"The danger is if they decide to pull up the drawbridge and disengage." -- Tony Blair
" Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen." -- Winston Churchill
"However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results." -- Winston Churchill
"You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else." -- Winston Churchill
“Regimes planted by bayonets do not take root.” -- Ronald Reagan
I can think of several good outcomes if we simply do raise the drawbridge. Starting, of course, with the deportation of the United Nations. "Nobody else wants to deal with the serious issues of the planet? Fine. We were only playing this silly geopolitical game of yours to be good global citizens." If the work of the UN is patently against our interests (and the evidence continues to pile on that it is), we should take the hint, and be happy to go play in our own back yard.
What happens in 2012 when Turkey is overrun by Iran? Will the euro-clowns across the Mediterranean then begin to see the danger? Maybe the only way to prepare Europe is to let it happen. We'll all be better off when the French and the rest of the world have to face and deal with this crisis. They'll be much easier to get along with once they realize that we are not the problem. I'm tired of being the solution to the problem they don't think they have.
We need to be vigilant and respond with urgency to every threat on US person and property. Beyond that, I can count on one hand the number of countries we actually need to protect and support.
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Remember the lessons of Professor Colbert:
"So we must build walls. A wall obviously across the entire southern border. That’s the answer. That may not be enough—maybe a moat in front of it, or a fire-pit. Maybe a flaming moat, filled with fire-proof crocodiles. And we should probably wall off the northern border as well. Keep those Canadians with their socialized medicine and their skunky beer out. And because immigrants can swim, we’ll probably want to wall off the coasts as well. And while we’re at it, we need to put up a dome, in case they have catapults. And we’ll punch some holes in it so we can breathe. Breathe free. It’s time for illegal immigrants to go—right after they finish building those walls. Yes, yes, I agree with me."
My point was that by fighting their wars for them, we are essentially providing a dome for France.
I do like the idea of moats, though.
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