Being career Army Reserves myself I can appreciate what you have to say. My peers are always saying “let’s get the job done and over with”. It is politics that get in the way.

IF WE ARE GOING TO BOTHER WITH THESE INTERNATIONAL NEANDERTHALS THEN DO IT RIGHT. There is a differnce between a Wooden Club and an M16. There is a difference between a catapult and a stealth Bomber. WE bought all of these toys for our military. Use them correctly and then get out. Remind the Third World that we can retaliate and be effective in the process.

While I agree with many thoughts you have expressed in your article, I heavily disagree with two points:

point 1: the use of nukes:

I am shocked that you advocate the use of nukes.

How about the following alternative:

If the US-government comes to the conclusion that it or a former government started a war which the US-government shouldn’t have started at first, then the logical conclusion is to get out of it, by getting out of there, by withdrawing all military force as quickly as logistically possible.

If communicated correctly, this will be regarded as a sign of strength.

point 2: the argumentation “they hate us anyways”:

This is black-and-white thinking which is usually a sign of psychological illness. ( Narcissism, Borderline or similar conditions ).

In your case I don’t think it is a sign of illness, but I guess that you fell victim of black-and-white thinking propaganda of former US-governments, especially the one led by George W. Bush, i.e., Mr “You are either for us or against us”.

My impression about worldwide feelings towards the US is as follows:

- There is a tiny minority of extremist groups who hate the US.

- Most people worldwide like the US. But they criticize some actions of the US-government. Especially they criticize those wars which you fortunately wrote that the US-government should not have started at first.

This is constructive criticism which comes out of love for all citizens of planet earth, including the US people.

Especially, my impression is that most people worldwide admire the US for its (still) relatively high amount of freedom for the individual and for its prosperity, and they see it as a positive example to be imitated.

But as everywhere, there is some tiny minority of the extreme left, who just happens to be very loud, and therefore appears to be much larger than it is, who suffer from the GAVEC illness and really do hate the US for prosperity and freedom. But that’s a tiny minority.

Don’t listen to the loud extremists. ( whatever insane ideology they have. )

Listen to the silent majority of people worldwide

* who just lead normal lives,

* who speak through their actions and not through their voices,

* who will as happily start a friendship with a US-citizen than with everybody else,

* who happily do business with US-businesses, both as customers and vendors,

* who are as much against the abuse of government force by any government, just as you and most US-citizens are against the abuse of government force,

* …

- Of course, most people worldwide can and do differentiate between the US people and the US government.

Best wishes to you,

Chris

P.S. I am not a US citizen and I don’t live in the US, so I have at least some authority to say something meaningful about feelings of people from outside of the US towards the US people and the US government.

P.P.S. If the US were to use nukes, I am pretty sure that the feelings of people worldwide towards the US would shift dramatically. In that case, most of the 6 billion people worldwide would see the US as a severly sick nation and/or having a severely out of control government.

I informed her (my Jewish psychotherapist edified me) that this was happening right now…today under our noses.
HITLER MODE OF OPERATION: Make ‘em feel guilty…plant the intended suggestion…So

If you query the wisdom of the dilution AND EVENTUAL REPLACEMENT of the European Christian influence on the US by a multi-cultural mish mash…you are deemed a “racist”…with punitive career consequences.

Ditto…you are a homophobe…

As always, nutritional food for self reflective thought and personal inventory.

I believe that we can each take personal responsibility for ourselves, regardless of the ongoing decline in values, morals, and self disciple in the nation as a whole. Yet, it seems to my perceptions that the odds against making such a dramatic turnaround without the United States having to experience the slow drawn out morass and chronic pain and suffering of a complete eventual collapse are against us. Most people are losing ground and floundering and do not want to treat the cause because they’re being offered palliative promises to continue their unsustainable lifestyles. The American people and those people we elect (who are a reflection of our now standard decadence, not defined or accepted as “decadence” ) are looking for short term solutions to continue the American “Feel Good Express” racing down the track with the champagne and caviar cars crammed with denialists and fools trying to get their last thrills on the way to the only subliminally recognized national cemetery. The conscious extrapolation of the future is so frightening to most, that they repress and deny what is apparent to those
who actively seek the unvarnished truth.

The ‘Rule Of Holes’ analogy has always been a favorite of mine, as it makes absolute common sense. Yet, obsessive compulsive people cannot refrain from their continued digging. Their maladaptive coping strategies have been implanted, developed, and encouraged into the accepted national lifestyle during the still ongoing age of reckless hedonism and personal lack of restraint. Too many Americans presently engage in any and all immediate gratification activities as these are all societally accepted as “the norm”. It’s believed by too many that the lessons of the past, simply do not apply to the United States. Damn the torpedoes of massively unsustainable personal debt and the floundering of the endemically corrupted ship of state. The fatalistic dangers we are facing as a society and nation are all hidden in plain sight, and yet so few people are willing to speak up and go against the trance cowed crowd in what amounts to a hypnotized mob mentality. The manipulative U.S. politicians then sing and play to the mob to continue the illusion of competence and eventual stability and unfortunately, most citizens are all ears.

These same politicians promise that all will eventually be prosperous again, without the expanding massive balloon note coming due for what we’ve over consumed,with the accruing price tag being paid for the transgressions already committed. These cultural and financial transgressions are still being embraced as acceptable. Mainstream America has eaten the lotus fruit offered by secular seductionists in believing that people can achieve prosperity without sacrifice and self discipline. This is why I believe too many Americans can no longer clearly discern reality from fantasy. Reality hurts sometimes and is always fatal when the linear time line runs it’s course. The lonely quest is for integrity and a more profound meaning in life over being merely “entertained”. I agree that this solitary quest has to be maintained on a strictly personal basis by those who can still face what is and for what it actually is. This is solely for the sake of an individual’s peaceful clear conscience in the face of a society that has long since surrendered it’s ability to think objectively and be rationally judgmental in what current actions, or inactions, portend for the future.

“This above all,—to thine own self be true;
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.”

These above sentiments expressed in ‘Hamlet’, were true in Shakespeare’s time, as they are true today. We must first and foremost be true to ourselves, but it’s imperative that one initially understands the difference between right and wrong. The matrix of societal values has become jumbled and chaotic in the pervading environment of amorality. The dividing line between what is good and what is evil has become blurred , if not totally eradicated.

There was a book out a few years ago entitled ‘Sissy Nation’ by John Strausbaugh that illustrated how America went from a country of stoic and formidable individualists into a nation of pampered narcissistic wimps in the span of less than perhaps 50 years. Our egos have been over inflated. As in the recent manifestation of real estable bubbles, we are experiencing “ego bubbles” caused by the hypnotic trance of the secularist’s hedonistic promises and the unquestioning accepting of those seductive lies. Now for the majority of people to break free from the spell, it appears to my prognosis that the current downward macro cycle we are all in, has to inevitably take it’s course until the mental, physical, and financial suffering brings a sufficient number of lost people back to their reason and senses. Only at that critical turning point, will America willingly embrace the long established virtues in the values of humility, frugal financial stability, and lifestyle simplicity.

Correct me if I’m wrong please Robert but from the above excerpt, are you saying that “diversity and multiculturalism” is a bad thing?

Thanks.

Andy

My guess is that the public response to the above statement will be to send Mr. Ringer a small mountain of hate mail for Christmas.

All hyperbole put aside, nuclear war very nearly occurred during the 2001-2002 standoff between India and Pakistan. It shows how tenuous the situation was and is. Most Americans don’t know it, but Pakistan is undergoing a civil war right now; therefore, that “nice, neat string of nuclear bombs” might still get dropped and fulfill somebody’s Christmas wish. Yes, they just may all nuke themselves off sometime in the foreseeable future.

If President Washington were alive now, then he would understand that America has a greater power than it’s nuclear weapons. That power is found in the Constitution. All America need do is start abiding by the Constitution and applying the wisdom of President Washington and the other founding fathers. Then America would be a superpower fueled by freedom.

Metaphorically speaking, America is nuking itself in the foot with it’s current foreign policy.

I wholeheartedly agree with Mr. Ringer’s statement that the only way in which we straighten out America is to straighten out ourselves as individuals first.

Approximately 2000 years ago, a wise carpenter and subsistence farmer by the name of Jesus spoke the same type of wisdom: “Hypocrite! First extract the rafter from your own eye, and then you will see clearly how to extract the straw from your brothers.”

Jesus was a straightforward leader wasn’t he? So different than our current leaders. For example, what politician would ever stand up to the masses of people and tell them what is the matter with them and get it right? None.

Jesus was in a class all by himself.

Happy holidays and a happy new year to all.

There is the old story about a Preacher holding a revival meeting under a big tent. While preaching the Gospel of salvation an old boy stood up and yelled “I don’t believe a word of it.”

Well, the preacher encouraged all in attendance to pray that the old boy would drop dead by the end of the service.
Apparently the naysayer wasn’t quite honest because he ran off yelling “Don’t you do it.”
It is written “He that hath faith the size of a grain of a mustard seed can remove mountains.”
And the dust cleared and the people said, “Amen.”

Actually, we don’t “bestow” rights on anyone. Our “rights” are gifts to us as individuals from a higher source. The proper role of government under our Constitution is to protect the rights of sovereign individuals – citizen or no. It’s what differentiates us from the rest of the world, and made the USA a shining beacon of freedom for decades.

Our forefathers fought, bled, and died, from Saratoga to Omaha Beach to preserve those rights. Protecting the fundamental rights of the individual – no matter how loathsome that may seem to us at times, sends the most powerful message to the rest of the world:

“This is who we are.”

And sometimes that means defending the undefendable.

That’s our strength, our uniqueness, our promise.

I’m a big fan, Robert. Been one for 30 years. But you are totally wrong on this one.

You’ve inspired me for the past 30 years, I started reading you as a teenager. As always, you are right on the money.

We as INDIVIDUALS absolutely MUST become the best we can become, in all areas of our lives. It is only then that we can accomplish what needs done to take our lives and our country back.

Thank you Robert for keeping it simple and real.

With all of my heart, I give thanks for you.

Mr Twenty Twenty

That guy who actually did change his name to the number of perfect vision, because YOU living YOUR VISION perfectly matters!

http://www.2020unleashed.com

We have no business policing the world when we haven’t put our own house in order. Just as in personal relationships, we all have baggage. No one is qualified to carry another person’s baggage until they’ve learned how to handle their own. The money spend on: foreign nation-building (which always seems to result in nation-destroying); foreign aid (didn’t we learn back in kindergarten that you can’t buy friends?); the UN, (where our enemies have voting rights equal to our own), etc; could go a long way toward rebuilding this nation, aiding our own small businesses, and creating friendships around the globe simply by minding our own business.

I said I agreed with you 99%. What is the other 1%? I can’t condone dropping bombs on anyone. We don’t have that right (and it is not conducive to making friends).