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Discussing Israel/Gaza on right-wing talk radio I had an unexpectedly substantive discussion of the Middle East and the "Islamic threat" on "The Hugh Hewitt Show" last night.
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  • Ooh! Ooh! I know the answer to this one!

    "I for one will be investigating with California's AG what the definition of all this is." -Wallaby

    As an employee at the CA A.G.'s office, you should see what we get in the mail.

    Address it to the Public Inquiry Unit. Seriously, they have thousands of form letters to choose from. Enjoy yours.

  • The Appeasing Left

    Q: Why is it that Republicans are incapable of discussing any foreign policy issue without bringing up Hitler and Neville Chamberlain and appeasement?

    A: Because Neville Chamberlain is the ultimate personification of liberalism at its most flagrant, and he DID try to sate the appetite of a voracious, murderous monster.

    Just as leftists today are trying to comfort the Allahu Akbar crowd, the very same "peaceful" Islamists who would just love to kill all of us kuffar in the name of Global Jihad.

    In other words, all of you lefties here are dangerously naive for refusing to learn from the harsh lessons of the past, starting with the Great Appeaser, Chamberlain.

  • We Should All Be Grateful

    At least we won't have to worry about the following list of "Warriors" showing up here -

    Dennis Hastert - did not serve.

    Dick Armey - did not serve.

    Tom Delay - did not serve. "so many minority youths had volunteered ... that there was literally no room for me"

    Roy Blount - did not serve

    Bill Frist - did not serve.

    Trent Lott - did not serve.

    VP Cheney - avoided the draft through several (5!) deferments, the last by marriage (in his own words, "had other priorities than military service")

    John Ashcroft - did not serve; sought deferment to teach business ed at SW Missouri State

    Florida Governor - did not serve.

    Karl Rove - did not serve

    Newt Gingrich - did not serve

    Phil Gramm - did not serve, four (?) student deferments

    Don Nickles, R-OK - did not serve

    Richard Shelby, did not serve

    Jon Kyl, R-AZ - did not serve

    Tim Hutchison, R-AR - did not serve

    Saxby Chambliss, Georgia - did not serve, had a "bad knee"

    JC Watts - did not serve

    Jack Kemp, did not serve (was fit enough for pro football, but "failed" the physical?)

    Eliot Abrams, did not serve

    Vin Weber, did not serve

    Richard Perle, did not serve

    Rudy Giuliani, did not serve

    Michael Bloomberg, did not serve

    George Pataki, did not serve

    John Engler, did not serve

    George Will, did not serve

    Tweety Matthews, did not serve.

    Bill O'Reilly, did not serve

    Paul Gigot, did not serve.

    Bill Bennett, did not serve

    Pat Buchanan, did not serve

    Rush Limbaugh, did not serve 4-F with a 'pilonidal cyst'

    John Wayne, did not serve

    Bill Kristol, did not serve

    Kenneth Starr, did not serve

    Antonin Scalia, did not serve

    Clarence Thomas, did not serve

    Ralph Reed, did not serve

  • Oh!, There's

    a new article about Tony Blair on page 3 of the Wog

    link at sig

  • The stupid, it burns!

    A: Because Neville Chamberlain is the ultimate personification of liberalism at its most flagrant, and he DID try to sate the appetite of a voracious, murderous monster.

    OK, anyone with a few 20th century history classes can probably figure out what the problem with this ridiculous statement is.

    Hint: Neville Chamberlain was succeeded by a member of his own political party.

  • Re: "a powerful and devoted mediator, which probably is a role that only the United States can play"

    Using power may mean going beyond mere mediation.

    Here's Seth P. Tillman, a few decades ago, on U.S.-Israel relations:

    http://wrmea.com/backissues/101882/821018008.htm

    "The U.S. should cease to be a mediator and become an arbitrator."

    - - Seth P. Tillman, 1982

    * * * * *

    Of course, these past 8 years, the U.S. did cease to be a mediator . . .

  • Labrat

    Do you know what the word Appease means? If so, please define it, and then tell us how it is that you connect it to the "appeasing liberals'.

  • Conservatives and Nazis

    Q: Why is it that Republicans are incapable of discussing any foreign policy issue without bringing up Hitler and Neville Chamberlain and appeasement?

    Whenever someone brings up the Nazis in an argument where it really doesn't apply (99.9% of the time), it's their way of admitting that they don't have a valid point to make. Think of it as an argument placebo, to give the feeling of a valid argument when there isn't one. There are many variations of this. For example, Lab2112:

    In other words, all of you lefties here are dangerously naive for refusing to learn from the harsh lessons of the past, starting with the Great Appeaser, Chamberlain.

    Chamberlain let Hitler annex Poland and Czechoslovakia. In the mind of a right wing authoritarian, this is the same thing as expressing criticism at the wanton loss of innocent life in an Israeli offensive.

    These people are not rational players. Scrutinizing their ideas as if they were rational is folly.

  • Well, Lab

    Q: Why is it that Republicans are incapable of discussing any foreign policy issue without bringing up Hitler and Neville Chamberlain and appeasement? A: Because Neville Chamberlain is the ultimate personification of liberalism at its most flagrant, and he DID try to sate the appetite of a voracious, murderous monster.

    As soon as Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Syria, Egypt, Saudi Arabia (and any others I neglected to mention) start annexing territory as Hitler did, you'll be sure to find all sorts of objections here about. Until then, well, it's pretty silly/pathetic to say that Chamberlain personifies "liberalism" because he gave in to Hitler.

    Just as leftists today are trying to comfort the Allahu Akbar crowd, the very same "peaceful" Islamists who would just love to kill all of us kuffar in the name of Global Jihad.

    And how many of these Islamists are there? Can you provide a number, a percentage, from a reputable source? Or do you "claim" that all Muslims fit into this category?

    In other words, all of you lefties here are dangerously naive for refusing to learn from the harsh lessons of the past, starting with the Great Appeaser, Chamberlain.

    In other words, you're words lack any kind of coherency.

  • The Hewitt types don't seem to bring up Spain very much

    One of the fascists' earliest tests was to see if the West would allow them to overthrow a Western democracy and assist fascism by aiding and bombing Spain to back the Franco Falangists.

    And they got the message they sought -- the West declared themselves officially uninterested, although Britain, for example blockaded Spain from getting arms and assistance from Mexico and elsewhere.

    Maybe if the anti-Communist, anti-Socialist, anti-democratic right wing of the USA and elsewhere hadn't let Mussolini and Hitler aid Franco so easily into power, it might have sent a different message.

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