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How many times must
History teach the same lesson? How can Mankind’s ignorance repeatedly wreak
Hell upon the earth? How can a People, with access to more knowledge than any
generation in the history of the world be so blind? Those who study history are
shocked at the abject stupidity of the leaders of the world. Do they know and
move forward regardless? Are they naïve? Are they evil? The answer to these
questions may determine the fate of Mankind. We The People of the freest nation
in the history of human kind will determine the fate of the Earth. Do you
understand this?
I have struggled with
how to present this dilemma. To what extent does my audience understand past
history? Certainly, persistent readers of mine are well versed. A small
percentage of occasional readers are as well. I would venture to say, however,
given the current educational system, a majority of our fellow countrymen have
no clue about the peril posed by the current world leadership on the security
of this world. If we do not reverse the direction of the last few decades, the
conflagration that this world shall endure can only be described as Biblical…perhaps
presciently so.
At the end of World War
II, America emerged as the leader of the free world. Owing to its necessary but
evil collaboration with the Communist Russians to defeat the Nazi’s, America
chose a Cold War in lieu of a shooting war with our very partners in victory. The
victorious general George S. Patton famously encouraged his leaders to start a
war with Russia. In his words, “…we’ll have to fight them eventually. Why don’t
we do it now while we have the army in place?” Whether you agree with his brash
assertion or not, history has shown that he was at least correct in his concern
that Russia was a threat to world peace. 40 years of ‘Cold War’ are presented
as prima fascia evidence. How different would the world be today if righteous
Men had defeated Russia post-WWII? We will never know. What we do know is that
millions have died since in Eastern Europe, Russia, the Balkans, China and
Southeast Asia.
Ronald Reagan, perhaps
the greatest president of recent history sent Marines to Lebanon in 1982 as ‘peacekeepers’
for an ill-advised United Nations (UN) agreement devised to calm a regional conflict
involving Syria, Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia. Regardless if
you believe that this deployment was wise, it was never-the-less an extension
of American power in a volatile region of the world. After many skirmishes the
end result was the bombing of the Marine Barracks in 1983 in which 241 God-fearing
Patriots lost their lives. The American response was disappointing at best. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. John Vessey declared, "It is beneath our dignity to retaliate
against the terrorists who blew up the Marine barracks." I cannot find
the words to describe my disgust at the blatant frivolity of this man’s regard
of my fellow Marines. History confirms my visceral response.
In December of 1992 a most comical
(not in a funny way) landing of Marines on the shores of the African nation of
Somalia was covered by the American media as if it were a weekly reality show.
U.S. Marines had to push reporters and cameramen out of their way as they hit
the shores. These brave men were sent to this little known country, again as ‘peacekeepers’
to facilitate humanitarian aid to starving Somali’s, victims of a regional
conflict. On 25 September of 1993 the famous ‘Black Hawk Down’ incident took
place in which American helicopter pilots were killed and dragged through the
streets of Mogadishu. Ultimately, American forces were removed from Somalia in
one of the most embarrassing episodes in military history.
Both of the aforementioned events
were quoted by none other than Osama bin Laden as an impetus for the attack on
the World Trade Center in 2001. In his words, “…the U.S. response to the Beirut
bombing showed the decline of American power and the weakness of the American
soldier, who is ready to wage cold wars but unprepared to fight long wars. This
was proven in Beirut in 1983, when the Marines fled." The deaths of 2,997 Americans
on September 11, 2001 are directly attributable to the feckless and
irresponsible actions of American Politicians in the face of adversity. How
many have died hence in the misnomed ‘War on Terror’? This blood is not just on
their hands…you elected them!
In
2011 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton bemused, “We came, we saw, he died!” in response to news of
the murder of Libyan leader Mohamar Gaddafi, who had recently agreed to abandon his nuclear ambitions in
response to President George W. Bush’s strength in dealing with terrorists and
the nations that supported them. Subsequently, thanks to Barak Obama’s ‘leading
from behind’ strategy, Libya descended into chaos with terrorist groups vying
for power. This culminated in September 01, 2011 when the American consulate in
Benghazi, Libya was overrun by terrorists who killed the United States ambassador
Chris Stevens whose body was drug through the streets in a victorious if not vile display
of dominance over the United States of America. Since then, Libya has
deteriorated into a regional conflict in which the terrorists control many
venues within the nation. The true body count is unknown to Western bean
counters. The U.S. has done little since to prevent same.
In October of 2011
President Barak Hussein Obama announced that a Status of Forces agreement had
failed to be reached with the Iraqi government, and as such all forces would be
removed from Iraq. The result as we all know was the rise and deplorable reign
of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). What followed is the most
depraved display of human deviance since the Nazi’s of 1940’s
Germany. Christians have been targeted in many countries hence. Again, the true
toll in human lives may never be known.
In 2012 president Barak
Hussein Obama drew a line in the sand. The use of chemical weapons in Syria
would not be tolerated. Chemical weapons were used. Obama did nothing. How many
thousands have died since? American policy of supporting ‘moderate’ rebels has
been so ill-conceived that much of American money and arms have ended up in the
hands of Islamist who have killed thousands of Christians and Kurds, Americans
natural allies. 100’s of thousands have died.
This weak American
policy in the Middle East has led to mass migration of Muslims to European
countries. Liberal Europeans naively accepted these immigrants only to be
exposed to multiple terrorist attacks not to mention the daily attacks on
women, priests and citizens in France, Sweden and Germany etc. Again, the true
toll is unknown and yet to be incurred. Overwhelmed, the Europeans begged the
Americans to accept their ‘fair share’ of these immigrants. As we have seen
recently, we too pay the price for this weakness with attacks in America. How
many will ultimately die due to this stupidity? Time alone will tell. YOU are
to blame. YOU elect these idiots to the highest office in the land. One of the
two nominees for President of the United States of America promises to bring
100’s of thousands of these people to our cities. 60+ million Americans support
her!
I didn't even mention Egypt, where YOUR president supported the Muslim Brotherhood taking over. Only by Gods grace and General Asisi did Egypt escape this peril. If current trends are not reversed the toll in human lives world wide is unfathomable. Weakness, by the ONLY world power dedicated to Liberty and Peace will result in historical death and destruction.
If you will not be strong; Kiss your chains and Die
Quietly.
by: Keith D. Rodebush
