tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post8407399256565572634..comments2024-03-28T01:33:22.764-04:00Comments on The DiploMad 2.0: Yearning for the Bush LeagueDiploMadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02316439950882822419noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-67358075418004665002014-01-26T19:39:21.895-05:002014-01-26T19:39:21.895-05:00Any comments Mr Amselem for folks Down Under?
http...Any comments Mr Amselem for folks Down Under?<br />http://www.nationalreview.com/article/368971/obamas-recessional-victor-davis-hanson<br /><br />And you also promised in the new year to post on why the USA with so much treasure and brains (thinktanks, universities, relevant immigrants, State Dept, CIA, NSA, etc) can get its foreign interventions so wrong/bad/ineffective/counterproductive e.g.Afghanistan, Iraq, Egypt, Syria.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-23691651536430640332014-01-21T18:17:15.213-05:002014-01-21T18:17:15.213-05:00All over the world, the current Administration of ...All over the world, the current Administration of the United States, separating itself from the American Constitution, Declaration, and the underpinning of the Judeo-Christian Ethos, is deliberately acting with policies that further Collectivist policies. <br /><br />When I think of Israel, of the Middle East itself, I am enveloped by a sense of the sheer magnitude of all that has come to us from that profoundly prolific arena wherein Western Civilization was born and the great monotheistic Fountainhead was first given to us. So much promise; so much potential for disaster. I am haunted by Eric Hoffer’s words: “I have a premonition that will not leave me; as it goes with Israel so will it go with all of us. Should Israel perish, the Holocaust will be upon us all.”<br /><br />When I was about 10, I read “Seven Pillars Of Wisdom” T. E. Lawrence’s tale of his Middle East adventure as “Lawrence of Arabia”. It was one of the hundreds of books that had found their way into our home and, as usual, I filled a spiral notebook with passages I thought were particularly striking. The one I have had most reason to recall throughout my life is: “All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible.” <br /><br />Some Dreamers of the Day founded America, built great hospitals, created the Internet, developed vaccines for smallpox and polio, liberated people, brightening the future. These Dreamers were and are dangerous to those who would cage the human spirit. Others, whose Dreams are Nightmares, are destroying America, threatening the functioning of hospitals, trying to censor communications, discouraging innovation, turning the force of the government against their opposition, darkening the future in every way possible. They are dangerous to those who prize our God-given rights, and to the austere government model and the policies that would protect them and expand them worldwide.<br /><br />For all the public strutting and fretting, the Progressive’s actual machinations are behind the scenes. Henri Amiel said that: “Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be outraged by silence.” Surely there is a silence of actions as well as a silence of words. To those who support Israel, to those who would advance the cause of Liberty throughout the world, the silences of the Obama administration’s policies are deafening.<br /><br />Minta Marie Morze<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-42963070795631914142014-01-21T17:35:30.065-05:002014-01-21T17:35:30.065-05:00Mio Cid, El Campeador! --Re the comment about Ga...Mio Cid, El Campeador! --Re the comment about Gates. Only wish I knew how to do the upside exclamation pointKephahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00999385775493831638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-14491869771726564752014-01-21T15:40:57.180-05:002014-01-21T15:40:57.180-05:00On his Monday radio program, conservative talk sho...On his Monday radio program, conservative talk show host Mark Levin reacted to President Barack Obama's remarks about football and not allowing his son to play football if he had one: <br /><br />"So he wouldn't let his son play football -– this pretend son that he has," Levin said. "It's like Jimmy Stewart with the pretend rabbit. Well let me tell you something Mr. President -- I wouldn't let my son be an ambassador under you. I’d much rather that he played football."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-18479712853899819502014-01-20T23:08:16.388-05:002014-01-20T23:08:16.388-05:00Having to listen to how Obama ended the war, put A...Having to listen to how Obama ended the war, put AQ on the run, saved Detroit, solved Syria, etc. makes me feel like I'm living in the Twilight Zone. I don't remember being offered the red pill, but it's clear most people took the blue one. Anyway, appreciate your words and hope you feel better soon. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-91666536006818230592014-01-20T19:40:48.666-05:002014-01-20T19:40:48.666-05:00West does seem reasonably legit. If he appeared s...West does seem reasonably legit. If he appeared serious, I might support him... fwiw<br />A good president has to be popular... likable enough to get a bunch of the center behind him to win an election, and all this without going RINO.<br />Democrats have an easier time speaking out of both sides of their mouths, unfortunately... like Obama "I'm going to close gitmo... wait...", "I'm going to win in Iraq and Afghanistan.... wait...", "I don't support gay marriage... wait...", "I don't support legalizing marijuana... wait...".<br />And they call Romney a flip-flopper?<br /><br />- reader #1482Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-79734384038502796422014-01-20T14:13:46.271-05:002014-01-20T14:13:46.271-05:00Nice to see another Englishman on the blog, though...Nice to see another Englishman on the blog, though I haven't come across the term "limey" in many years. The Bush years were indeed problematic and some lingering perceptions were hostile media created. Though our US Constitution is a fine document, we here do not view it as a suicide pact in the face of a murderous reality. <br /><br />Hope you drop in here often among us scribblers.whitewallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03469746790747742992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-67112087773386829582014-01-20T13:56:04.163-05:002014-01-20T13:56:04.163-05:00Excellent blog. I am a regular reader and occasio...Excellent blog. I am a regular reader and occasional commenter. Some days I breeze the header and move on. I am either just too sad or too angry. Like you I had resolved to deal with my pessimism in the new year. This quickly ended when I realized that it was not so much pessimism, but honesty in the face on the onslaught of reality of Barack Obama and his marauders.<br /><br />Thanks for all you do. Feel better.<br /><br /><br />pmcAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-73057569137378126992014-01-20T12:37:46.843-05:002014-01-20T12:37:46.843-05:00Mr Mad. Interesting your comments regarding GW Bu...Mr Mad. Interesting your comments regarding GW Bush. Seen from outside (I'm a f@@king Limey) he looked a very poor president. He did a tremendous amount to increase the size and cost of the state and initiated a wholesale power grab/invasion of privacy which has been continued by Obama. <br /><br />His so-called war on tourism is a ridiculous concept, allied to a dangerous and wholesale ignoral of basic human rights, which are there for a reason. To ignore your wonderful constitution in such an egregious manner is not acceptable.<br /><br />The perception is he was a puppet run for the benefit of a clique of bigwigs in the military-industrial complex, and nothing that has ever been said or done has diminished this impression. That said he was fortunate to have a team of advisors who, in their cynicism and greed, were at least competent, and so the presidency was able to give a much better illusion of competence than the hapless Obama.<br /><br />In fact their competence in extracting money from working America and placing in the overstuffed wallets of a few well connected individuals in Washington and environs at the moderate cost of 4000 of America's finest killed, heaven only knows how many maimed physically and mentally, and hundreds of thousands of dead towel heads.<br /><br />Bush was dangerous and Obama is dangerously incompetent - not sure which was worse, but the outcomes are good for NO ONE.<br /><br />Keep it up Mr Mad, your blog is a daily read, and I agree with you on I think everything else except GW Bush.cuffleyburgersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-32704389364057350932014-01-20T08:49:28.790-05:002014-01-20T08:49:28.790-05:00Kepha?
Just on the offchance you happen to revisi...Kepha?<br /><br />Just on the offchance you happen to revisit here. A post has appeared elsewhere. Though this post seems primarily intended to put the kibosh on assertions made by the NYTs David Kirkpatrick - there's loads of clickable links leading to - in my humble opinion, an inescapable conclusion.<br /><br />http://malcolmpollack.com/2014/01/19/the-new-york-times-and-benghazi/<br /><br />ArkieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-65272059607793016782014-01-20T08:48:03.647-05:002014-01-20T08:48:03.647-05:00Your presentation would have been a good one if yo...Your presentation would have been a good one if your post here is any indication. In certain gatherings, causing a few heart attacks and some ruffled feathers is a good thing and probably over due. Maybe next time. Russia is not as you point out, our ally. They are experiencing what was termed "white AQ" located in the Balkans and the Caucasus regions. <br /><br />Isn't it, in your experience, accurate to say that we are all fighting the tactic of terrorism, which the radicals refer to as "jihad", but the underlying cancer behind all this is Sharia? whitewallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03469746790747742992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-1238684887131649292014-01-20T07:12:02.712-05:002014-01-20T07:12:02.712-05:00Last evening I found myself uncomfortably listenin...Last evening I found myself uncomfortably listening to some very uninformed "historically speaking" wannabe foreign policy/social policy experts offering disjointed harangues as to why, "Sochi is an excellent place/opportunity to take on Putin and at the same time, enlighten those mean Russians on the excellences of our agenda."<br /><br />And now I find I can't sleep. I too find myself Yearning for the Bush League - not so keen on regretting either of our retiring from Iraq or not soon enough retiring from Afghanistan though.<br /><br />I rather, find myself not so vaguely discomfited at the ignorance of pols out for votes, willing to push Putin in the name of LGBT, cough-cough, "values."<br /><br />I wanted to scream, "Don't you guys [two ladies too] know the Russian law does not criminalize the behavior rather what the law does is it forbids propagandizing to children! Why, I'd bet if the US population at large were to be given an opportunity to vote on the same law, it would pass by a Duck Dynasty Majority!"<br /><br />I had to sit through some stupidly inane observations as to how "We enlightened Americans have a much better way of handling terrorists so that if we were doing this Olympics in Sochi there wouldn't be any threat to security." (As if, if Americans were doing an Olympics we'd be holding games anywhere near the Caucuses.)<br /><br />I was supposed to get up to a podium and give a presentation. I lied and told my hosts I was experiencing chest pains and thought maybe I should drive to the hospital - I'm pretty sure nobody who was there reads Diplomad. At least I hope.<br /><br />I did have a talk prepared though I think had I given it - I likely would've caused a few heart attacks. I was gonna speak on one Shamil Basayev.<br /><br />What? Nobody here has heard of him either?<br /><br /><i>When President Bush congratulated Putin on Basayev’s death, he only made a partial point—one missed by many in Moscow and Washington: America and Russia do cooperate on Islamist terrorism, but that does not mean they are allies, friends, or engaged in a common global struggle. The very fact that a Basayev, a self-defined terrorist, attracted so many Europe-based (or born) Muslims, as well as Saudi/Gulf and Jordanian (among others) helpers and volunteers, also suggests that any local cause could easily be hijacked by global jihadism, whether in Grozny, New York, London, or Kashmir. For we are in a global war.</i><br /><br />http://www.fpri.org/enotes/20060714.russia.radu.shamilbasayevdeath.html<br /><br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-71719922764082003662014-01-20T02:09:50.792-05:002014-01-20T02:09:50.792-05:00" the abandonment of of our hard-fought victo...<i>" the abandonment of of our hard-fought victories in Iraq and Afghanistan"</i><br /><br />Why did you have to go and add this and ruin an otherwise very fine case? I might have let Iraq pass but adding Afcrapistan is a Trillion Dollar Bridge too far. <br /><br />BTW, if something is an actual victory, it should stand on it own, not fall apart like some piece of you-know-what just about as soon as the cast or molding is removed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-13424290544309004612014-01-20T00:24:14.800-05:002014-01-20T00:24:14.800-05:00Seems to me the Diplomad was looking for a candida...Seems to me the Diplomad was looking for a candidate to restore some sense of dignity to the post of president and somebody who believed in US exceptionalism. I suggested one, how about you giving it a try?<br />The idea that the candidate needs to be an "experienced politician" is a relatively new one, and really has not served you well in the last half century. Kennedy onwards. Seems to me they thought Reagan was not up to the job either.<br />As to real conservatives doing no better than Romney, that is probably related to them being starved of funding by the RINO establishment.<br />But feel free to ignore me I don't even have a vote, luckily I live in a country that supports Israel, and understands what is happening in the Middle East.<br />Vote for, support and work for West and you could possibly say the same. Support a RINO, keep voting for trillion-dollar-a-year increases in debt, and watching your neighbours become unemployed so you can pay for his families healthcare too. Your choice my friend.Cascadiannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-24406940518903713832014-01-19T23:33:10.149-05:002014-01-19T23:33:10.149-05:00Professer Brigadier Sir Hew Francis Anthony Strach...Professer Brigadier Sir Hew Francis Anthony Strachan<br />Has made quite an impression before he is gone<br />Not only, he says, does The One want to do less<br />But, not to put too fine a point upon it by half, he is utterly clueless<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-27750262311991139972014-01-19T23:24:10.227-05:002014-01-19T23:24:10.227-05:00Alas, Mr. Front, Mr. Kerry does have consistent pr...Alas, Mr. Front, Mr. Kerry does have consistent principles. I mean, in addition to marrying rich widows. He is a man of the (fairly extreme) left.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-80969511191972809332014-01-19T23:20:59.908-05:002014-01-19T23:20:59.908-05:00Cascadian, I regret to say that "real conserv...Cascadian, I regret to say that "real conservatives" did no better in 2012 than RINO squishes. What does that tell us?<br /><br />I like West too, but he isn't an experienced politician which (alas) the president must be. As we see from the incumbent, it isn't an entry-level position.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-44700332745406077612014-01-19T20:52:15.270-05:002014-01-19T20:52:15.270-05:00I like West but he has no chance of election. I ho...I like West but he has no chance of election. I hope you enjoy President Hillary.Michael Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18127450762129879267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-39095424906772469102014-01-19T19:24:17.906-05:002014-01-19T19:24:17.906-05:00Not sure the Sydney Opera House would be big enoug...Not sure the Sydney Opera House would be big enough AlphaDavid from Oznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-59878953062221981202014-01-19T19:22:33.707-05:002014-01-19T19:22:33.707-05:00Former lieutenant colonel Allen West. He would res...Former lieutenant colonel Allen West. He would restore dignity to the tattered remains of the republican party and the once-great USA.<br /><br />Mitt is a RINO, real conservatives did not and will not vote for him.Cascadiannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-84724303396094617372014-01-19T18:36:25.948-05:002014-01-19T18:36:25.948-05:00Hi, Ozzie.
I could fill Sydney Opera House with t...Hi, Ozzie.<br /><br />I could fill Sydney Opera House with the old adages of which The One appears to be unaware. In fact, I'd rather like to.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-40873450703538622022014-01-19T15:17:23.533-05:002014-01-19T15:17:23.533-05:00The movie is on Netflix.The movie <a href="http://theweek.com/article/index/255128/mitt-on-netflix-a-knight-errant-in-an-age-of-political-cynicism" rel="nofollow"> is on Netflix</a>.Michael Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18127450762129879267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-64424976024584218842014-01-19T14:20:45.079-05:002014-01-19T14:20:45.079-05:00Maureen Dowd, the ageing in place scribbler. I did...Maureen Dowd, the ageing in place scribbler. I didn't know there was a Mitt movie. I agree that Mitt redux would be far better than His Rotundity the governor of NJ. Ditto Walker as VP....or vice versa.whitewallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03469746790747742992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-69068350095979632232014-01-19T14:16:27.296-05:002014-01-19T14:16:27.296-05:00Professor Sir Hew Strachan
Is an military histori...Professor Sir Hew Strachan<br /><br />Is an military historian and advisor to the UK Ministry of Defence.<br /><br />I would not take much from this guy. Military Historians' are good at telling you how past battles were lost, not how future one can be won.<br /><br />And given the quality of our very Senior Officers, I can only assume that this man has said more than we wish to hear.Mr. Mordenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11658818033526024457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-69143198095239001902014-01-19T14:05:30.283-05:002014-01-19T14:05:30.283-05:00There is more talk about this, especially since th...There is more talk about this, especially since the new movie "Mitt" is out this weekend. Maureen Dowd <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/19/opinion/sunday/dowd-peeling-away-the-plastic.html?_r=0" rel="nofollow"> is on the case</a>.<br /><br />I would far prefer Mitt to Christie. Mitt knows how to run things beside his mouth. Scott Walker would be a far better VP than Ryan.Michael Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18127450762129879267noreply@blogger.com