tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post6265927355897017167..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: The Pact: An ExegesisFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-48204175109645088742013-08-08T13:18:47.100-04:002013-08-08T13:18:47.100-04:00Mr. Anonymous may be correct in his third supposit...Mr. Anonymous may be correct in his third supposition, but I would assert that the evidence of history thoroughly disproves his first two, in that his stated requirements are for things which have never existed in numbers sufficient to dominate, rather than things America once had but has since lost.<br /><br />I would add "clear and achievable diplomatic and military objectives" (another thing we haven't had in any international dispute of consequence since WW2) to the list also.lelnethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08600824544185328505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-14176632158768379452013-08-08T08:17:07.481-04:002013-08-08T08:17:07.481-04:00"... Yet it was not always so. Before World W..."... Yet it was not always so. Before World War II, even men who disputed the wisdom of this or that international sally, or of our entry into this or that conflict, would close ranks behind the government while negotiations progressed, and behind our forces when a decision to go to war was reached. The presidents of those times could wage both diplomacy and war in confidence -- justified confidence.<br /><br />May it be so again...and may we have presidents worthy of such wholehearted support."<br /><br />* Until we have politicians that care more about the country than feeding at the public trough, this can't happen.<br /><br />* Until we have news organs intent on reporting the truth instead of pushing an agenda, this can't happen.<br /><br />* Until we have a citizenry that understands that sometimes one must fight to remain free and that in that fight some will die, this can't happen<br /><br />I don't think this can happen under the current distortions to the systems that the State has made. God help us all.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com