[VOA]

bump/ping; article might get a Hugh Hewitt mention

[onedoug]

Plato said: "Only the dead have seen the end of war."

But the dashing Captain Kirk in Star Trek's "Taste Of Armeggdon" claimed the trick lay in realizing that we are a killer species, but, "That we're not going to kill, today. That's all it takes. We're not going to kill...today."

[anotherview]

It is unworthy of a great nation to stand idly by while small countries of great culture are being destroyed with a cynical contempt for justice. - Albert Einstein, April 5, 1938

I still believe that much of the Arab world wants nothing more than to destroy Israel. Radical Islamists/jihadists also want to destroy the United States, Western values, and our way of life. I feel Einstein's words apply as much to Israel today as they did to the nations swallowed up by the Nazis at the start of World War II. This article points out the need to maintain our strength and defend our (American) interests in the Middle East and elsewhere, and that includes standing by Israel, IMHO.

As long as there is man, there will be wars. - Albert Einstein, from a 1947 letter

[Billy_bob_bob]

Good article with a timeless message. Thanks for posting it.

[Dixie republican]

Let's get a petition calling for a change back to Department of War. It's more appropriate.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

A free and prosperous nation at peace is its own worst enemy. The citizens then have the freedom and leisure to let their human foibles and pettiness come into play. I cite as an example how the the U.S. attitude temporarily changed after 9/11. All the Democrat BS suddenly seemed as false and petty as it has always been. We, as a people, were more somber and our priorities seemed much clearer. Prior to that we had lapsed into a relaxed fuzziness about our core values. (Else how could a Clinton ever have happened?)

Now, however, the Democrats/leftists are again trying to muddle the issue, blaming Israel for its battle to survive and indirectly casting blame on our desire to do the same. With the Demo/left it is politics as usual. We should keep in mind that they are no different than the Al Queda cells in the U.S., they are simply enemies within the gates, and they should be treated as such. Our tolerance for Daschle, Gephardt, Kennedy, Leahey, Biden, et al., and those who espouse their doctrine, should be very thin.

[novakeo]

Allot of analogies with Rome...Can we now officially call the United States an Empire.

[Chemist_Geek]

SUV Syndrome; I like that way of putting the Whiffle-ball riskless expectations of many people in America today.