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| 2007-08-05 |
| Frontpage InterviewÂ’s guest today is Ralph Peters ... He is the author of the new book, Wars of Blood and Faith: The Conflicts That Will Shape the 21st Century. ... The problem is that the Washington crowd is secular from start to finish. ...We mock al Qaeda for clinging to the past, but Washington is equally desperate to hold fast to the last century's secular interpretation of all human actions. We face enemies who want to please their God with blood sacrifices. And we just want to please the lawyers. ...FP: What are the lessons so far of both Iraq and Israel's war with Hezbollah? Peters: If you're not willing to out-kill your enemies, you lose. Period. Rest at the link |
| Posted by:gromgoru |
| #11 AM, I cited your comment about your view of the Mexican illegal alien problem at my blog. Insightful and thought provoking. I see a few roadblocks, but getting rid of them would also improve the legal system overall. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2007-08-05 20:53 |
| #10 AT; Peters believes that you and I are the "enemy within." Don't take it from that http://www.frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID={6ABB0366-AD95-49EC-B07A-850DA9CEABF1} |
| Posted by: McZoid 2007-08-05 20:50 |
| #9 There are two sorts of "thinkers" out there that repel me: Those who change their positions every other day and have no consistency or integrity (or first-hand experience of what they're writing about), and, at the other extreme, academics who spend their entire lives defending their dissertations in the face of overwhelming evidence that they were wrong. My goal is to get it right--and I'm proud of my record over the years--but also to have the integrity to admit it when I get it wrong, for example when I believed that the Bush administration was really willing to fight to win in Iraq--which it hasn't been. Preach it! Those kinds of "thinkers" disgust me too! Well, sorry, folks. All those factors may matter, but they're secondary to the fanatical faith of the terrorists and other assorted murderers we face. If religion isn't really a factor, where are the Western atheist suicide bombers? For that matter, where are the Palestinian Christian suicide bombers? The problem is that the Washington crowd is secular from start to finish. Even those who go to a church or synagogue every week have been so thoroughly secularized intellectually by their educations and the circles in which they live their professional and personal lives that they have no sense of the power of unbridled faith, of the spectacular power of revelation, of the suddenness of conversion--or even of the basic human need for something greater than the self in which to believe. We mock al Qaeda for clinging to the past, but Washington is equally desperate to hold fast to the last century's secular interpretation of all human actions. EXACTLY what I've been trying to say as well. Religion has power, and the Marxists are pissed that the Muzzies are not acting as if Islam was an opiate (a depressant) but is akin to amphetamine (a stimulant). |
| Posted by: Ptah 2007-08-05 20:39 |
| #8 Bobby check out the photo spread at today's DS & TP. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2007-08-05 15:39 |
| #7 A good majority of Mexicans living here move on and become indistinguishable from any other American. But the jails and welfare systems are over-run - not because millons of Mexican people are incapable of integrating into our society - but because our society is currently incapable of rejecting the millions who are NOT capable of integrating. Damn good observation, AT! |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-08-05 15:12 |
| #6 I didn't get that Peter's was saying that only a handful had hijacked the cult. To the contrary... While I admire Peters for having the cajones to say what most are afraid to discuss, I that it is not too late to make a few changes to the immigration system that will allow Muslims who wish to live in the 21st Century to stay and to eliminate those who do not. It's a bit like the Mexican problem. A good majority of Mexicans living here move on and become indistinguishable from any other American. But the jails and welfare systems are over-run - not because millons of Mexican people are incapable of integrating into our society - but because our society is currently incapable of rejecting the millions who are NOT capable of integrating. If we just passed a few laws - then the problem would soon be over. But we can't pass the laws because we have such worthless law makers who are beholden to the money that comes from special interests rather. I think it is up to us, The People(TM) to get involved in our government and demand action from the clowns that currently run our government. |
| Posted by: AT 2007-08-05 10:54 |
| #5 Grr, I must've missed that, NS. I was engaged in sparkling conversation with Eric and Rambler. You do have the video.... |
| Posted by: Bobby 2007-08-05 09:42 |
| #4 I thought this was going to be a review of the Rantapalooza, at which a fine time was had by all. The absolute highlight of the evening was when our special guest from Cincinnati danced the tarantella on the table. Great thanks to Fred and Emily nfor a wonderful evening. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2007-08-05 08:44 |
| #3 Not so fast. Peters is afflicted by the delusion that only a handful of extremists have hijacked the cult. GWOT is front line/rear guard war mixed with Kulturkampf. Unfortunately, only a handful are fighting the latter, to the serial derision of the snotty Ralph Peters. Half-right won't do it for me. As for his epigramatic style: lame. |
| Posted by: McZoid 2007-08-05 02:51 |
| #2 Arab societies are incompetent to build even the most half-baked rule-of-law. The truth outs at last. The United States of America will pull through. But we're going to pay an awful price along the way, thanks to the wilful naivety, selfishness, self-absorption and cowardice of our political "elite." ZING! All that they hold dear holds them back. Islamists and their sympathizers are humiliated by their self-wrought failures, angry at our success, sick with jealousy, and desperately in need of a hot date. And he ainÂ’t talking about no palm tree fruit. The Europeans have been playing pacifist dress-up while we protected them, but, sufficiently threatened, they'll revert to their historical pattern--which is to over-react. Europe's Muslims may prove to be the real endangered species; after all, Europe's history of dealing with rejected minorities veers between genocide and, for the lucky, ethnic cleansing. Which is remarkably similar to my own position. Curious, that. Peters has it nailed, right down to Obama being a "wanker". RTWT. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-08-05 01:42 |
| #1 Worth the read. Sums up and agrees with many opinions expressed here in the past. |
| Posted by: Woozle Elmeter2970 2007-08-05 00:38 |