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Moral Weakness Can Lead to War

Why did Hamas attack when they did?

UK Attorney Alexander Mercouris believes it comes down to the current Mideast perception that the US is weak and growing weaker. "The United States," says Mercouris, "is perceived to have suffered a defeat in Iraq, and an even more serious defeat in Syria. It has seen its position increasingly marginalized, there's been a rapprochement between Iran and Saudi Arabia, and beyond that there is a general sense that American power, globally, is weakening as well.

"[The tide] is beginning to turn, finally, back in Hamas' favor. And that is why Hamas believes this is the moment, therefore, when they should act.

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After the Declaration was signed...

...there was a sober silence in the room. Samuel Adams, a key figure in the American Revolution and a signer of the Declaration of Independence, spoke up to say,

“We have this day restored the Sovereign to Whom all men ought to be obedient. He reigns in heaven and from the rising to the setting of the sun, let His kingdom come.”

Ruling Class Self-Interest: More War

Colonel Douglas MacGregor predicts a continuation of the Iran war soon, once all sides have replenished missile stocks.

"Washington’s political class manifests much less regard for the long-term strategic interests of its own citizens—their security and prosperity. As a result, Washington pays an exorbitant price in reputation and treasure for policies that confront Palestinians with the choice of death or expulsion from their homelands.

"Assumptions of tacit acceptance or rapid capitulation are implicit and dangerous.

[The Muslims will not 'do a deal.']

"When Hitler was briefed on the expected Soviet reaction to Operation Barbarossa, Major General Ernst Koestring, a Prussian officer fluent in Russian from a family that had lived in Moscow since the reign of Catherine the Great, advised: “Initially, German forces will advance rapidly. The various peoples on the Soviet periphery will likely welcome the German forces. Resistance will be weak. But when the Germans advance into ...

The British Are Acquiescing to Their Own Demise as a People

"No European nation can remain itself without a living link to the Christian faith that formed those nations."

Rod Dreher on why England is over

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