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2015-11-15 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by KBK 2015-11-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Why should a rational observer not classify this and similar statements as mere empty rhetoric?

9/11 was an order of magnitude bigger. 9/11 was an attack on the world's lone superpower.

Weeks after 9/11 the POTUS threatened the Taliban with destruction if they didn't comply with his ultimatum.

The Taliban ignored the ultimatum. There was an extremely restrained military response. A month after 9/11 the US government supported Taliban participation in the Afghan government.

etc.etc.

In 2015 no one talks about destroying the Taliban anymore.

Precedents matter. The IS has nothing fear from the West. Islamic totalitarianism has nothing to fear from the West.

The West has turned itself into a suicidal, masochistic finlandized joke.

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Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2015-11-15 00:37|| 2015-11-15 00:37|| Front Page Top

#2 I give more weight to the man who drops his voice when speaking of extreme action than the one who trumpets.

Posted by Blossom Unains5562 2015-11-15 00:52|| 2015-11-15 00:52|| Front Page Top

#3 Exactly, Blossom. A gorilla thumps his chest and bellows -- a soldier fights reluctantly, without anger, but with every asset available.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2015-11-15 01:21|| 2015-11-15 01:21|| Front Page Top

#4 There are four noises that scare me:
My fathers drop in tone
A switchblade opening
A shotgun cocking
2 keys turning

Posted by Shipman 2015-11-15 12:52|| 2015-11-15 12:52|| Front Page Top

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