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Old 08-04-2010, 12:18   #50
GratefulCitizen
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Neither hate muslims nor harbor anger towards them.
Some are benign, others are not.

If a mountain lion came up on my campsite, no hate or anger would be directed towards it, either.
If it appeared to be a threat to my family, I would kill it.

Don't know what the best method is for dealing with foreign threats, whether those threats are rooted in nations or idealogies.
Only care what will keep the threats at bay.

If diplomacy works, fine.
If diplomacy doesn't work, and a little force is required, fine.
If a little force doesn't work, and greater force is required, fine.
Whatever is necessary should be done.

Some 65 years less two days ago, it took strategic nuclear strikes to quash a particular threat across an ocean.

There were powers with imperial ambitions in the first world war.
There were powers with imperial ambitions in the second world war.
There were powers with imperial ambitions in the cold war.
There are powers with imperial ambitions carrying green flags now.

Previous generations kept the barbarians on the other side of the wall.
Different generation, different barbarians.

Means aren't the problem, it all comes down to political will.
We either have the political will to survive as a nation, and pass the blessings of liberty to posterity, or we do not.

Too many citizens looking for handouts have put weaklings in charge of our government.
Votes matter.
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