There is far less chance that this would be occurring if he had crafted and insisted on a Status of Forces Agreement. But you see, the Most Equal Comrade thought it was more important to play to his let's-get-out-of-our-icky-involvement-in-Iraq base.
Foley, the jihadist and you damn him. Damned Obama, he kill so many and many more are threatened. Gimme a damned break! Perhaps the video of the beheading will generate even more hate for Obama worldwide. Wouldn't that be nice? Guess I will look to the likes of Rick Perry for a model for the appropriate response. How savage! A similar heinous act has been performed on Americans many times over prior to the digital age. It was called scalping then and, as always, it was quite incendiary.
I just can't see worldwide opinion swaying in favor of ISIS or any of the fragmented jihadists. Not worried at all about them getting as far as coming to my house here, regardless of who our president is. Yes, God damn them!
Scalping (perhaps less cruel than a total behead job) helped build this country long before the digital age. God was on our side though, as we formulated our Manifest Destiny. During the French and Indian War, in June 12, 1755, Lieutenant Governor Spencer Phips of Massachusetts Bay colony was offering a bounty of £40 for a male Indian scalp, and £20 for scalps of females or of children under 12 years old. In 1756, Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor Robert Morris, in his Declaration of War against the Lenni Lenape (Delaware) people, offered "130 Pieces of Eight, for the Scalp of Every Male Indian Enemy, above the Age of Twelve Years," and "50 Pieces of Eight for the Scalp of Every Indian Woman, produced as evidence of their being killed."
Alan West says the Pope's in and concludes that "(his) point is simple: history is just repeating itself all over again with Islamic jihadism and it is our turn to take our place in history. What shall be written?"
Our turn? We've only just begun? What have I witnessed over the past decade and more?
Read more at http://allenbwest.com/2014/08/rip-james-wright-foley-defeat-terrorists-must-instill-greater-terror/#C3FYciKRsYQJiwZf.99
Oh, for cryin' out loud. Now you've really exposed yourself as a Howard Zinn - Noam Chomsky America-has-a-fundamentally-sullied-history proponent. You think it's alright for ISIS and / or Iran to incinerate American cities because it's all relative and scalping incidents in America can be documented. A little context reveals that there had been a long and complex web of alliances and fallings-out among the Lenape, the Iriquois, the Algonquins, the Abenakis, the French and the British. And let us also remember that by this time there was growing sentiment among British-descended colonists that colonial leadership was directed far too much from London.
To compare what happened to Foley - and what is happening by the thousands to Syrians and Iraqis - to the policies of Phips and Morris is obscene in the extreme and very much calls into question the patriotism of anyone drawing such a parallel.
Where did I say what ISIS (latest bully on the long long long block) is right? But what American cities have been incinerated? Does your ilk have some sort of corner on outrage? I did not even compare the two, just that it is not that unusual an occurrence in the global neighborhood throughout time. There may be a straw that breaks the camel's back, but that was 13 years ago, not yesterday. OMG, my patriotism is being impugned in light of yesterday's outrage. Oh well, so will Obama's, regardless of what his response is today. West wants to hold him accountable if he doesn't annihilate ISIS, going so far as to call him "complicit" in this heinous act if he doesn't act right now to remedy this situation. Well, as I said before, even the victim was blaming Obama before his head was offed. What mind games!
Yes, we might have a clue what you and your ilk "knew" what you knew 7 years ago. I don't think he would have been elected had Cheny & Co. not blown the "response" to 9/11. The day after the sentiment was that we just had to declare war vs. somebody. We just did not know who that somebody was. Statecraft will endure, maybe after the next 10 years. If they are warring years, it will be a messy mess. But, oh well, might have some thrilling moments from our arm chairs.
It's still a play act. A heinous and dastardly one at that. They got a Miami journalist .now
ReplyDeleteWill Obama say and do the right thing? I will stay tuned. I don't think this changes anything, including my opinion of all this or yours.
ReplyDeleteMaybe they'll pass by your house.
ReplyDeleteI am sure you hate them more.More than hate. And it's our fault, through our sitting president, right?
ReplyDeleteThere is far less chance that this would be occurring if he had crafted and insisted on a Status of Forces Agreement. But you see, the Most Equal Comrade thought it was more important to play to his let's-get-out-of-our-icky-involvement-in-Iraq base.
ReplyDeleteFoley, the jihadist and you damn him. Damned Obama, he kill so many and many more are threatened. Gimme a damned break! Perhaps the video of the beheading will generate even more hate for Obama worldwide. Wouldn't that be nice? Guess I will look to the likes of Rick Perry for a model for the appropriate response. How savage! A similar heinous act has been performed on Americans many times over prior to the digital age. It was called scalping then and, as always, it was quite incendiary.
ReplyDeleteI just can't see worldwide opinion swaying in favor of ISIS or any of the fragmented jihadists. Not worried at all about them getting as far as coming to my house here, regardless of who our president is. Yes, God damn them!
ReplyDeleteScalping (perhaps less cruel than a total behead job) helped build this country long before the digital age. God was on our side though, as we formulated our Manifest Destiny. During the French and Indian War, in June 12, 1755, Lieutenant Governor Spencer Phips of Massachusetts Bay colony was offering a bounty of £40 for a male Indian scalp, and £20 for scalps of females or of children under 12 years old. In 1756, Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor Robert Morris, in his Declaration of War against the Lenni Lenape (Delaware) people, offered "130 Pieces of Eight, for the Scalp of Every Male Indian Enemy, above the Age of Twelve Years," and "50 Pieces of Eight for the Scalp of Every Indian Woman, produced as evidence of their being killed."
ReplyDeleteAlan West says the Pope's in and concludes that "(his) point is simple: history is just repeating itself all over again with Islamic jihadism and it is our turn to take our place in history. What shall be written?"
ReplyDeleteOur turn? We've only just begun? What have I witnessed over the past decade and more?
Read more at http://allenbwest.com/2014/08/rip-james-wright-foley-defeat-terrorists-must-instill-greater-terror/#C3FYciKRsYQJiwZf.99
Oh, for cryin' out loud. Now you've really exposed yourself as a Howard Zinn - Noam Chomsky America-has-a-fundamentally-sullied-history proponent. You think it's alright for ISIS and / or Iran to incinerate American cities because it's all relative and scalping incidents in America can be documented. A little context reveals that there had been a long and complex web of alliances and fallings-out among the Lenape, the Iriquois, the Algonquins, the Abenakis, the French and the British. And let us also remember that by this time there was growing sentiment among British-descended colonists that colonial leadership was directed far too much from London.
ReplyDeleteTo compare what happened to Foley - and what is happening by the thousands to Syrians and Iraqis - to the policies of Phips and Morris is obscene in the extreme and very much calls into question the patriotism of anyone drawing such a parallel.
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ReplyDeleteI knew seven years ago that the MEC had no patriotism.
ReplyDeleteWhere did I say what ISIS (latest bully on the long long long block) is right? But what American cities have been incinerated? Does your ilk have some sort of corner on outrage? I did not even compare the two, just that it is not that unusual an occurrence in the global neighborhood throughout time. There may be a straw that breaks the camel's back, but that was 13 years ago, not yesterday. OMG, my patriotism is being impugned in light of yesterday's outrage. Oh well, so will Obama's, regardless of what his response is today. West wants to hold him accountable if he doesn't annihilate ISIS, going so far as to call him "complicit" in this heinous act if he doesn't act right now to remedy this situation. Well, as I said before, even the victim was blaming Obama before his head was offed. What mind games!
ReplyDeleteYes, we might have a clue what you and your ilk "knew" what you knew 7 years ago. I don't think he would have been elected had Cheny & Co. not blown the "response" to 9/11. The day after the sentiment was that we just had to declare war vs. somebody. We just did not know who that somebody was. Statecraft will endure, maybe after the next 10 years. If they are warring years, it will be a messy mess. But, oh well, might have some thrilling moments from our arm chairs.
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