Comments on: “The stakes are high”? http://www.dinocrat.com/archives/2007/04/30/the-stakes-are-high/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:49:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: JMB http://www.dinocrat.com/archives/2007/04/30/the-stakes-are-high/#comment-301504 JMB Tue, 01 May 2007 19:22:42 +0000 http://www.dinocrat.com/archives/2007/04/30/the-stakes-are-high/#comment-301504 Alright, staghounds, have it your way. Let's call it "sensitivity." That sounds all nice and PC. Unfortunately, whether you call it "sensitivity" or cowardice, the motive make no difference to in an enemy who states explicitly that he wants nothing less than to take over, and who doesn't mind killing "sensitive" citizens in order to do so. The only place it makes a difference is in the why and the way we fight for ourselves. "Sensitivity" or cowardice, the consequences of these two motives have shown themselves to be remarkably the same when it means that we do not fight for our values. (I recognize that I am assuming that you have managed to find value in Western Civilization. That's a mere assertion on my part, of course.) One might say that "sensitivity" isn't really a value worth fighting for, especially when that sensitivity is reserved exclusively for the enemy. One might even say that "sensitivity" isn't a value at all, but an indulgence, when it requires one to turn off one's rational faculty and actively evade the facts of reality. If the policy of "sensitivity" is to win over the hearts and minds of the enemy, I think it is time to ask ourselves just how it's working out, especially for those who are not a part of the enemy, but are forced to live among them as human shields and political fodder. Emphasis on the fodder. Does blaming the defender protect the defenseless? Alright, staghounds, have it your way. Let’s call it “sensitivity.” That sounds all nice and PC. Unfortunately, whether you call it “sensitivity” or cowardice, the motive make no difference to in an enemy who states explicitly that he wants nothing less than to take over, and who doesn’t mind killing “sensitive” citizens in order to do so. The only place it makes a difference is in the why and the way we fight for ourselves. “Sensitivity” or cowardice, the consequences of these two motives have shown themselves to be remarkably the same when it means that we do not fight for our values. (I recognize that I am assuming that you have managed to find value in Western Civilization. That’s a mere assertion on my part, of course.)

One might say that “sensitivity” isn’t really a value worth fighting for, especially when that sensitivity is reserved exclusively for the enemy. One might even say that “sensitivity” isn’t a value at all, but an indulgence, when it requires one to turn off one’s rational faculty and actively evade the facts of reality.

If the policy of “sensitivity” is to win over the hearts and minds of the enemy, I think it is time to ask ourselves just how it’s working out, especially for those who are not a part of the enemy, but are forced to live among them as human shields and political fodder. Emphasis on the fodder. Does blaming the defender protect the defenseless?

]]> By: Richard Cook http://www.dinocrat.com/archives/2007/04/30/the-stakes-are-high/#comment-301503 Richard Cook Tue, 01 May 2007 13:19:47 +0000 http://www.dinocrat.com/archives/2007/04/30/the-stakes-are-high/#comment-301503 What the hell are you talking about staghounds? The sarcasm just isn't working. What the hell are you talking about staghounds? The sarcasm just isn’t working.

]]> By: staghounds http://www.dinocrat.com/archives/2007/04/30/the-stakes-are-high/#comment-301502 staghounds Tue, 01 May 2007 11:29:56 +0000 http://www.dinocrat.com/archives/2007/04/30/the-stakes-are-high/#comment-301502 It isn't cowardice, it's sensitivity. It's stupid to make enemies when it can reasonably be avoided. We've decided on a hearts and minds campaign rather than one of theocide, and killing is much more limited in this sort of war. Don't worry, if this way fails there will be hecatombs of dead women and children. It isn’t cowardice, it’s sensitivity. It’s stupid to make enemies when it can reasonably be avoided. We’ve decided on a hearts and minds campaign rather than one of theocide, and killing is much more limited in this sort of war.

Don’t worry, if this way fails there will be hecatombs of dead women and children.

]]> By: JMB http://www.dinocrat.com/archives/2007/04/30/the-stakes-are-high/#comment-301500 JMB Tue, 01 May 2007 06:22:14 +0000 http://www.dinocrat.com/archives/2007/04/30/the-stakes-are-high/#comment-301500 So, what where these "civilians" doing standing around with the Taliban in the first place, and how, pray tell, is anyone supposed to tell the difference between a regular civilian and a Taliban civilian? The greatest recruiting tool the terrorists own are those who make such statements, letting the enemy know without doubt that the West trembles in their socks over what the enemy thinks about their own self-defense. Why should any young Muslim man take the side of people who exhibit such cowardice? So, what where these “civilians” doing standing around with the Taliban in the first place, and how, pray tell, is anyone supposed to tell the difference between a regular civilian and a Taliban civilian?

The greatest recruiting tool the terrorists own are those who make such statements, letting the enemy know without doubt that the West trembles in their socks over what the enemy thinks about their own self-defense. Why should any young Muslim man take the side of people who exhibit such cowardice?

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