When Enough Is Enough?

Jon, The editorial in today's Wall Street Journal begins with a quote from George Orwell: "To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle."  If you'd like to read the entire editorial I'll pdf it and e-mail it to you.  Just let me know.

Hi Jon - Prime Minister Chamberlin returned from Munich talking about "Peace in Our Time"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO725Hbzfls&feature=fvwrel    short clip showing Chamberlin's return to England from the Munich conference.  

I think for many Americans it won't register in their tiny, closed minds, until they have to worry every day about making it home alive, or worried a school bus full of children will be blown to bits. Even then, probably 30% of our population would volunteer to convert to Islam in order to appease Muslims.

I don't sound too optimistic do I? :>)

Jon,

The problem is we have not learned from history.

If we had learned from Pear Harbor and applied it to 9-11 we'd not still be at war.

If we'd learn from history we understand "Peace" is never negotiated, "peace" is a gift from a benevolent Victor. Look at WW II Germany, Italy and Japan are among our closest friends. Look at Korea we're still at war just fewer battles.

Bill

There are casualties in war and the Islamist understand this and don't care how many are killed. (Of course, no one is innocent in their minds. All are to converted, enslaved or killed.)

Can you imagine what WWII would have been like if we hadn't carpet bombed Germany? That killed the German spirit and helped end the war. But the public, stupidly fed by the MSM, thinks wars can be 'clean and tidy', no innocents killed, because of what they see in movies and on TV.

Appeasement will never work. The bully or bad actor just asks for more the next time.

The first day of world history class in college my prof said, "This year we will learn in history that we learn nothing from history."  Pretty true.

Jon -- at least today, Secretary of State Clinton admitted that the 9/11/2012 attack on our consulate in Libya was done by associates of El Queda in N Africa.  Hmmm - could the rest of the unrest be because we did not sufficiently respond to that attack on such an important date?

Jon, the problem is not many people study history and that causes history to repeat itself!

I don't get it...I just don't. This man is rhetoric without substance and they seem to love him. 

Israel should handle their own affairs without getting us involved.

Also, before you go speading fear mongering about Iran's nuclear program, let it be known that the only country that ever used a nuclear bomb was our own country. Who are we to dictate to other nations about their nuclear ambitions?

Really - when the official and public government policy of Iran is the extinction of Israel ? I don't think another holocaust is just a foreign policy debate.  

Israel is surrounded by enemies who have sworn to end their existance.  No Arab nation faces such a threat from Israel.

But the problem is this - an Israeli attack on Iran, no matter how justified by self defense and even if successful, will bring further war to the region.  Outside powers like the US, Russia and China have to solve this problem without an offensive act by Israel.  That will take leadership from the US President.

Bush 41 put together a remarkable coalition of Arab states and others to remove Iraq from Kuwait.  But we had to stop Israel from responding when Iraq fired missils into Israel because the Arab members of the coalition would not accept an Israeli attack on an Arab state.

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