The Conservative Anschluss Moment: the Time to Fight Arrives

American Spectator ^ | January 8, 2013 | Jeffrey Lord

[Shery]

“The tax issue is finished. Over. Completed. That’s behind us.” — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell “The hard fact is that nothing could have arrested what actually happened…” — British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain on the Nazi invasion of Austria “Our affairs have come to such a pass that there is no escape without running risks.” So said a resolute Winston Churchill as, still out of favor with his own Conservative government, he stood up in the House of Commons in March of 1938 to protest the government’s passive response to the occupation and annexation of Austria by Adolf Hitler’s Germany. Or, as it is known to history, the “Anschluss.” Churchill was rebuffed by his party’s leadership, which had less and less patience with him by the day. Indeed,

[Shery]

We, the people, must become more informed and we need to harass our elected officials, if needed, to remind them who they serve (work for).

[Behind the Blue Wall]

Great piece. My only comment would be that the writer is optimistic if he believes that Obama will leave office in 2017.

[MotorCityBuck]

[blueunicorn6]

The author quotes Sun Tzu. It’s good that the Republicans are reading Sun Tzu, but it requires a deep and not superficial understanding. You can’t just look at your opponent. You must understand your opponent. You must realize that your opponent is going to try to deceive you as to his motivations and methods. And you must isolate the analysis of your opponent. Obama is a Democrat, but it would be irresponsible to think that he is only motivated by the same things that the Democrats espouse. He is also a man and that means that he has human weaknesses that can be exploited.

[cyn]

Thanks for posting this.