Russia is at war with Ukraine and so effectively at war with Europe, Lithuania's president claimed today as European leaders threatened to impose further sanctions on Vladimir Putin.The comments from Dalia Grybauskaite come after officials in Kiev accused Moscow of using tanks to 'flatten' the border town of Novosvitlivka.
British PM Cameron has this to say about the IS threat:
Britain faces the “greatest and deepest” terror threat in the country’s history, David Cameron warned as he pledged emergency measures to tackle extremists.The UK threat level was raised to “severe” — its second highest — meaning that a terrorist attack is “highly likely” in light of the growing danger from British jihadists returning from Iraq and Syria.
And the Saudi king gets real as well:
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has warned that the West will be the next target of the jihadists sweeping through Syria and Iraq, unless there is "rapid" action.
"If we ignore them, I am sure they will reach Europe in a month and America in another month," he said in remarks quoted on Saturday by Asharq al-Awsat daily and Saudi-backed Al-Arabiya television station.
Now, compare those bracing assessments with yesterday's remarks by the man-child ruler of post-America:
"Second reason people are feeling anxious is that if you watch the nightly news, it feels like the world is falling apart. (Laughter.) Now, let me say this: We are living through some extraordinarily challenging times. A lot of it has to do with changes that are taking place in the Middle East in which an old order that had been in place for 50 years, 60 years, 100 years was unsustainable, and was going to break up at some point. And now, what we are seeing is the old order not working, but the new order not being born yet -- and it is a rocky road through that process, and a dangerous time through that process.
"So we’ve seen the barbarity of an organization like ISIL that is building off what happened with al Qaeda and 9/11 -- an extension of that same mentality that doesn’t reflect Islam, but rather just reflects savagery, and extremism, and intolerance. We’ve seen divisions within the Muslim community between the Shia and Sunni. We continue to see an unwillingness to acknowledge the right of Israel to exist and its ability to defend itself. And we have seen, frankly, in this region, economies that don’t work. So you’ve got tons of young people who see no prospect and no hope for the future and are attracted to some of these ideologies.
"All of that makes things pretty frightening. And then, you turn your eyes to Europe and you see the President of Russia making a decision to look backwards instead of forward, and encroaching on the sovereignty and territorial integrity of their neighbors, and reasserting the notion that might means right. And I can see why a lot of folks are troubled.
"But -- and here’s the main message I have for you -- the truth of the matter is, is that American military superiority has never been greater compared to other countries. Our men and women in uniform are more effective, better trained, better equipped than they have ever been. We have, since 9/11, built up the capacity to defend ourselves from terrorist attacks. It doesn’t mean the threat isn’t there and we can’t be -- we don’t have to be vigilant, but it means that we are much less vulnerable than we were 10 or 12 or 15 years ago.
"And the truth of the matter is, is that the world has always been messy. In part, we’re just noticing now because of social media and our capacity to see in intimate detail the hardships that people are going through. The good news is that American leadership has never been more necessary, and there’s really no competition out there for the ideas and the values that can create the sort of order that we need in this world."
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The guy waxes senior seminar when the rest of the world has pulled the fire alarm. I particularly found the business about Russia looking backward instead of forward and a new Middle East "order" not being born yet to be classic MEC.
I do not retreat one micro-inch from my assertion that the Most Equal Comrade is the most poisonous, destructive figure in American history. I didn't say president, I didn't say elected official, I didn't say politician. I said "figure," as in individual, as in person.
Here's a compare and contrast for you to put in your pipe and smoke: http://kstreet607.com/2013/06/21/a-canadians-view-on-our-disrespect-of-president-obamas-presidency/
ReplyDeleteHere's why this William Thomas person is clueless: He clearly doesn't understand that freedom is the essence of what the United States of America is all about, and that the MEC sees his mission as "transforming" the country so that that is no longer the case, and that it's his mission because he is a hardcore radical socialist. He also has over the course of six years shown himself to have serious maturity issues, trying to ignore away thorny details if even his own policies. No, there's nothing shameful or dangerous about the level of disrespect shown to the MEC. He is different in kind from any previous president, an enemy of this country.
ReplyDeleteNow, again, I ask you, did you offer Thomas's viewpoint because you are aligned with it and want to promulgate it, or was it a case of just dispassionately saying, "Well, here's another viewpoint?" In which case, the question arises, where do you stand on the Most Equal Comrade?
Thomas disingenuously lumps in the lady in the restaurant and the posters with blood dripping out of the MEC's mouth - which are merely manifestations of the coarse nature of our moribund culture - with actual thoughtful expressions of opposition, like Rush's "I want him to fail" comment and Wilson's "liar" outburst at the State of the Union. He was indeed lying, and we'd still have a United States of America if the MEC had failed at his grotesque mission.
ReplyDeleteI just love the smell of invective in the morning.
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