One of Ours

from Russell

Every day there are news reports about more deaths.
Every night on TV are more photos of death and destruction.
Why are we still there?

We occupied this land, which we had to take by force, but it causes us nothing but trouble.
Why are we still there?

Their government is unstable, and they have no leadership.
Why are we still there?

Many of their people are uncivilized, or at least they don't speak English.
Why are we still there?

There are more than 1,000 religious sects and almost as many languages and dialects, many of which we don't understand.
Why are we still there?

We can't even secure the borders.
Why are we still there?

They are billions of dollars in debt and it will cost billions more to rebuild, which we can't afford.
Why are we still there?

It is becoming clear

WE MUST ABANDON CALIFORNIA

via Charlie Cook @ Wonkette

The question is: Which presidential candiate would you want to go fishing with, if you knew you weren't going to catch anything?

http://www.wonkette.com/archives/cook_and_murray_tell_all_014767.php

Newsday
by Oriana Fallaci

"I regret only having said less than I should have ... Rage and pride...have married and produced a robust son: contempt. And contempt has nourished reflection, and reinvigorated Reason ... For example ... what sort of democracy is it that ... instead of listening to the citizens, shuts them up, consigns them to the enemy, abandons them to abuse and bullying ...?"

"Europe becomes more and more a province of Islam, a colony of Islam. And Italy is an outpost of that province, a stronghold of that colony ... In each of our cities lies a second city: a Muslim city, a city run by the Quran. A stage in the Islamic expansionism."

Describing Europe as "Eurabia" -- a mix of Europe and Arabia -- the Italian writer said the continent "has sold itself and sells itself to the enemy like a prostitute."

Written in the blunt style that is Fallaci's trademark, the 278-page book claims "the Catholic Church keeps silent even when its symbols are offended by Muslims and before such practices as polygamy and torture".

The current invasion, Fallaci writes, is carried out not only by the "terrorists who blow up themselves along with skyscrapers or buses but also by the immigrants who settle in our home, and who, with no respect for our laws, impose their ideas, their customs, their God."

Two years ago, Italian war correspondent Oriana Fallaci wrote an extended 9/11 essay "The Rage and the Pride" which severely criticized European leaders for their isolationism and appeasement. It was one of the most talked about political essays of 2002.

Fallaci, who is probably Italy's best-known journalist, faced numerous court cases accusing her of being a racist. It doesn't seem as if the intervening years have dulled her fury at European policy.

Fallaci has dedicated "The Force of Reason" to the victims of Madrid's train bombings.

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/
sns-ap-italy-fallaci,0,4604124.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines

[In the late 1930s, a letter came from a German publisher who wanted to print a German edition of Tolkien's The Hobbit. German law of the time required authors to prove that they were "Aryan" before they could be published.]

“I regret that I am not clear as to what you mean by "arisch" (Aryan). I am not of Aryan extraction: that is, Indo-Iranian; as far as I am aware none of my ancestors spoke Pashto, Hindustani, Persian, Roma-Gypsy, or any related Aryan dialects.”

J. R. R. Tolkien