[Allan from Fallbrook]

Rus: Nope. Not my aim and not my intent. All I asked from you was to stop putting words in my mouth and accusing me of taking the high ground.

I simply retorted with “practice what you preach”. I think you throw certain terms around without fully appreciating how they’re going to be taken. The fact I don’t agree with you doesn’t make me a fascist any more than you freely exercising your right of free speech makes you seditious.

I was simply making a point. I think you’re wrong on certain points, but correct on others. However, you don’t accord me the same rights. Where you perceive I’m not “open minded”, I morph into a war loving fascist. Well, Rus, that’s wrong. No one hates war more than a soldier and I would love nothing better than to wake up one morning and we all get along and live peacefully.

Sadly, that ain’t gonna happen. Doesn’t mean we shouldn’t work towards it, but pragmatism and realism need to hold sway.

America’s footprint on the world dictates our policy. Simple as that. And I, for one, have been the first to say we need to develop alternative sources of energy (like nuke) and get the hell out of the Middle East. I’ve said that our policies there have not been successful and have been driven by our need to maintain our supply of cheap oil (which is why we conspicuously avoided doing anything about Saudi Arabia following 9/11).

Believe whatever you want, it’s your right as an American. But don’t hang a label on me simply because I don’t concur with your stance or your worldview.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

Rus: Let me ask you a few questions. You’re a former vet, correct? You pay taxes, correct? You’re not an active protester against US policy in the sense that you’re not out publicly protesting the war(s) and US policy, correct?

If you answer “yes” to these three questions, then you’re also the personification of “if you can’t beat them, join them”. As I said earlier, I agree with some, but not all of our actions, and I understand why we do what we do and why it is necessary.

If you feel so strongly about the way the US conducts policy, and you fear for the safety of your young sons, why do you continue to live here? And, no, that is not a “love it or leave it” question, it is a question of pragmatism.

You want to sit in the comfort of your own home and type away about the madness of it all, but do nothing in terms of active protest. If you are to be taken seriously, then you have to put your money where your mouth is.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

Rus: Let me ask you a few questions. You’re a former vet, correct? You pay taxes, correct? You’re not an active protester against US policy in the sense that you’re not out publicly protesting the war(s) and US policy, correct?

If you answer “yes” to these three questions, then you’re also the personification of “if you can’t beat them, join them”. As I said earlier, I agree with some, but not all of our actions, and I understand why we do what we do and why it is necessary.

If you feel so strongly about the way the US conducts policy, and you fear for the safety of your young sons, why do you continue to live here? And, no, that is not a “love it or leave it” question, it is a question of pragmatism.

You want to sit in the comfort of your own home and type away about the madness of it all, but do nothing in terms of active protest. If you are to be taken seriously, then you have to put your money where your mouth is.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

Rus: Let me ask you a few questions. You’re a former vet, correct? You pay taxes, correct? You’re not an active protester against US policy in the sense that you’re not out publicly protesting the war(s) and US policy, correct?

If you answer “yes” to these three questions, then you’re also the personification of “if you can’t beat them, join them”. As I said earlier, I agree with some, but not all of our actions, and I understand why we do what we do and why it is necessary.

If you feel so strongly about the way the US conducts policy, and you fear for the safety of your young sons, why do you continue to live here? And, no, that is not a “love it or leave it” question, it is a question of pragmatism.

You want to sit in the comfort of your own home and type away about the madness of it all, but do nothing in terms of active protest. If you are to be taken seriously, then you have to put your money where your mouth is.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

Rus: Let me ask you a few questions. You’re a former vet, correct? You pay taxes, correct? You’re not an active protester against US policy in the sense that you’re not out publicly protesting the war(s) and US policy, correct?

If you answer “yes” to these three questions, then you’re also the personification of “if you can’t beat them, join them”. As I said earlier, I agree with some, but not all of our actions, and I understand why we do what we do and why it is necessary.

If you feel so strongly about the way the US conducts policy, and you fear for the safety of your young sons, why do you continue to live here? And, no, that is not a “love it or leave it” question, it is a question of pragmatism.

You want to sit in the comfort of your own home and type away about the madness of it all, but do nothing in terms of active protest. If you are to be taken seriously, then you have to put your money where your mouth is.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

Rus: Let me ask you a few questions. You’re a former vet, correct? You pay taxes, correct? You’re not an active protester against US policy in the sense that you’re not out publicly protesting the war(s) and US policy, correct?

If you answer “yes” to these three questions, then you’re also the personification of “if you can’t beat them, join them”. As I said earlier, I agree with some, but not all of our actions, and I understand why we do what we do and why it is necessary.

If you feel so strongly about the way the US conducts policy, and you fear for the safety of your young sons, why do you continue to live here? And, no, that is not a “love it or leave it” question, it is a question of pragmatism.

You want to sit in the comfort of your own home and type away about the madness of it all, but do nothing in terms of active protest. If you are to be taken seriously, then you have to put your money where your mouth is.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

CONCHO: Fascinating stuff. In terms of monetary policy and fiscal strategy, the next few months (and years) are going to be real interesting here in the good old U.S. of A.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

CONCHO: Fascinating stuff. In terms of monetary policy and fiscal strategy, the next few months (and years) are going to be real interesting here in the good old U.S. of A.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

CONCHO: Fascinating stuff. In terms of monetary policy and fiscal strategy, the next few months (and years) are going to be real interesting here in the good old U.S. of A.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

CONCHO: Fascinating stuff. In terms of monetary policy and fiscal strategy, the next few months (and years) are going to be real interesting here in the good old U.S. of A.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

CONCHO: Fascinating stuff. In terms of monetary policy and fiscal strategy, the next few months (and years) are going to be real interesting here in the good old U.S. of A.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

Rus/arraya: As I said before, history is immutable. As much as I would love to see things evolve, history tells a far different story.

The best book of history I ever read was Thucydides’ “A History of the Peloponnesian War”. This concise little volume contains an unchanging story, for nearly all of the written history that followed was the same tale, only with different actors in different places.

Looking at Athens and Sparta, at the height of their respective power and then watching as they engage in an utter fruitless, sanguinary war of thirty years that bankrupts Athens and opens the door to the autocracy and madness of Alexander the Great is heartbreaking. The story never changes, though. In the 2,500 years that have followed, the story never changes.

“Power tends to corrupt, absolute power corrupts absolutely”, Lord Acton.

“History is written by the victor”, Napoleon Bonaparte.

“Treason is simply a matter of dates”, Talleyrand.

“Good guy? Bad guy? I’m the guy with the gun”, Bruce Campbell in “Army of Darkness”.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

Rus/arraya: As I said before, history is immutable. As much as I would love to see things evolve, history tells a far different story.

The best book of history I ever read was Thucydides’ “A History of the Peloponnesian War”. This concise little volume contains an unchanging story, for nearly all of the written history that followed was the same tale, only with different actors in different places.

Looking at Athens and Sparta, at the height of their respective power and then watching as they engage in an utter fruitless, sanguinary war of thirty years that bankrupts Athens and opens the door to the autocracy and madness of Alexander the Great is heartbreaking. The story never changes, though. In the 2,500 years that have followed, the story never changes.

“Power tends to corrupt, absolute power corrupts absolutely”, Lord Acton.

“History is written by the victor”, Napoleon Bonaparte.

“Treason is simply a matter of dates”, Talleyrand.

“Good guy? Bad guy? I’m the guy with the gun”, Bruce Campbell in “Army of Darkness”.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

Rus/arraya: As I said before, history is immutable. As much as I would love to see things evolve, history tells a far different story.

The best book of history I ever read was Thucydides’ “A History of the Peloponnesian War”. This concise little volume contains an unchanging story, for nearly all of the written history that followed was the same tale, only with different actors in different places.

Looking at Athens and Sparta, at the height of their respective power and then watching as they engage in an utter fruitless, sanguinary war of thirty years that bankrupts Athens and opens the door to the autocracy and madness of Alexander the Great is heartbreaking. The story never changes, though. In the 2,500 years that have followed, the story never changes.

“Power tends to corrupt, absolute power corrupts absolutely”, Lord Acton.

“History is written by the victor”, Napoleon Bonaparte.

“Treason is simply a matter of dates”, Talleyrand.

“Good guy? Bad guy? I’m the guy with the gun”, Bruce Campbell in “Army of Darkness”.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

Rus/arraya: As I said before, history is immutable. As much as I would love to see things evolve, history tells a far different story.

The best book of history I ever read was Thucydides’ “A History of the Peloponnesian War”. This concise little volume contains an unchanging story, for nearly all of the written history that followed was the same tale, only with different actors in different places.

Looking at Athens and Sparta, at the height of their respective power and then watching as they engage in an utter fruitless, sanguinary war of thirty years that bankrupts Athens and opens the door to the autocracy and madness of Alexander the Great is heartbreaking. The story never changes, though. In the 2,500 years that have followed, the story never changes.

“Power tends to corrupt, absolute power corrupts absolutely”, Lord Acton.

“History is written by the victor”, Napoleon Bonaparte.

“Treason is simply a matter of dates”, Talleyrand.

“Good guy? Bad guy? I’m the guy with the gun”, Bruce Campbell in “Army of Darkness”.

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