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Originally Posted by Razor
That's too close to the idea behind zero-tolerance/zero-leadership/zero-thinking policies I despise for me to agree, I'm afraid.
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Yeah, I agree, it's fairly harsh...I believe, however, it is the right thing to do, but not necessarily the comfortable, easy, or even realistic thing to do. I wanted to put it out there understanding the inevitable blow-back.
Opposing Hitler with force early - in the mid 30s - was not really doable, either. A little resolve in 1936 may have saved 50 million lives. Generally, when something is REALLY difficult, people only do the right thing when it is absolutely necessary. This was true of the U.S. and the UK in World War II. It is true today. It's the early 30s and I'm saying contain Hitler and Germany's aspirations for global domination with force, if necessary (and, yes force would have been necessary to stop the Nazis in advance of their global quest).
I agree with Mark Steyn - I'm afraid we are at the beginning of an inevitable global political-religious demographic disaster. I'm not sure it can be reversed - slowed YES, but not reversed. The world lacks the fortitude necessary. We can buy some time, but global Islamification seems inevitable to me.
This is all my opinion. It may be zero or little tolerance for a growing global fascist system, but I think being resolved for specific actions when it is appropriate is not an abandonment of leadership - It is the ultimate form of leadership; albeit, lonely leadership - In the West, though, leadership can never be lonely since it is democratic - democratic leadership can only be applied via consensus (a weakness of democracy since it fails to confront threats early). The problem is the West has become weak and indolent - It has lost its stomach for confronting evil - Yes, in this observer's view Islam is evil. I would agree I may be over-the-top extreme, but I don't think so. Extreme threats demand extreme responses. We're heading into a violent age of seeming chaos and
extreme is not necessarily extreme anymore.
Zero thinking - Hmmm...Well, I am thinking, I can assure you. Many folks are thinking deeply about these things all the time - My argument is with the quality of the thinking. My family thinks I think too much. For those of us young enough to see how the next two or three decades unfold, history will show us just how relevant this thinking is. I believe the West as we know it doesn't have much more than 30 years unless we respond strongly in the next five to ten years against the dark tides moving against us.
It may take something horrible to wake us up. God help us.
Three Soldier Dad...Chuck
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