#3 I'll only commit the egregious act of quoting myself:
"This is where I get worked up about State and all of the others who put their 'pragmatism' and 'realpolitik' and 'situational / momentary convenience' ahead of our principles."
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"But who thinks we don't pay far more dearly later for those choices than if we had made the hard choice up front and shunned them for the assholes and brutal despots they are? It's an offense to our principles and gives credence to our detractors. May the accommodaters burn forever for saddling all of us with such asinine and compromising decisions. They are party to 9/11 and Beslan and the cynicism that led to our Moonbat Professors and Tranzi MSM and the traction they bestow on Muzzy insanity.
This gap between what Americans stand for and what we sometimes do demands correction. If I can make the hard choices, the inconvenient choices, the painful choices, because I know they're the right thing to do, and know that nothing less will do, so can my government."
Obviously, I'm not a fan of accommodation and convenience. It always comes back to haunt us. Always. So sue me. Just my opinion. |