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The fun and excitement of civilization wars (fought from afar)

Believing that one is waging paramount war against the most evil enemy ever is a garden-variety psychological need, not a political or ideological conviction.

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  • Sunday, February 17, 2008 08:01 AM

    A Foeman Worthy of Our Steel

    When Moslem aircraft carriers, protected by fleets of Moslem airplanes firing Moslem guided missles built in their own countries with their own resources start threatening our coasts, call me.

    Cause when you come right down to it, they have all the weapons in the world they can get from us.

    And personally, having faced down the Russian Bear and bearded him in his lair (what does that mean, anyhow?) I'd be embarrassed to say I was worried about any entity which did not at least have a comparable military and political cohesion, not to mention the plentiful natural and technical resources.

    I'm not gonna go back to being afraid of the Barbary Pirates or the Ottoman Empire.

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