How the disengagement working out for you? It certainly is a concern of mine, and on which I have a major disagreement with Mr. Trump. ===== WSJ 4/4/2017 By Bret Stephens This week marks the centenary of America’s entry into World War I, when Woodrow Wilson vowed that “the world must be made safe for democracy.” He and his fellow statesmen failed to... Read more
Archive for the ‘Western Civilization’ Category
The Islamic Hatred of Modernity
September 29 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Iran, ISIS, Obama, Politically correct, Radical Islam, Western CivilizationI give credit to Mauldin Economics, to which I encourage you to subscribe. The liberal Left hates what Dr. Brock states, but that does not make it less true. I highly recommend this article. ====== The Islamic Hatred of Modernity Dr. Woody Brock Strategic Economic Decisions, Inc. April 26, 2016 “Not free thought for those that agree with us, but freedom for the thought that we hate” –... Read more
Can Islam Really Function in Democracy?
July 27 | Posted by mrossol | Islam, Losing Freedom, Radical Islam, Western CivilizationTHis one is a bit long, but well worth the read. ===== WSJ 7/23/2016 First Egypt and now Turkey show the perils of ideological religious parties (and strongman rule), but other Muslim countries are faring better with democracy. BY YAROSLAV TROFIMOV IN 1999, a former mayor of Istanbul named Recep Tayyip Erdogan was imprisoned and banned from politics for life for reciting a poem. “Our... Read more
Europe is Hopeless, No?
July 27 | Posted by mrossol | Europe, Politically correct, The Left, Western CivilizationEurope needs some backbone, or its over. ============== At last count, members of the European Union spent more than $200 billion a year on defense, fielded more than 2,000 jet fighters and 500 naval ships, and employed some 1.4 million military personnel. More than a million police officers also walk Europe’s streets. Yet in the face of an Islamist menace the Continent... Read more
Welcome home!
July 4 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Interesting, Western CivilizationDo you wonder why people risk death to come to the USA? Let’s keep it that way, please. ======= WSJ 7/2/2016 For the new recipient of a green card, life in the U.S. provides relief from the experiences of less hospitable places. BY AATISH TASEER ‘WELCOME HOME, SIR,” the immigration officer said when I presented him with my green card at John F. Kennedy Airport... Read more
