Unsteady leaders in uncertain times

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<span style='font-family:comic sans ms'><span style='color:6633CC' >Unsteady leaders in uncertain times

Tony Blankley

When those planes knocked down the World Trade Center Towers, they created world-political reverberations of which we are only beginning to take the measure. Inevitably, the United States was going to act. And, given our military, economic, diplomatic and cultural strength, inevitably, the rest of the world could not help but to react to our action. Now, 17 months on, we are still at the early stages of that action/reaction process.
But it is not too early to judge that the September 11th event has created an historic discontinuity in the international order that may well turn out to be of the magnitude of the French and Russian Revolutions or the First and Second World Wars. The long-term strategies and relationships of the world's greatest nations, which only recently seemed timeless, suddenly have become dysfunctional. Smaller countries are scrambling to avoid danger, or grabbing at quick opportunities.

We are slipping into the old British strategy of keeping the continent divided by aligning with the weaker powers of the continent against the strongest. (http://www.washingtontimes. com/op-ed/blankley.htm)</span></span>

[pRIMrose]

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Like it or not, the US has systematically relinquished it's autonomy in the world for membership in &quot;One World Order&quot; institutions and free trade agreements. We have come dangerously close to turning our soverignty over to arbiters whose sole purpose is to create a so called &quot;unified&quot; world. We are now seeing that this doesn't work. But we have already sold our souls to the devil and now we must play by the &quot;world's&quot; rules ~ not necessarily our own. Why is this not a good thing? Shouldn't we try and get along with all our neighbors and help them in time of need ~ and shouldn't they be expected to do the same for us?

However, since we seem to be hell bent on beating a path to &quot;diversity&quot; and &quot;multiculturism&quot; without any strings attached, we can now join the ranks of those who are weaker and poorer because they have been systematically diluted. We are very close to losing our common identity and goals. We have allowed this transformation to happen and are on our way to becoming just another of those third world entities of &quot;super rich&quot; and &quot;poor&quot;.

When Eisenhower and McArthur were in charge, the country knew what we were fighting for. The entire country was on board and we answered to no one but ourselves. Now our leaders are put through a wringer trying to be civil and PC in a world where we put up the money and they put up the mouth.

Make no mistake ~ the US may be &quot;hated&quot; by many other countries, but only because they envy us. They would like nothing better than to see us brought down to their &quot;irrelevant&quot; level. And it looks like we are going to give them their wish if we continually equivocate on issues and delay our intentions in order to appease the &quot;world community&quot;. A world that would obliterate us in a heartbeat if they had the power to do so.

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Just remember, that while Nero fiddled, Rome burned. George had it right the first time ~ &quot;either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.&quot; So far we have been negotiating with those who seem to be very much with &quot;the terrorists&quot;. It's time to stop &quot;fiddling&quot; around and call our own shots ~ which is what made us great in the first place.

[Drewman626]

Guys, I agree with your sentiments. *I am very nervous about allowing the UN to gain more PERCEIVED power. *I wish Bloomberg would inform the UN that they're being evicted and that NYC needs the office space.

My point though is this: I have to believe that GWB knows what he's doing. *He's a great man who knows how to 'play the game' (for lack of better words). *Even before 911, we saw how he was beating the Dems at their own game. *Powell and him were playing good cop/bad cop. *So far in the War on Terror they've had a plan and implemented it. *I strongly feel that GWB is giving his opponents just enough rope... *He's got a plan. *We've seen glimpses of it, and I think and hope we'll be all very impressed when we look back and say &quot;OOOHHHH! That was awesome!&quot;

I trust this guy inately. *I can't believe that he'd willingly subject our soverignty to third-world countries' opinions. *He's got something up his sleave...

[Leelanau]

I don't think he has a plan stashed up his sleeve, it's stuffed into his Stetson! A symbol of Texas pride and visual proof he is willing to stick to his &quot;guns&quot; no matter what the naysayer's think! http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Charie]

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RIM, you have the best quotes! * http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/twothumbsup.gif * And as with all good quotes, it's so to the point!!!