tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post6090374824589433645..comments2024-03-28T07:48:39.396-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: ISIS and its handmaidensNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-5722020343874326122015-11-18T18:48:40.100-06:002015-11-18T18:48:40.100-06:00TE-The Germans and Italians in AMerica in WWII wer...TE-The Germans and Italians in AMerica in WWII weren't the threats that the terrorists are now or that the Japanese were then on our shores or our territory. <br /><br />Now WWI was different and Germans were picked on here and words changed.<br /><br />Heck even the Brit. monarchs wanted to change their name.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-69929489682670272572015-11-18T18:46:50.625-06:002015-11-18T18:46:50.625-06:00And you think Jesus meant let yourself get blown u...And you think Jesus meant let yourself get blown up???? that's not quite just the other cheek is it<br /><br />And since when did you become a bible quote guy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-41561857534441900592015-11-16T17:32:52.259-06:002015-11-16T17:32:52.259-06:00good point, Stangood point, StanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-51858980879011307872015-11-16T17:31:52.670-06:002015-11-16T17:31:52.670-06:00Never mind, Scribe, you were talking to someone el...Never mind, Scribe, you were talking to someone else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-50312641927072499522015-11-16T14:36:49.566-06:002015-11-16T14:36:49.566-06:00Well said, Eashtov. Well said, Eashtov. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-11134567870935218802015-11-16T14:25:04.978-06:002015-11-16T14:25:04.978-06:00Sorry to disappoint but just returned from a brief...Sorry to disappoint but just returned from a brief trip, Bitter. And that's a disappointing response from you, usually I like your posts. If someone doesn't agree with your point of view, doesn't mean they don't get out much or read a lot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-91079719200150347272015-11-15T16:05:11.307-06:002015-11-15T16:05:11.307-06:00You must not get out much.You must not get out much.Bitter Scribenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-66056867920827483692015-11-15T14:14:42.677-06:002015-11-15T14:14:42.677-06:00Actually, it speaks of the number "at risk fo...Actually, it speaks of the number "at risk for becoming radicals." Those are the ones to be concerned about, in addition those who are currently terrorists. Coeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06130250489695215525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-55940755298453441142015-11-15T13:57:45.865-06:002015-11-15T13:57:45.865-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.eashtovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15270513385083767093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-90597857806738678052015-11-15T10:33:22.675-06:002015-11-15T10:33:22.675-06:00"That's where PC gets in the way and is u..."That's where PC gets in the way and is used against us." Leaving the rest of it aside, "Love your enemies" is not and has never been PC. It's a radical idea. Which is part of why it has so infrequently actually been practiced in this supposedly Christian nation.<br /><br />LOL, Sandy!Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-36032146672068690322015-11-15T09:24:21.346-06:002015-11-15T09:24:21.346-06:00Not to suggest that ISIS is not an evil and danger...Not to suggest that ISIS is not an evil and dangerous force. Coeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06130250489695215525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-52657384175123097312015-11-15T09:22:21.363-06:002015-11-15T09:22:21.363-06:00ISIS is an Islamic organization in the same sense ...ISIS is an Islamic organization in the same sense that the Westboro Baptist Church and the Ku Klux Klan are Christian organizations. <br /><br />"Stats I've heard" is not a very reliable basis for your figure. This article suggests a much lower figure: http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Security-Watch/terrorism-security/2015/0113/How-many-Muslim-extremists-are-there-Just-the-facts-pleaseCoeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06130250489695215525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-11154102910121357232015-11-15T08:55:41.165-06:002015-11-15T08:55:41.165-06:00The moral universe implied by this column i.e., ma...<br />The moral universe implied by this column i.e., making terrorists morally equivalent to haters, is breathtakingly absurd and dangerous. It cheapens and trivializes the important conversation that really is necessary. <br /><br />First off we must name the Evil that is. The scourge of political correctness and its self appointed enforcers, the language police, make this unnecessarily difficult for too many of us. We must call a spade a shovel. We can't change what we don't first acknowledge (h/t Dr. Phil for the last two sentences).<br /><br />The terror in Paris was wrought by a violent and virulent strain of Islam; one the values death as much as Westerners value life. Even if only 5% of all Muslims are supporters of this ideology (stats I've heard give a higher %), that's over 50 million people! <br /><br />What to do is always the question. This is without question a clash of civilizations. This is about confronting and defeating today's equivalent of the Nazism of my parents' generation. Hopefully world leadership will find a way to do what must be done just as world leaders did 70+ years ago with many countries and their people united behind folks like my dad and many other women and men around the globe. God help us all. <br /><br />Jordaneashtovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15270513385083767093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-51016897431085163912015-11-14T22:41:28.500-06:002015-11-14T22:41:28.500-06:00Cant rationalize with suicide loving terrorists an...Cant rationalize with suicide loving terrorists anymore than one could with the kamikaze back in the day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-53088562971483706942015-11-14T22:35:43.806-06:002015-11-14T22:35:43.806-06:00evil or insane, irrational killers?
true about not...evil or insane, irrational killers?<br />true about not reasoning with fanaticsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-80855536148585746242015-11-14T22:08:42.348-06:002015-11-14T22:08:42.348-06:00We have a young family member in Paris right now. ...We have a young family member in Paris right now. Fortunately, he and his girlfriend are fine. I think we have to recognize that this radical Islam movement is not rational. It is evil. We don't see pure evil in our daily lives so we can't believe it's possible. It is. Unfortunately, I believe we have a US leadership who'd rather try to finnesse it than meet it head on. You can't reason with fanatics. I think these attacks are going to get worse. God bless us all.StanPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-85177215957240339382015-11-14T21:07:30.513-06:002015-11-14T21:07:30.513-06:00An enigma at such an age, respectfully. Most are m...An enigma at such an age, respectfully. Most are more conservative by that time. Were you by any chance a hippy or draft card burner, Mr? If you were an adult from a time before that then it really is perplexing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-42625109698549069292015-11-14T19:20:02.981-06:002015-11-14T19:20:02.981-06:00The old “don’t give in to the terrorists or they w...The old “don’t give in to the terrorists or they win” cliche. That’s all you got right now? Hack.<br />Seen any conservative “handmaidens” dancing in the streets about this yet? Still waiting for one of these posts on a current event or social issue where you don’t set up the right wing nut job straw man so you can knock it down. <br />Geez, write another book already. I will pen the NYT review, pan it, then you can get all butt hurt and whiny again. That is at least funny stuff to read.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-70345730540631011132015-11-14T17:50:00.922-06:002015-11-14T17:50:00.922-06:003:01 is definitely different.3:01 is definitely different.anonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-79587205594671424982015-11-14T17:17:31.298-06:002015-11-14T17:17:31.298-06:00It was a shameful episode, partly motivated by gre...It was a shameful episode, partly motivated by greed and racism. Many of the internees lost their property to white Americans. We didn't intern Germans or Italians. And only a handful of the many Japanese living in Hawaii. I later came to know two of the families and they were as American as I am, with no ties to Japan.<br /><br />And you do know I assume that the 4442nd Regimental Combat Team, which fought in Italy and southern France and was made up entirely of Nisei was the most decorated unit for its size and length of service in the history of the U.S. Army. <br /><br />Tom EvansAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-48785445804004151412015-11-14T17:01:31.845-06:002015-11-14T17:01:31.845-06:00Speaking strictly for myself, Anonymous 3:01, it m...Speaking strictly for myself, Anonymous 3:01, it matters not what the mad bombers and shooters care about. I think it's futile to concern ourselves with what they believe in, since we all have our own opinions on such matters and have no way of controlling what they may or may not be learning in school and planning. We can, though, try to be better than they are and not fill ourselves with hate. Forgive me if that sounds naive.SandyKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-82883568746708258272015-11-14T16:49:40.216-06:002015-11-14T16:49:40.216-06:00But you forgot to let us know: Is the Anonymous at...But you forgot to let us know: Is the Anonymous at 3:57 the same Anonymous at 3:50? SandyKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-83270047557603380712015-11-14T15:57:48.021-06:002015-11-14T15:57:48.021-06:00And what a crock about everyone putting up these r...And what a crock about everyone putting up these red/white & blue fb banners. After all they are not just France's colors but ours and Great Britains. Like all the hoopla after Charlie Hebdo. And then what? Was the terror problem solved or laying candles and flowers. We and much of the west are stupid, sitting ducks. Now lets continue to tout our high minded intellectualism and humanitarianism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-71820908156998349542015-11-14T15:50:31.930-06:002015-11-14T15:50:31.930-06:00"pretty to think so" as some say...good ..."pretty to think so" as some say...good phrase<br /><br />Does anyone really thing our lofty ideals, candles or some think prayers alone will stop groups like ISIS and turn them into loving folk? I laugh myself silly at some of the drivel on FB of slogans of how love will stop all and lets love these folks and all will be well. Let's walk on eggshells for them. They take advantage of that soft soap...Maybe Putin can handle them better than we can and let's hope the French aren't all talk in their claims to be ruthless. That's where PC gets in the way and is used against us. The terrorists must really think we are a soft touch. Perhaps the ones that are jailed will ask for special halal meals. Bacon anyone?<br /><br />You gotta love extreme liberal, guilt, especially from those that live in nice, safe place. I don't care for fundamentalists but one can say more against them here then dare mention the M word. Oh I know-soon the blog master will come and say that someone is playing hurt martyr.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-68346947437641456412015-11-14T15:40:11.321-06:002015-11-14T15:40:11.321-06:00Groups like ISIS don't want western interferen...Groups like ISIS don't want western interference in their neck of the woods. As long as that happens we will be targets in the west. It's not just about their not liking our society. Makes one wonder if isolationism is the key... even if that wasn't a good idea in the 1920's and 30's. To say nothing of the same soldiers having to serve more than one tour. Get a draft reinstated and watch how some will protest for full withdrawal of our forces from those hellholes. If only the Oil Barons, Gov't leaders, arms makers and Industrialists and their offspring would be the ones to fight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com