimoto at August 04, 2005 08:03 PM (8KBv8)

21 Kaoru..I also respect your knowledge of history. You would have to admit that the Japanese psyche would not be comfortable with Islamic doctrine though, as the Japanese are a forward thinking progressive people. I am not Christian nor do I profess to be as I would not turn the other cheek and am far too cynical to believe in harmony.

Posted by: Jester at August 04, 2005 10:22 PM (QKZX5)

22 Harmony ? Jester, I think you have Christianity confused with some other religion. Perhaps Buddhism? Harmony with whom? Muslims, idolaters, or atheists? Do you believe that Christianity never goes on the offensive? Do you not know that God kills? Yes, we are told not to offend people and to turn the other cheek when offended, especially by non-believers. This does not mean that we respect their ways, or that we do not intend on trying to destroy their ungodly practices. Islam and Christianity is similar in the respect that we both want to put down what is not of our religion. But in that war, Christians simply have a lot more rules of engagement. Christianity is not the flowery religion that many people like to present it as. The Christianity you are thinking of is much like secular Islam when it comes to level of devotion.

Posted by: Kaoru Morimoto at August 05, 2005 01:30 AM (8KBv8)

23 It's not Christianity vs Islam it's USA vs the ugly side of Islam. I haven't seen AQ threaten Christianity.. It's about world dominace, they want to take over the ME and rule in the name of Islam and the only real superpower is in blocking their way.

Posted by: Ren at August 05, 2005 06:19 AM (a9tRx)

24 Mr. Morimoto: I am not a Christian. However, I still think Naveed's mother mated with a pig. So you understand this is not a religious thing. As far as Japans unannounced attack on the United States. Stupid! They probably could have made some sort of deal had they not become best friends with Hitler. As things go. Japan came out allright. Don't you agree? I am certain Japan appreciates Americas actions after their unconditional surrender. You need to rethink the simularity between Islam and Christianity. There is no simularity. Islam is based on hatred, war, jealousy and inferiority. Perhaps, race (I'm personally sure of that) others will disagree. Christianity has outgrown its barbarism of 1000 years ago. Islam hasn't as yet come that far. All in all Islam is a backward religion practised by backward people. They are a danger to all others. They continue to exist because the west (including Japan) is civilized and refuses admit to the solution. The only solution that will bring peace to the world. A terrible thing happened to two cities in Japan 60 years ago. However, we must admit, it brought about peace. In a hurry. Have a nice day.

Posted by: greyrooster at August 05, 2005 08:23 PM (CBNGy)

25 The war between Christianity and Islam has been going on long before America came along, even in more modern days. A more resent example would be the civil war that occurred in Lebanon between Christian Arabs and Muslim Arabs. Greyrooster, no offense but I think you are the only one here that completely misunderstood my posts. I assure you that I never suggested of there being a general similarity between Islam and Christianity, which is clearly what u are implying. Yes, Christianity is completely different from Islam, but there are some specific things we have in common. This is a fact. Have u studied both the Bible and Koran?

Posted by: Kaoru Morimoto at August 06, 2005 03:14 AM (8KBv8)

26 Greyrooster, about my comment on WW2, the only point I was trying to make (in response to Jesters statement) is that Japan was not a threat to the sovereignty of the US as Germany was. I took no sides, I was just getting the facts strait. I did not make any statement glorifying JapanÂ’s conquest, but u seem set on attacking any Japanese that even mentions the war. What are you so paranoid about? The Fat Man and Little Boy? I donÂ’t believe I said anything that is deserving of being slapped with Justifications of the Atomic bombings. What does that have to do with my comment in the first place. Convince someone else, because I am from Saga City, which was the original target for the second atomic bomb. As u see, my existence was on the line. I think it is interesting to mention that Nagasaki, of the second bombing, is where most of the countrie's Christians were concentrated. This obviously hindered the spread of Christianity in Japan, because they (Japanese Christians) were wiped out. ThatÂ’s something else the bombs brought about besides fast food peace. Also, The city of Nagasaki was divided in two by a mountain, with one side being made up of residential districts and the other side by business districts. Which side do you think was bombed? Lets just say that the working men had no wives and kids to come home to.

Posted by: Kaoru Morimoto at August 06, 2005 03:20 AM (8KBv8)

27 I knew Bosko, i served with him,all six of those men, i am sick and can't sleep at night, just like Naveed these cowards can't face there enemies they have to run and hide like little kids..their day is coming and they will feel the raith and wish their idiotic God, that they claim they fight for, was here to save em all, burn in hell.....and you will

Posted by: Usmcsniper at August 06, 2005 11:51 AM (XiOqK)

28 Mr. Morimoto. I believe you are the one who misunderstood my posting. Anyway, my intention was not to be accusative. So my apology may be in order. Paranoid? Only about the muslim threat to world piece. The bombing of Japan?. I agree with it. Japanese civilians may have been killed, but better them than our soldiers who would have had to invade. I lost my father in that war. I was two. People on this side of the ocean suffered to. All accounts seem to think the Japanese were the only ones who suffered. Not so. Think about all the people slaughtered by the Japanese Military machine. What bothers me at times is that I do not hate the Japanese. I guess because I respect bravery. The Japanese did fight with courage. On the other hand, they started the damn war with a sneak attack on America. No bravery there. Attacking sleeping men on a Sunday morning. Christians in Nagasaki? Why should I care about that? There were Christians in England, Italy, Mexico, Spain, France, Germany, etc. etc. We kicked their asses. Why would Christians in Japan be any different? Now who is paranoid? Bravery? The Bataan death march? Nanking? Korea? I really need to stop thinking about this subject. I might change my mind. besides I drink too much. Again, my intention was not to offend. Two sides to every story huh! I always take America's side. Why? Simple. I am an American.

Posted by: greyrooster at August 06, 2005 07:58 PM (CBNGy)

29 Greyrooster, I did not say u were being accusative but that u were defensive for no reason , but u clearly did speak as if I was taking sides with Japan, which I was not. That is called accusative. Jester suggested Japan was a threat to America’s sovereignty, I pointed out it was not. That was the only thing going on there. Why were u suggesting I should be more appreciative of your country. Just because a Japanese points out a simple fact about the war does not mean he intends to palliate Japan’s wartime past. I assure u, I will not palliate my nations past. I suggest u save your energy for when a nasty Japanese comes along to do exactly that, because I know they are out there, but I am not one of them. I guessed u would not care about Japanese Christians because u are not Christian, I just though it was an interesting part of history, and since U mentioned the atomic bombs (for God knows why,) I thought I would mention it. Did u know that about Nagasaki? Was it not interesting? U care about America because u are American, I care about Christians because I am Christians, lets leave it at that. I u feel that saving American lives is important, I will not contest that my friend, but do not be so cold hearted towards my Christian breathers and sisters around the world by saying “We kicked their asses.” I am sure there is a less harsh way to say it. Any worldly “good” that a nation does will not draw praise from me, and any evil that a nation commits will not surprise me, nor will the people who defend or glorify their country for the sake of nationalism. This is because I love God, not my country, nor any nation for that matter. If u thin I love Japan, u are dead wrong. It was not too long ago that we Japanese Christians were being slaughtered by the Idolaters of Japan. So my loyal American, If u want to take sides that’s fine, but get this strait, the only side I have is my religion. All nations (my nation and yours) will come to an end, but god is forever. World peace is not biblically possible. True Christians wait for the death of this world and the lords coming with eagerness.

Posted by: Kaoru Morimoto at August 06, 2005 10:53 PM (8KBv8)

30 I must apologize for spamming this post with topics off subject. This post should be reserved for the sympathy of the dead soldiers, and attacking Islam‘s twisted ideology. RIP.

Posted by: Kaoru Morimoto at August 07, 2005 04:09 AM (8KBv8)

31 Enough said, as the only religion I attack is Islam. Which I feel is more than a religion. One mention concerning Nagasaki. The army annouced that it had missed its target by several miles immediately after the attack. So much for insenuation that we purposely bombed civilians instead of industry. Bombing in those days was not an exact science. The reason I mentioned atomic bomb was that it ended the war. Brought about peace. Stopped the torture and killing in Asia. Saved American lives and started the road to reconstruction and wealth for Japan. The association is perhaps that it will be the only solution to the present situation with the Islamofacists. The mentioning of Japan attacked us first. Americans were dying. More Americans would continue to die if the war was not ended quickly. The decision to bomb Japan was based on saving lives. Particularly American lives. IT WORKED. The slaughter ended a few days later. Now in comparisome: Islam attacked us first. Americans are dying. More Americans will continue to die if the war is not ended quickly. The solution: It worked once against a much braver enemy. Why not twice? Please do not feel that I mentioned Japan because it is Japan. Japan is the only country that we ever nuked so I had no other example. Jester's comment: Japan was not a threat to America's sovereignity? Who were those guys running all over the Aleute Islands with the little rising sun flags. What was their purpose? Vacation? Kicking ass is an American expression. When someone starts trouble with us we kick his ass. I realize some of you Christians are waiting for the death of this world. I prefer to spend my time making it a better, safer place. To do that, those like me must sometimes fight against religions. Have I studied the Bible? Yes, as a young man I was deeply involved in the Catholic Church. Totally brainwashed by the Franciscan nuns. Vietnam brought me to my senses. Study the Koran: Picked it up and soon put in down. Garbage. Hateful garbage, nothing more. Time to feed the animals. Have a nice day.

Posted by: greyrooster at August 07, 2005 09:26 AM (CBNGy)

32 If you noticed, I was trying to refrain from debating the Atomic bombings with u by letting u have the last word on the subject, but u continue to provoke me by further justifications. I already expressed that I will not contest your opinion if u believed it was important in saving American lives. U still gave no sensible reason of why u mentioned the bombings in the first place. The bombs have nothing to do with anything anyone was talking about. Considering how controversial the subject is, I think it was very rude of u to justify the bombings out of the blue to a Japanese that has not even said anything about it, especially knowing that most Japanese people would be offended by it. If u wanted to debate the subject, u should have gone to a forum where people are talking about it. I doubt I should even bother debating the subject with a guy thatÂ’s still caught up in a 60 year-old propaganda. You still present all the same justifications that was presented by Truman after the bombing. A lot more is known about the bombings now, thanks to declassified US documents, and it only makes the bombing more difficult to defend. So I suggest u drop the matter with me now, but if u want to debate, go ahead, take another punch at it. U started this after all.

Posted by: Kaoru Morimoto at August 07, 2005 10:32 PM (8KBv8)

33 On second thought, I will be away on a trip so I will not be able to debate anyway. So whatever you say, I will not be able to respond to it. So if your going to take a bash at me, I suggest u tone it down a bit, If u have any honor in u.

Posted by: Kaoru Morimoto at August 07, 2005 10:53 PM (8KBv8)

34 Mr. Morimoto: "I think it is interesting to mention that Nagasaki, of the second bombing, is where most of the countrie's (sic) Christians were concentrated." Ever read Solange Hertz? She makes mention of this fact and finds deep significance in it. Yes, we Christians wait for the New World, but we still have to keep working at improving this world, right? Peace to you.

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at August 08, 2005 09:32 AM (x+5JB)

35 Yea. Turns out they have internet even in the middle of no where. Dial-up but oh well. "Japan was not a threat to America's sovereignity? Who were those guys running all over the Aleute Islands with the little rising sun flags. What was their purpose? Vacation?" Yeah, It can get crazy with thoes little flags. But thats a threat to Americas Imperialism, not sovereignity, unless the former Native American lands isn't big enough for u

Posted by: Morimoto at August 09, 2005 01:58 PM (clzIx)

36 This is just silly, Muslums, Christians, who's right, who's wrong. Well if you still believe in any of these outdated religons your a dreamy eyed fool. The Bible, Tora, Koran, are all storybooks. It makes about as much sence to believe in any of this crap as worshipping Harry Potter books. To justify killing with for these beliefs is just immature. Grow up, take responsibilty for your actions, think for yourself stop folowing the idiots guides to life. The war is about money for our American leaders, and that's the bottom line. The Administration has used it to push through so many agendas and laws. The war is about religion for the Muslums fighting it. It has given a new face to Jihad. If the whole world exploded today you all would be right and wrong. I must thank every one spouting off there own version of what's right. You ammuse me!

Posted by: Laughing out loud at September 07, 2005 05:43 PM (9lXGR)

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While putzing around the blogosphere I found this image that screamed out at me as the weapon of choice for terror cells and the neighborhoods that support them.

(image from Time Hath Found Us)

It might be a little bit of overkill (pun intended), but I think it would only take one or two before we'd see some mosques shut down in a heart beat(or over the lack of one).

If you fund a terrorist, you are a terrorist(and you get a MOAB), if you hide a terrorist, you are a terrorist (and you get a MOAB), if you offer assistance of any kind to a terrorist, you are a terrorist (and you get a MOAB), and if you are a terrorist, you get two MOABS, one for your immediate location, and one for your country of origin.

I know, it's getting a little late for me too! I'm just mad as hell and I'm sick and tired of hearing the word Islam and everything about it.

A great big hat tip to Tom Spence at Time Hath Found Us, who has his own message for the image.

Cross posted by Hyscience

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Can anyone please explain to me why the AP and CBS rush to bring us a phony fatwah story along with the image below on the right of a Muslim and a Crescent defaming our national symbol, but totally ignore the story behind the man and the image below on the left?

(Image on left is the Navy Cross, via Bob Lonsberry and Mary Jones. The disgusting image on the right that defames our nation's flag and in effect, symbolizes an Islamic takeover of America, is from the AP and CBS)

Had I not received an email about this I wouldn't have known about it either.

"The odd fact about the American media in this war is that it's not covering the American military. The most plugged-in nation in the world is receiving virtually no true information about what its' warriors are doing." If it doesn't undermine the war effort and our nation's effort to keep Islamofascists from blowing us up and replacing every church and synagogue in America and Europe with a mosque, the press doesn't report it.

For those of you who might not know, the man on the left in the image below is the Commandant of the Marine Corps, and he is proud to know the man on the right.

Meet Brian Chontosh, the man on the right; Churchville-Chili Central School Class of 1991, proud graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology, husband and about-to-be father, First lieutenant (now Captain) in the United States Marine Corps, and a genuine hero.

At 29 Palms in California Brian Chontosh was presented with the Navy Cross, the second highest award for combat bravery the United States can bestow. And "That's a big deal." But you didn't see it on the network news that night. And all you'd have read in Brian's hometown newspaper is two paragraphs of nothing.

All we get from the likes of the AP, CBS, and most of the MSM is a "non-stop feed of gloom and doom," but we get nothing about our progress in Iraq and on the War on Terror, and worst of all, we don't hear about our American heroes, the guys fighting and dying in the crotch of the world so all of us can continue on with our lives and the MSM can continue it's anti-military, anti-administration, anti-American, ostrich-imitating rants.

As Bob Lonsberry writes in the tribute to Capt Chontosh, "Accounts of American valor are dismissed by the press as propaganda, yet accounts of American difficulties are heralded as objectivity. It makes you wonder if the role of the media is to inform or to depress - to report or to deride. To tell the truth, or to feed us lies."

And as for our incredibly brave GIs who honorably do their duty, the ones "our grandparents would have carried on their shoulders down Fifth Avenue," well, we never hear anything from the media about them, and because of the MSM's failure to report what's right with our country, guys like Capt Brian Chontosh go completely ignored.

It was a year ago on the march into Baghdad. Brian Chontosh was a platoon leader rolling up Highway 1 in a humvee. When all hell broke loose.

Ambush city.

The young Marines were being cut to ribbons. Mortars, machine guns, rocket propelled grenades.

And the kid out of Churchville was in charge. It was do or die and it was up to him.

Hat tip with extra thanks to Red Falcon at The Steiner Aid, who posted on this story back on June 28.

Cross posted by Hyscience
Semper Fi! From one Marine to another.

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So you managed to get Mr. Graham fired from his talk radio job.

Whoop de doo dah.

Don't break your arm patting yourself on the back.

Despite your pathetic attempts, one simple fact remains.

You are the followers of the bloodiest "religion" ever to befoul planet Earth. Your holy book reads more like H.P. Lovecraft than anything else.

The prophet you exalt, Mohammed (Pig blood be upon his name) was a pedophile. He married, and had sex with, a 9 year old girl. Your prophet, Mohammed (Dog poop be upon his name) was also a pimp. Bet you didn't think that we'd find out what muta'a was, did you? Your prophet, Mohammed, when he was proselytizing (something Christians are executed for in your home countries) was considered a nutcase in his time.

This from my private email from one who knows:

When Muhammad
first got "touched" by Gabriel and was walking around
Mecca denigrating everyone's religion in Allah's name
(that's how Islam has been since the beginning), the
Meccan polytheists would diss him by calling him
"mudhammam," a play on his name which means
"reprobate, miscreant, lowlife," etc. Nice, huh? I
learned that in his biography (written 150± years
after his death), "Sirat Rasul Allah," by Ibn Ishaq
(ed. Ibn Hisham). Highly recommended book.

You don't have a religion, CAIR, you have a death cult. You don't like it? Tough shit. You had Yahweh, Christ, and even Buddha. You chose to follow Mohammed (gratuitous phlegm be upon him).

Bring it on, bitches, you'll still lose.

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Chapter Eight of 'Brother Against Brother' is up at Euphoric Reality. I am not just posting their links because they purchased an ad or because I am friends with both writers, but the story is intriguing.

A quick summation is in order for those just tuning in. A team of special forces in Vietnam fought off an insurmountable number of NVA while the base was hesitating to bring in reinforcements. The men who survived though have been attacked by a fellow Vietnam Veteran who has accused the group of war crimes. The authors of Euphoric Reality, who were first contacted by the accusers, have painstakingly done their research into this story and found out the accusers have no leg to stand on.

The entire 'Brother Against Brother' episode is a lesson in why we should honor our heroes and why we as critical-thinking adults should look past what is told to us. Do yourself a favor and start from Chapter One if you have not done so already.

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From Mehr News (Iran)

Iran announces readiness to resume nuclear activities: source
TEHRAN, July 27 (MNA) -- In a formal letter to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohamed ElBaradei, Iran has announced that it is prepared to resume nuclear activities at some nuclear centers in the next few days, a European diplomat said in Vienna on Wednesday.

AP: Iran achieves solid fuel technology
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran said for the first time Wednesday it has fully developed solid-fuel technology in producing missiles, a major breakthrough that increases the accuracy of missiles hitting targets.

The Shahab-3, with a range of 810 miles to more than 1,200 miles, is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead and reaching Israel and U.S. forces in the Middle East.

Cross-posted at The Dread Pundit Bluto.

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Euhporic Reality is rolling out an incredible story concerning Team 24 during the Vietnam War. It will be in seven parts so this is something I shall check back for. Thus far the team is deep in the jungle in Vietnam and about to be surrounded by the NVA.

This type of story is what medals are given for. Who knows, maybe these men did get medals. We have to read more to find out.

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

And speaking of the Vietnam War, Jane Fonda apparently didn't get enough publicity during her book tour. She is planning on taking a bus (running on vegetable oil) trip to oppose the war in Iraq. Perhaps we should try to get her a meeting with the enemy in Iraq too. The difference being of course our enemy today would kill her instead of allow her to hang from the weaponry.

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(Asuncion, Paraguay) There's a rumor that 500,000 GIs will be going to South America for joint military maneuvers with Paraguay and the possible creation of a military base at a semi-secret airport in El Chaco. The Paraguayan Defense and Foreign Affairs Ministries stated there is no agreement with the U.S.

This story comes from one of Fidel Castro's propaganda organs, the Latin American News Agency, so it must be viewed with skepticism. That's disregarding the ridiculous contention that the U.S. has 500,000 troops standing by for orders to go on maneuvers. However, the idea of having an American military base in the heart of South America does have appeal.

Companion post at Interested-Participant.

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By Demosophist

The Bloody Angle: Photo by Demosophist, September 2003

The next day, I stood in a tiny rut, a small bend in a shallow, grassy berm, where for sixteen hours men cursed and killed each other at point-blank range, where musket balls flew so furiously that they cut down a foot-thick oak tree. Here, at the Bloody Angle of Spotsylvania, the fighting was hand-to-hand from the break of dawn to almost midnight; uninterrupted horror that to this day remains for me the most appalling single acre in human history. There, on that unassuming, peaceful, empty field – it might as well have been the back of a high school -- men had become so agitated that they climbed the muddy, blood-slick trenches, clawed their way to the parapets to shoot at a man a foot or two away, then hurled their bayoneted muskets like a javelin into the crowd before being shot down and replaced by other half-mad, raving automatons.

What trick of time and memory, what charm or spell does history possess, that can turn such fields of unremitting violence and terror into places of religious awe and wonder? Why are some people called to these places, in America and around the world, to stand in wonder – not only at the brutality of war, but at the transcendental, ennobling power of them? How does slaughter and death turn into nobility and sacrifice? Why can we recite the names of places like Roanoke, Harrisburg, Phoenixville, Marseille, Kiev, Vanuatu and Johannesburg with no more passion than we muster while reading the ingredients on the back of a cereal box, while names like Antietam, Gettysburg, Valley Forge, Verdun, Stalingrad, Guadalcanal and Rorke’s Drift thunder through time as if the earth itself were being rung like a bell? -- (from Bill Whittle's History)

(Cross-posted by Demosophist to Demosophia and Anticipatory Retaliation)

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By Demosophist

In a recent post on Qu'rangate I speculated that there might be a silver lining:

But sometimes I wonder if Muslims, the deeply religious and the fanatical alike, shouldn't be a little more worried that we might just fly off the handle once in awhile. I worry that our apologists have been too successful at convincing them we're nice, even-tempered barbarians.

Well, I'm not kidding. And a recent post by The Belmont Club demonstrates why it's important.
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