30 thoughts on “When You Appease Tyrants”

  1. an armed attack on any U.S. embassy is considered an act of war

    Expect an attack on the messenger, but this is all you need to know.

    It is absolutely amazing that Obama has so many issues, any one of which should disqualify him as president, yet Americans would vote him into office.

    What is more amazing is that those that should be outraged are not doing near enough to counter those idiots. It’s the idiots that have journolists and play with our courts. The outraged, and there aren’t nearly enough of them, should be organizing to take power away from these idiots while educating the next generation.

    War doesn’t have to mean a commitment of solders on foreign soil, but this is war (make no mistake) and it does require a certain commitment here at home.

  2. I remember Carter’s initial reaction to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan: “This could be war [between the Soviets and Afghans].” Johnny Carson responded, “That’s like calling D-Day trespassing on a private beach.”

  3. The author is blaming the murderous attacks on our embassy in Libya on… …the KGB?! Because September 11th is the birthday of the KGB’s founder, Feliks Dzerzhinsky?

    And he implies that the KGB was behind the first world trade center attack because “the Kremlin was celebrating 41 years since the first Soviet nuclear test”?!

    Yes, I see. And if there’s a bustle in your hedgerow, don’t be alarmed now.

    1. Rand, I bet you didn’t actually read the article you cited. You just liked the headline about tyrants and appeasement, right?

      That’s the best way I can explain why you would link to those numerology theories.

      1. Bob-1,
        as usual, forest / trees.

        The article is one possibility, written by a man who was on the inside of Soviet Bloc and who knows how they think and how they plan. I don’t think anyone can ass-u-me that just because the USSR split up that within Russia the KGB has ceased to exist. And if they started working against American Imperialism by supporting all the organizations named, WHEN did they stop?

        I think the article draws the conclusion that, the more things (seem) to change, the more they stay the same (in reality, but you’ve got to know where to look).

          1. I agree with you on this one Bob-1. I also agree with Der Schtumpy’s last paragraph above but if that is the case, the author did a poor job getting to that conclusion.

    2. The author seems to be saying we don’t know if Russia had any involvement in any of those attacks but based his past experiences living in Soviet Russia, he wouldn’t be surprised if the Russians were helping the people who did it.

      In some cases they could be but you could shake the calendar and any number of historical anniversaries could fall in line. While Russia activly and covertly works against our interests, I don’t think they would collaborate with Islamist militants to attack us considering their own ongoing war with these groups.

    3. Expect an attack on the messenger…

      Right on cue Bob. The author isn’t just anybody Bob. He is somebody with first hand knowledge of some things. That doesn’t mean KGB was involved, just that they do get involved. They play for real while we remain oblivious.

      This is similar to the evil party and the stupid party. The evil party does things that the stupid party gives benefit of doubt for.

      Sometimes it’s better to suspect and be wrong than not. Especially when death has part.

      Too bad you can’t be sceptical when it’s due.

        1. Nice non-response Bob (as much as I like stairway.) Let me elaborate… That doesn’t mean KGB was involved, just that they do get involved.

          This means while we may speculate on involvement in some cases, in other cases there is no speculation required because we have direct evidence of their involvement.

          Even in this speculative article the author does provide some direct evidence that you choose to ignore. Why Bob?

          3. Oh, and you know, people are always looking for messages in Stairway to Heaven. Forwards and backwards. IIRC, Robert Plant admitted that he didn’t know what the lyrics were about either.

          5. Bob, this may be a little difficult for you to understand… Some nations have global interests… Let that sink in for a while.

            What that means is even when considering the relationship between any two countries other countries will be involved to a greater or lessor extent. As a matter of fact, it would be negligence on their part if they weren’t.

            Again, let that sink in.

            Once you realize that other parties ARE involved, the next question is how and how much.

            This is why countries have spies. To answer questions like that. Sticking your head in the sand doesn’t make you smarter. Yes, speculation can send you astray, that why you hold close to evidence, not ignore evidence because it doesn’t fit in the fairy tale narrative that only what we see on the nightly news is true.

            You’re suppose to separate the wheat from the chaff. Not throw out the wheat because you see some chaff.

          1. Of course not, and I’m sure Rand’s discussion of the subject will make considerably more sense than the KGB numerology article.

    4. “And if there’s a bustle in your hedgerow, don’t be alarmed now.”

      Which, when played backwards, contains the unmistakable “my sweet Satan.” So, you finally reveal your true colors, Bob-1.

  4. It is always a temptation to an armed and agile nation
    To call upon a neighbour and to say: —
    “We invaded you last night–we are quite prepared to fight,
    Unless you pay us cash to go away.”

    And that is called asking for Dane-geld,
    And the people who ask it explain
    That you’ve only to pay ’em the Dane-geld
    And then you’ll get rid of the Dane!

    It is always a temptation for a rich and lazy nation,
    To puff and look important and to say: —
    “Though we know we should defeat you, we have not the time to meet you.
    We will therefore pay you cash to go away.”

    And that is called paying the Dane-geld;
    But we’ve proved it again and again,
    That if once you have paid him the Dane-geld
    You never get rid of the Dane.

    It is wrong to put temptation in the path of any nation,
    For fear they should succumb and go astray;
    So when you are requested to pay up or be molested,
    You will find it better policy to say: —

    “We never pay any-one Dane-geld,
    No matter how trifling the cost;
    For the end of that game is oppression and shame,
    And the nation that pays it is lost!”

    And Dane-geld can be demanded in currencies other than cash.

    1. Mr. Fleming,
      we’ve had our own experience with tyrants. From January 2009, until NOW. And Lord knows he’s petty.

      1. Hey Bob, the Obama web store took down the Obama Stars and Stripes. I guess they’re not quite as dense as you are huh?

        1. It doesn’t. Arguably, it bolsters his point — after all, Napier would know, right? My point was that he doesn’t sound like someone to look up to.

          1. It’s not a matter of looking up to someone Bob. It’s a question of pragmatism…

            The best way to quiet a country is a good thrashing, followed by great kindness afterwards. Even the wildest chaps are thus tamed.

            It’s not about the thrashing. It’s about taming the wild chaps.

            the human mind is never better disposed to gratitude and attachment than when softened by fear.

            Again, this is specifically aimed at the wild chaps.

            As Pamela Geller reasonably points out in advertisements that somehow offend the right people, choose the civilized over the savages. Wild chaps = Savages. This is not some kind of racial slur except in the minds of those projecting.

            Appeasement never works with savages.

  6. It’s all of a piece, really.

    The lefty-libs-soccie-bespeckled-bow-tied-bumkissers cannot bring themselves to believe ANYONE would be simply evil and wish them harm. It’s all a misunderstanding, don’t you know. And most likely due to something WE did wrong. All that is required is a SMOC – a Small Matter Of Communication and all will be well.

    And in the same vein, they simply cannot believe that decent, well-thinking, intelligent human beings could POSSIBLY have a different outlook than they. Only a deranged, knuckle-dragging, swamp-dwelling, bitter-clinger could have ANY other opinion beside their own.

    As I say – all of a piece.

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