This is a reasonable perspective. I think we're already past the point where "instant memories" are reasonable, but then again, I value my own people more than anything else in the world. It's old-fashioned, I know.
I think we're reasonable to demand an end to proliferation. Maybe this is a sliver of globalism left in me, but I think the future will be brighter without additional countries joining the nuclear and/or WMD club. I find it extremely ironic that Free Republic advocated George W. Bush as a WMD-hunter extraordinare, yet Iran and the DPRK may have already gone nuclear by the time he's out of office. I can't tell the difference between this and the last administration, given the fact that both had Iraq in their sights. But I digress. We have the means to erradicate our enemies. We just don't seem to love our own people enough to do it.
I wish the American people would do the same to our legislators who refuse to listen to us.
MAD isn't working with them. Trouble is, they're elected. They represent us. Think about that long and hard. As an aside, remember that it took a statesman like Themistocles to trick the Greeks into preparing for the second war with Persia. Free people would rather pursue wealth than defend themselves, or their liberties. Left to their own devices, they'll let Athens fall every time. MAD wasn't Themistocles' method. He found a motivation the people liked (conquest) and had them build ships with their new wealth, promising that they'd become even richer (which they did, as far as I know). But the ships were there when the Greeks needed to fight the Persians again, just as Themistocles had predicted.
Dick Morris is right. And I'll take it a step further. Demographics are against democratic resolution to the crisis before English-speaking Americans. You talk MAD, the people are against you. In 1775, they were with the Minute Men. Now they're against them. Demographics are for real. So is 60 years of multicultural propaganda spewed in order to prove to the world that we're not now, nor ever would be fascist (something we never needed to prove anyway). It has taken a toll, my friend.
My challenge for you: are we ready to face the facts? We must before we continue working to save our country. Ignoring these facts will simply translate into invalid action.
>I think we’re reasonable to demand an end to proliferation.<
This is one thing that I have never quite understood. Where do we get the right to demand no proliferation from another sovereign nation? We can have nukes but we don’t want anyone else to have them. My attitude towards this is; If our enemy launches a single nuke at us then we should launch five at them. This should be our openly stated and fully observed public policy. Break my skin and I will burn all of yours.
IMO, ideas such as appeasement are politically correct and they are suicidal. Why on earth we allow Muslims who wish to destroy our nation into our country is beyond my comprehension. That is like having a lion for a house cat. Keep it fed and it won’t eat you. Sorry, that’s not my style. If I have to share my house with it, I would rather kill the lion and eat it. So let’s keep the lions over in Africa where they can live without causing any damage to us.
If we elect someone to represent us and they do a poor job why wait until the next election to rid ourselves of them? That is like having an employee who is stealing from you and you keep him on for another three weeks, until the end of the month. Why so he cam steal more?
>My challenge for you: are we ready to face the facts?<
No, we are NOT ready to face the facts. I too live in the real world and I am ashamed at our sense of patriotism. We expect our troops to give their lives to bring democracy to Iraq but we won’t unite and save democracy in our own country. I am disgusted.
Republicans can stuff their compassion where the sun don't shine. Do you think the illegals are going to show us any? Don't count on it. They believe this is their country and the way we're going it soon will be.
We are too worried about what the someone else will say about us recalling this treasonous president and three quarters of the treasonous Senate. Or are we worried that a civil war might start if we cause a major political upheaval and some of us might have to give our lives to save America.
If you believe in something be willing to fight for it or else you don’t deserve to have it. That starts with individual rights, something that is guaranteed in the Constitution.
The elected representatives want to destroy America as we know it and nobody is demanding their resignation! I can't believe it.
We are losing our freedoms but we aren’t willing to stand up, take a day off work and march the streets in public protest.
If we are going to be a nation of cowards then we deserve to lose everything.