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2006-09-18 Europe

Historical essay: the fate of the Greeks in Asia Minor

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Posted by Steve White 2006-09-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11134 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 great and enlightening as always - but his solution is not enough to stem the tide.

Posted by tired and beat down 2006-09-18 00:32|| 2006-09-18 00:32|| Front Page Top

#2 this article is a good reminder of what we face. Those of us over the age of 30 grew up in a golden era unlike few others in recorded history.

We were all very naive. We really did believe that we had harnessed mans better nature and moved into a gentler, more enlightened era. It was brief but beautiful and I'm so lucky to have been a part of it. On 911, that era was officially over. Those under the age of 30 will have to fight very hard to beat back the murderous Islamic tide. Unfortunately for them, the enemy will not just be Islamic fanatics, but home grown ones as well. Neighbor against neighbor - brother against brother. Rape, murder and terror will become part of everyday life. In reality, nothing has changed - it is just human nature as usual. It was the time of peace and prosperity that was anomalous.

Posted by tired and beat down 2006-09-18 01:08|| 2006-09-18 01:08|| Front Page Top

#3 one last thought: The saddest part of all of this is that it was all totally unnecessary. If the liberals had united with conservatives after 911 this war would already be over. But it was not to be.

But divide they did. Our universities have been bought with oil money. Our children's text books are bought with Saudi oil money. Our media influence has been bought with oil money. Our State department has been bought with oil money. Many of our elected offices have been bought with oil money. Our mosques have been bought with oil money.

If you look at France and Britain, you can see what is coming to a town near you soon.

Man, I'm feeling tired and beat down. It's a long road ahead. What a shame we will have to travel it - if we could just unite - we could still stop it.

Posted by tired and beat down 2006-09-18 01:46|| 2006-09-18 01:46|| Front Page Top

#4 It's been said many times before, by those more articulate than me.

Humanity is at a unique point in history, given the current state of technology, where the dominant meme set established over the next three or four generations will likely be the one posessed by the bulk of humanity and that goes out to the stars.

Unfortunately, we are involved in a three way war, with the left and Islam both hoping to take out the West and feed, vulture-like, on its corpse. The left and Islam detest one another, but as long as there is a confluence of purpose (not conspiracy) among them in toppling the West, they work towards the same goal, each believing that should they win they can take out the other.

Posted by no mo uro 2006-09-18 07:09|| 2006-09-18 07:09|| Front Page Top

#5 let's dispense with humanity and make an example out of one of these troublesome little bands of goatherders. Warizistan would be a good start for a nuke campaign. I'm telling you, drop two or three and people will start to listen when we talk.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2006-09-18 07:15|| 2006-09-18 07:15|| Front Page Top

#6 the fate of the Greeks in Asia Minor

Take Back the Lands and Culture of our European Ancestors!

Perhaps we've started at the wrong end of things.. in order to restore our culture and Western values we must seize back the Lands and Culture of our European Ancestors.

Instead of defending every attack from the traitors here at home and the Socialists/Islamists by only using the tools of voting and fighting the muj everywhere they pop up [Iraq & Afghanistan etc.] we should demand the return of all the stolen lands of our murdered European ancestors.

This would not only draw the jehadis/islamist into the box of our choosing but it would provide a tangible and righteous goal that would fire up awaken the torpid amongst us.

Posted by Potent Optimistic and Raring for The Fight 2006-09-18 07:35|| 2006-09-18 07:35|| Front Page Top

#7 The Archbishop Chrysostomos was among the victims, murdered at the hands of a mob while under the protection of French marines. The city, except for the Turkish quarter, was reduced to a smoking ruin.

Note how some things never seem to change

Posted by Cheaderhead 2006-09-18 08:41|| 2006-09-18 08:41|| Front Page Top

#8 "Right of Return" applies only to Paleos, not to the Greeks of Asia Minor or Germans of Silesia, nor to the jews who had lived until 1948 on lands now held by those same Paleos. Take care of the three that predate the Paleos and then we'll talk.

Posted by Chang Cholunter4501 2006-09-18 08:42|| 2006-09-18 08:42|| Front Page Top

#9 Man, I'm feeling tired and beat down. It's a long road ahead. What a shame we will have to travel it - if we could just unite - we could still stop it.

What if you think of it as a never-ending battle? (which it is) The batle between right and wrong, justice and tyranny, and yes, good and evil will never be over. We just have to keep fighting the good fight, because our enemies (and I do include the socialist, leftist, pacifist moonbats as enemies) will never stop fighting for the other side. Unity, shmoonity. It would be nice, but without an underlying sense of morality and decency on the part of the left, don't expect that to come along anytime soon.

Edmund Burke once said "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing", and it's still true today. I've no time to be beat down. I will go to the polls. I will speak out. I will challenge evil philosophies, weak politicians and leftist ideas every time they rear their ugly heads. And I will not give up.

But that's just me.

Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-09-18 09:26|| 2006-09-18 09:26|| Front Page Top

#10 well said, mcsegeek1. Very insightful.

Posted by tired and beat down 2006-09-18 11:08|| 2006-09-18 11:08|| Front Page Top

#11 I'm not so sure all the unity was there during the great world war two, either.

Charles Lindberg comes to mind. Perhaps it was more like 80-20, or 90-10, whereas at the moment, it's prettly close to 50-50....

Posted by Bobby 2006-09-18 14:58|| 2006-09-18 14:58|| Front Page Top

#12 Unfortunately, Bobby, I think it's more along the lines of 25%/25%. The other 50% are just too naive and enthralled with themselves, Survivor and the latest episode of American Idol to care. Of course, what I find ironic is that their (the enemy's) biggest targets are our internal enemy's biggest strongholds. By that, I mean, the urban centers where mass casualties can occur. The rest of us in flyover country "get it."

Posted by BA 2006-09-18 15:45|| 2006-09-18 15:45|| Front Page Top

#13 The life of a common man beats you down and leaves you tired - events should not.

Politics, racism, war, religious ideologies, murder, rape, suicide, etc., etc., are all part of the common man's world.

If you let it get to you, it will beat you down and leave you tired, but that's because you allow it to do so.

We all have our individual lives to lead and we all, from time to time, allow the world to beat us down and leave us tired. There's a cure for this, however.

Take a vacation. Talk with your friends. Go to church. Get away from the "world" (including Rantburg) for awhile. Give it a rest. Recharge your batteries. Turn off the radio and the TV and get out into the hills and woods and go fishing (there's nothing so much as standing alongside a roiling stream in the woods to recharge one's batteries IMO). Go camping and pitch a tent and have some s'mores.

Laugh!

Have a good time. Drink too much. Eat too much. Find a pretty girl (or if you're of the opposite persuasion, a man, or whatever floats your boat).

Dance!

Forget the "world" for awhile.

Everyone needs to (even the Pope and the President).

Remember your folks and your grandfolks and everything they taught you. Visit their graves and honor their memory. Go to Arlington and remember all those who have fought and given their all for their country. Visit Washington and see the monuments and memorials, especially the Lincoln Memorial - READ that inscription and take it to heart. Visit the Gettysburg, Bull Run, Appomatox Courthouse, Stone's River, etc. national battlefields. Visit Mt Rushmore.

Take a roadtrip across the USA!

Re-connect with your country and the people who live here!

It won't take long before thos batteries are recharged and that weight is lifted and you come back stronger and more dedicated than ever.

Trust me.

Posted by FOTSGreg">FOTSGreg 2006-09-18 16:12|| www.fire-on-the-suns.com]">[www.fire-on-the-suns.com] 2006-09-18 16:12|| Front Page Top

#14 Well said, FOTSGreg.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-09-18 20:40|| 2006-09-18 20:40|| Front Page Top

#15 mmmmmm s'mores

Posted by Frank G 2006-09-18 21:28|| 2006-09-18 21:28|| Front Page Top

#16 thanks FOTSGreg. It's good advice. I do need to just shut it off for awhile. Like msgeek said - the battle will never end. Doesn't mean that you can't fight back - but best to enjoy the gift of life along the way.

Posted by tabd 2006-09-18 22:30|| 2006-09-18 22:30|| Front Page Top

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