tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719362718346107647.post7587808946195965692..comments2024-03-16T09:11:27.097-04:00Comments on GrEaT sAtAn"S gIrLfRiEnD: Auto DreamsGrEaT sAtAn'S gIrLfRiEnDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09760252542953109449noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719362718346107647.post-8024262776209819842008-05-06T17:51:00.000-04:002008-05-06T17:51:00.000-04:00Hey ya'll! Whoa - great stuff there. Kagan is rapi...Hey ya'll! Whoa - great stuff there. Kagan is rapidly becoming a personal fave. He's got a new book out later this month about upgunning Great Satan's military. Am Enterp is the only ones selling it so far and I to snag a copy from a very nice fanboy here soon.<BR/><BR/>The auto crats are playing a dangerous game. They really think they can manipulate their ppl with trade offs for a voice and a hand in guidance and nat'l direction. Good luck! They'll need it.GrEaT sAtAn'S gIrLfRiEnDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09760252542953109449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719362718346107647.post-29839349424552851742008-05-05T05:44:00.000-04:002008-05-05T05:44:00.000-04:00The world remains a dangerous place. The cost of ...The world remains a dangerous place. The cost of the kind of freedom we enjoy remains being prepared to fight to maintain it, against any and all comers. Right now, it's Islamofascists. Tomorrow...perhaps a resurgent Russia or ever-inscrutable China.<BR/><BR/>Our vigilance, and their knowing that we are prepared and ready to meet any threat, is the only way to hold the far frontier and keep the enemies away from the gates.<BR/><BR/>That is simply the way the world is.Skunkfeathershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563552997319253167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719362718346107647.post-8253682507209330012008-05-04T15:40:00.000-04:002008-05-04T15:40:00.000-04:00Very good article by Robert Kagan.Education does l...Very good article by Robert Kagan.<BR/><BR/>Education does lead to the desire for freedom. And yes there are ultimate truths, but I think many fail to recognize them or accept them.<BR/><BR/>Debbie Hamilton<BR/><A HREF="http://www.righttruth.typepad.com" REL="nofollow">Right Truth</A>Right Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18274108313586611205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719362718346107647.post-67265037864937716222008-05-03T19:52:00.000-04:002008-05-03T19:52:00.000-04:00"But the people are educated. Will he fall finally..."But the people are educated. Will he fall finally? Maybe."<BR/><BR/>As long as the people are educated, eventually they will be free.Lord Nazhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00251537214808629536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719362718346107647.post-47891368110934347232008-05-02T23:35:00.000-04:002008-05-02T23:35:00.000-04:00Great post, Courney - again! Kagan's right, of cou...Great post, Courney - again! <BR/><BR/>Kagan's right, of course. The truth is that international politics contains eternal truths, and one of these is the continual jockeying for power and prestige across the various regimes in the system.<BR/><BR/>Russia and China will do what they can, especially while they have affluence. Pseudo democracy in Moscow and pseudo communism in Beijing suits the ruling elites just fine, as long as they can continue their drive to the top ranks of the international hierarchy.<BR/><BR/>If they can depose the U.S. from the pinnacle, all the better. <BR/><BR/>But it ain't happening any time soon. For all of our current problems, our long-cycle of dominance is not near an end. Indeed, I think this century's going to be the American Century II.<BR/><BR/>More later ... have a great weekend!AmPowerBloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18236333181889271910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719362718346107647.post-64169984304979871152008-05-02T14:57:00.000-04:002008-05-02T14:57:00.000-04:00Russia has never been a Democracy. It has always ...Russia has never been a Democracy. It has always been an autocratic society.<BR/><BR/>Under the Czar free speech and other rights were suppressed. Education was suppressed. To maintain power the Czar had to keep his people ignorant and scared.<BR/><BR/>Then the communists came. They kept the scare (the Stalin purges are a great example), but increased education. When Gorbachev introduced freedoms and stopped the scare, the communists fell from power.<BR/><BR/>Putin has started the scare back up and is curtailing the freedoms. Criticism of him or his party is suppressed. But the people are educated. Will he fall finally? Maybe.<BR/><BR/>China has learned from the mistakes of the Soviet Union. They educate their people, but control every aspect of their lives. They control what they watch, read, see and speak. Violations of such controls will give one a long prison sentence or death.<BR/><BR/>China won't fall until the people get fed up with their government and decide to rebel. That will only happen if the military joins them.Findalishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02881549378886491540noreply@blogger.com