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This is sad

Posted by Dawnsblood on Sunday, August 06, 2006 11:32:21 AM
Thanks to MsUnderestimated. I'm not even going to comment besides the fact that the Democrats are in trouble if this is best they can field.
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Rightroots

Posted by Dawnsblood on Wednesday, August 02, 2006 9:57:24 PM
Can't seem to comment on HH's blog or MKH's blog, but I kinda got TH to endorse Rightroots.
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Microsoft Oooopppps!

Posted by Dawnsblood on Sunday, July 30, 2006 4:01:20 PM
 Bet they want a do-over now....
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Why support Israel?

Posted by Dawnsblood on Sunday, July 30, 2006 12:51:46 AM
I have to say I support Israel totally. It is a religious and moral imperative for a Christian IMHO. After all the Bible in Genesis says:

1 The LORD said to Abram: "Go forth from the land of your kinsfolk and from your father's house to a land that I will show you.
2 "I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
3  I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you. All the communities of the earth shall find blessing in you."
4  Abram went as the LORD directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.


Muslims argue that the Jewish nation is not legitimate but if the above is true, that would mean God is either setting the Jews up for failure or not able to see the future and I believe an all powerful, all seeing God could see the future. So Israel has my support.

Morally it is even easier. Israel was attacked by terrorists, from a country the withdrew from in 2000. The terrorists Lebanon is unable to disarm pursuant to UN Resolution 1559, struck first in a cowardly manner, now Israel seeks to defend herself. I hope she beats them down into nothing. (The Hezzies, not Lebanon in general.) I pray for peace in Israel, but I doubt it will come soon.

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Fungible

Posted by Dawnsblood on Sunday, July 30, 2006 12:23:19 AM
This is actually funny. An article by a fellow who has no idea how the global oil market works.  He says:

Jonathan Benjamin-Alvarado, an expert on Cuba energy matters and a political science professor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, says America’s thirst for oil will soon force a fundamental change in Washington’s relations with Havana.

“I’ve always argued that we would keep the Cuban embargo in place until we got to the point where it started to cost us something.” Today, he adds, “we’re almost there.”

Yes Cuba will make money from this and yes that isn't a good thing, but global oil is fungible. If more nations buy from Cuba, less will buy from other markets. Those other markets will sell to us. In the end that means more oil on the market. The embargo will not effect oil prices here unless people speculating on oil have no idea how it works.

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Will the US be a superpower in the future?

Posted by Dawnsblood on Sunday, July 30, 2006 12:01:22 AM
Once again delving into old stuff. He makes very good points like:

A point that many bring up is that empires have always risen and fallen throughout history.  This is partly true, but note that the Roman Empire lasted for over 1000 years after its peak.  Also note that the British Empire never actually collapsed since Britain is still one of the the top seven countries in the world today, and the English language is the most widely spoken in the world.  Britain was merely surpassed by its descendant, with whom it shares a symbiotic relationship.  The US can expect the same if it is finally surpassed, at some point much later than 2030 and probably not before the Technological Singularity, which would make the debate moot.   

Read it, it is good.

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How do we win the GWOT?

Posted by Dawnsblood on Saturday, July 29, 2006 11:53:43 PM
It is old, but I believe Stephen had the best answer. He says:

I fear that before this war ends we shall have to make changes as radical to the majority of Islamic nations, especially the Arab ones. I fear that, because I don't see how this war can end if we don't, unless we are defeated. We can't merely defeat them militarily; I think we have to break their spirit.

He explains it in the context of Imperial Japan and that seems pretty logical to me.

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The road map is dead

Posted by Dawnsblood on Saturday, July 29, 2006 11:29:26 PM
People seem to have problems understanding this. Israel has no partner in the peace process. I am not sure they ever did have a serious partner to work with. A blurb from the above link if you will:

Furthermore, some have argued that the Gaza withdrawal would give Israel greater international support, thus allowing them more leeway with military operations. Given the lopsided UN vote condemning Israel's response this week, it appears that the greater international support only lasted until the shooting started. This is why the UN cannot be allowed to have a significant role in this issue; any significant action Israel takes will be viewed as excessive.

Palestinian society is in need of an intense deradicalization program, but there is no one to impose it. Abbas has not only lost power vis-a-vis Hamas and Syria, he has lost power within his own party, and it is not clear what percentage of the Palestinian Security Services he still controls. An attempt by Israel to forcibly deradicalize the Palestinians as the Allies did after WWII in Germany would lead to the kinds of protest that the U.S. doesn’t need right now.

The Israelis have no choice but to stand and defend itself, it isn't like anyone else will.

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Turkish Troops Enter Iraq

Posted by Dawnsblood on Saturday, July 29, 2006 11:18:02 PM
Turkey looks like it could become a problem. Key paragraph follows:

Gartenstein-Ross more recently reported on an agreement between the US and Turkey that the Turkish military would not enter Iraq without consultation and coordination with the United States. This agreement, if effectuated, would help ensure that Turkish troops did not accidentally end up engaging in fire with non-PKK Kurdish troops or with American troops.

If our Turkish friends aren't following the agreement, they could end up accidentally clashing with US or pro US non-PKK Kurdish troops and they would probably be taught to regret that. 
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Rescuers

Posted by Dawnsblood on Sunday, July 09, 2006 10:45:17 PM
 
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Sunday, July 09, 2006 10:42 PM

This is an incredibly good piece of advice . Don't freeze... transend!

What Rescuers Learned

* Right after an earthquake, nobody's in charge. You self-start, or nothing happens.

* Collect tools!

* If you can smell gas, turn it off.

More at the link.

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Song break

Posted by Dawnsblood on Sunday, July 09, 2006 3:17:11 AM
A tribute to our brave guys and gals.


Link fixed.
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Buchanan is at it again

Posted by Dawnsblood on Sunday, July 09, 2006 2:57:39 AM
Patrick J. Buchanan is talking crazy again . Fair use makes it really hard to cover, but I am going to try. Please read the article at the link first, because I am going to have to be sparse with the quotes.

America drew a red line across Europe and told Moscow not to cross it.

And how was this good? We abandoned the Hungarian people in 1956  and the Czechs in 1968 . In 1981, however we did not abandon the Poles as Pat would have you believe. President Reagan stood with them. As Lech Walesa would put it :

When talking about Ronald Reagan, I have to be personal. We in Poland took him so personally. Why? Because we owe him our liberty. This can't be said often enough by people who lived under oppression for half a century, until communism fell in 1989.

Or this:

Walesa received secret aid from Pope John Paul II, the Reagan administration, and the AFL-CIO in the United States led by Lane Kirkland. The printing press proved to be a more powerful weapon than the sword, as Poland was deluged with books, magazines, newspapers, video documentaries, and radio broadcasts.

Or his famous speech. We finally had a President with the courage to say:

The Polish military leaders and their Soviet backers have shown that they will continue to trample upon the hopes and aspirations of the majority of the Polish people. America cannot stand idly by in the face of these latest threats of repression and acts of repression by the Polish Government.

No Pat, we did not sit idle while Solidarity was smashed on Moscow's orders in 1981.

If that were the only problem I had with your article I still would have called you on it, but you continue:

the non-interventionist policy of Eisenhower and Reagan -- of peace through strength, of staying out of wars where U.S. interests are not imperiled, of keeping one's powder dry unless the United States were attacked

We fought in the War of 1812 , The Korean War , Grenada and Kosovo. You can argue various interests, but not national imperatives. We fought each of these wars on principles.  1812 was because the British were kidnapping Americans, Korea was because the Norks thought they could impose a slave goverment on the whole peninsula, Grenada was about a Cuban backed slave government and a couple hundred American students trapped there and Kosovo was about ethnic cleansing. We certainly weren't attacked and God knows we didn't profit from any of them.

He continues:

Alliances are transmission belts of war. Temporary ones, like the French alliance of 1778 and the NATO alliance of 1949, may be necessary, but a wise republic terminates those entanglements when the crisis is ended.

No Pat, one should not abandon friends and allies just because a threat appears to be gone.  Just say "Thanks for the help when the going was tough, but now that things are cool here I'm gonna cut you loose." That is childish. It is foolish to toss out any goodwill you have gathered over all those years just because a threat has vanished. Yes some allies have proven more trouble than they are worth since the end of the Cold War , (France comes to mind) but many like the UK, Australia, Poland and many others have mostly kept the faith. Do we abandon them?

Pat ends with:

This is not the road on which the Founding Fathers set out, but it is a familiar road, one taken before by every empire in history.

No Pat. I can not think of an Empire that fights a war then leaves Panama independent, or fights Iraq in 1991 and then gives the oil fields back to Kuwait. Maybe it is Grenada when we invaded and subjugated them? Ummm no because we didn't subjugate any one there.  We invaded, beat the bad guys and left. Nice try, Empires don't behave like that. Now please go away.
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Osama is not feeling well

Posted by Dawnsblood on Saturday, July 08, 2006 11:48:48 PM
Osama isn't doing so well.

Osama Bin Laden is ill and invisible, but five years after September 11, 2001, his al-Qaeda movement has become the fulcrum of a global, Islamic resistance against the United States.

Asia Times Online has learned from an operative close to the al-Qaeda leadership that bin Laden languishes on a dialysis machine, in rapidly declining health.

Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.
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Blogroll

Posted by Dawnsblood on Saturday, July 08, 2006 11:11:36 PM
For any that find this, be advised that I am still working on the blogroll.
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Jeff's troubles...

Posted by Dawnsblood on Saturday, July 08, 2006 11:04:31 PM
 The Instapundit has a cool roundup on the hard times Jeff has had over the last 48 hours. Normally I'd just remark that crazy people are everywhere but this woman is supposed to be an adjunct University of Arizona. If I had kids, I know whom I wouldn't want to teach them.

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