Thought for the Day

If history has taught us anything, it is that peace has never been the result of yielding to the will of one's enemies. Peace can only come as the result of totally and unconditionally defeating those who seek to bend you to their will.

In other words, give us Liberty or we will give you Death.
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Update at 0900 hrs CST, 29 December, 2009:

Rabbi Eliyahu Shalem of Jerusalem has some more to say on the subject:

As a proposition war should be avoided but not at all costs for it thus serves to appease the evil bent on their own agendas. Even containment can be misused and only aid and abet the evil.
Adam's regime was evil and had to be removed. Ahmedinajad's call to annihilate genocidely the Jewish people is a blatant evil and must be removed before it is too late.
Bush was correct and the American people at the time after 9/11 were again correct. War is justified in these circumstances. Save the moralizing for Sunday morning.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled reality.
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