tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632546.post4542314400888840223..comments2023-10-05T04:00:39.089-05:00Comments on Kingdom of Chaos: Terrorism and LibertyEl Jefe Maximohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661511063910659377noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632546.post-58944253592849983372006-11-28T18:38:00.000-06:002006-11-28T18:38:00.000-06:00Terrorism and Liberty
ok.......this, is what i t...<i>Terrorism and Liberty </i><br /><br />ok.......this, is what i think about that.<br /><br />the only fallacy in wretchard's 3 conjectures is mid-way in the first. in his discussion of the SAFF principles. if the device is constructed in lower manhattan, as opposed to being constructed in islamabad, then the SAFF principles do not apply, and the first conjecture goes out the window.<br />as for the peters essay, he is conjecturing on a europe that no longer exists. for example, when it appeared in 2002 that the world was going to war, the germans wanted nothing to do with it. of course for financial dealings with the despot in question, but now the germans are only good for calling to order courts that provide the means to try former government officals of other countries. <br />another example, 30% of french voting for la Pen is still a minority. and given 20% of france is muslim that means 50% are still sitting on their hands.<br />another example, several/many months ago, when i had not dared enter the throneroom, much less clamor about in the back rows of attendants, i stood at the doorway of the throneroom and heard excellency say that <i>if the pallys acted up again, the world would stand by as the IDF turned the west bank into an abahtoir(sp)</i>. i know i mis-spelled that last word, but it means in essence a graveyard, i.e., killing zone. well.....the pallys did act up, though not in the west bank, but once the IDF began to defend israel, the world community came out in favor of a "cease fire". the US of course held this off until it became apparent of the similarities between ehud olmert and neville chamberlain.<br /><br />the common thread:<br />in excellency's comments, wretchard's post, and the peters essay the common thread is "will". call it what you want, political will, the will to fight, whatever. excellency uses the term as "just wait", or "when we get ready", or other references. i can also get the same sense from wretchard's and the peter's essays. but a 1940's america was bigoted and racist. there was no ANSWER, CAIR, george soros, and if there was a michael moore he would have been run out of hollywood in a new york minute. on dec. 8, 1941 the internment camps were open for business, on sept. 12, 2001 we had to be tolerant.<br />all of the things excellency says about europe and america are true. but that was then and this is now. i look at our leadership in this time and see hitler shaking hands with FDR, and we're fighting a war in which we don't want to hurt anyone and either don't know how-to or care-to win.<br /><br />conclusion:<br />the reason i come to KoC, GoV, and others, numerous times a day is to find my focus on who the bad guys are. because i am not getting it from leadership, i am not getting it from MSM. if you think you detect a hint of defeatism in my above comments then you are mistaken. if anything, i am samuel adams. the man, not the beer. a rabal rousing whack job that only wanted to fight the british and cared little for the formation of a gov't. just indentify the enemy and give me a fight. i am in a word concerned; both for our leadership, current and on the horizon as lacking, and our people, for they are unable to fight even if willing, while asleep.<br /><br />as i have used more than my share of bandwidth on this thread i shall retire.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632546.post-86627350717328926552006-11-28T16:46:00.000-06:002006-11-28T16:46:00.000-06:00in referencing/researching items listed in excelle...in referencing/researching items listed in excellencies comment i found this passage:<br /><br /><i><br />In a famous letter to his friend Francesco Vettori, Machiavelli described how he spent his days:<br /><br />When evening comes, I return home [from work and from the local tavern] and go to my study. On the threshold I strip naked, taking off my muddy, sweaty workaday clothes, and put on the robes of court and palace, and in this graver dress I enter the courts of the ancients and am welcomed by them, and there I taste the food that alone is mine, and for which I was born. And there I make bold to speak to them and ask the motives of their actions, and they, in their humanity reply to me. And for the space of four hours I forget the world, remember no vexation, fear poverty no more, tremble no more at death; I pass indeed into their world.<br /></i><br /><br />conclusion:<br />OMG, el jefe maximo is Machiavelli.<br />Machiavelli is el jefe maximo.<br /><br />i bet SWMBO could verify the accuracy of a typical evening.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com