American photojournalist James Foley possibly beheaded by ISIS
Posted by Non_mooching_artist 10 years, 8 months ago to Video
This is disturbing in the extreme. These thugs are evil to their core. Their belief system in based in hatred, intolerance and cruelty. This is what we can expect more of because of the weak president we currently have in office.
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The interviewer asked him who he thought the best jungle fighters were (other than Japs).
"The Australians".
Not getting the answer he wanted, the journalist pressed, "well.. who was the second best?"
"the British"
Finally, in exasperation, the reporter asked, "Well.. what about the Americans?"
The Jap pondered a moment. "We never fought the Americans in the jungle. They would blow the jungle away and fight in the craters."
We took Jap prisoners. The Bushido code was made of porcelain.
The only way to do that is a French Revolution style upheaval. Which will mean the end of the republic, because there are way too many scumbags out there for there to be a chance at re-establishing the Constitution as it was originally written.
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Americans or global citizens AFTER Waco?
We did nothing in response to Waco.
The Ferguson killing is all ginned up political nothing.
And we'll do nothing in response to AN AMERICAN CITIZEN being executed by ISIS.
Well, maybe some harsh language and a sanction or two.
But it's not 'spreading' anywhere. The idea that one can and should use force to get what they want didn't originate in the middle east.
It originated a few billion years ago when the first organism ate another.
This ISIS group, however, has vowed to take over the world.
Be aware that they reproduce at an alarming rate and if not curtailed have a good chance of accomplishing that very goal.
Better safe than sorry.
50 years later, my 18 year old nephew and 16 year old niece couldn't tell you anything about "the day that will live in infamy".
How about 9/11? There's a better example for you. Oh, some of us got riled up, like we did after Pearl Harbor.Some of us wanted to fight the war.
The rest were like you, "oh, dear, the real thing we must worry about is not persecuting the poor, misunderstood Moslems".
There should have been a pogrom beginning on 9/12 purging the U.S. of all Moslems, good and bad.
When are you objectivists et al ever going to freaking learn Ryder's Law and it's application in global politics?
"People generally get out of the way of crazies" - Ryder's Law
If someone does a Pearl Harbor or 9/11 on you... as many of people who can be associated with them *must* die horribly, and soon.
We didn't do that. We went in with a big giant erection for how wonderful we are in our benevolence and our love of our fellow man, only doing so much hurt as necessary so we can come in and help them attain enlightenment. No wonder our allies and enemies alike were confused. No sane *man* acts like that.
the Inquisition was a response to the expansion and conquest of Islam.
Whose side are you on in this war?
Hardly surprising that you use a quote from a COMEDY SKETCH to punctuate your assertion.
You kind of left out A) the reformation and B) the fact that the Christians were combating the invasion of an alien and inimical, intolerant religion.
Sure, let's just pretend that Janissaries never existed. Let's just pretend that there weren't tens of thousands of Christian galley slaves freed at Lepanto, which is right in the middle of your 800 year "Moslems are cherubs" era.
"The Romans, foreseeing troubles, dealt with them at once, and, even to avoid a war, would not let them come to a head, for they knew that war is not to be avoided, but is only put off to the advantage of others.
There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others."
"Republics and princes that are really powerful do not purchase alliances by money, but by their valor and the reputation of their armies. "
http://www.military-quotes.com/forum/nic...
IMHO, Christendom and Christian(ity) are not the same thing, although the terms are often interchanged. When the nations of Christendom move far from their Christian root you get the inquisition, closer to their Christian root you get todays Western Civilization, when the Islamic nations move closer to their root, you get ISIS.
Religion is simply a tool. People use it to accomplish great good, great evil or something in between.
When people use it to motivate violence towards others its the people using it that are evil not the religion itself. This is true even of the Muslim faith.
For most of human history life has not been appreciated as it is in western culture. Its a repetitively new concept and one that spread rather quickly to most of the world as it provides a better way of life to everyone. The middle east, if I am generous, is still back in the renascence period when it comes to this principle. One day, soon I hope, they will do what the rest of the world has done to varying degree and see life as precious. Not just their own or their loved ones lives but all human life.
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