Dr. Jack Shepard Eamil: shepardj@shepardjack.191.it

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Since when does America go to war in the name of a single American citizen? Never. And we’re not about to do it now for this specific American who went despite the State Department’s warnings.

America (or ‘we’) should do whatever we normally do in such situations. Why? Because it’s in America’s best interest and in the interest of Esha.

You can loathe her politics, her judgement, and her agenda, but it all pales in comparison to the fact that she is one of ours.

We’re more divided as a nation than ever, especially, many of us think, because of this fraud Obama who might become our next president. I agree with those of you who are sickened by this prospect. But we still need to think as a single people, as Americans, especially in case likes these.

Forgive me the sermon, but it was sincere.

secondly

“About Zahra and Esha, you’re even more confused. I understand you need to spew your hate of liberals and cultural/moral relativists everywhere (I mostly feel the same), but why unleash your rage on these poor women ?”

I am not confused, muslim women or even self proclaimed ones are part of the problem, not of the solution.

And the only thing they have poor is their judgement.

People escaping from Cuba when castro took power, or Germany when Hitler took power ,never went back to “visit relatives”.

You are actually praising the total lack of self-preservation feeling. I don’t.

“If they had thought for a second that all the evil in the world came from the USA, they’d never have gone to Iran to report on government abuse of women and human rights in general. Your reasoning is preposterous.”

you are deluded and naive. YES, there are people that report the abuse of women and blame the USA for it. They go back to the fall of the shah of persia and say it was pushed by USA.

For anti-americanist there is NO limit.

Go and talk to people, according to some the problems in a small remote country in the middle of the ocean is USA’s fault.

We had an article some years ago about some women from afghanistan being trained as a nurses/doctors in Rome and they were freely walking around the city with make up and nail polish. And with lipstick lips they dared to say it was all USA’s fault.

I guess it was better to be burnt under the burka.

I do not buy your subjects. It’s perfectly clear what a leftist person means with occupation. And it’s NOT what you are saying.

It is morally wrong to rescue those people. If they have american passport they should have been denied this trip in the first place. USA do not have diplomatic relationship with that country.

Going there willingly is suicidal.

Sometimes hostages are released in exchange of murderers and terrorists who later are free to go back to their actions against the west.

If this for you is normal and acceptable we have different views on what is “charitable” and what is “common sense”.

Burke

A military occupation is precisely when you have a foreign army/military in a country without annexion. It is like a – most often temporary – breach of sovereignty, following a military conflict or other dramatic geopolitical turn of events. There can be occupations (like the USA’s occupation of Japan, which was a real blessing to them – look how they performed in the aftermath, US military occupation precisely allowed them to jumpstart a quick and efficient transition to modernity – and the USA’s transitional occupation of Iraq – which I totally approve of. It is nontheless a textbook occupation. I hope this puts an end to your confusion about the terms. An occupation is what it is, don’t let your negative prejudice against the very notion of foreign military occupation obscure your judgment about that. Occupation is sometimes very necessary, and the US have proven it can be done humanely, and with an excellent outcome.

About Zahra and Esha, you’re even more confused. I understand you need to spew your hate of liberals and cultural/moral relativists everywhere (I mostly feel the same), but why unleash your rage on these poor women ? If they had thought for a second that all the evil in the world came from the USA, they’d never have gone to Iran to report on government abuse of women and human rights in general. Your reasoning is preposterous.

Hope this clarifies a few objective notions, like that of a military occupation, defined for all long before you were even born, Susan.

Burke

Multiculturalism is definitely a load of crap but so is “anticulturalism”. Case in point, I’ve met a handful of people that fled to America from Islamic regimes that love, appreciate and would fight for this country far more than a lot of the latte sipping, hybrid driving university brats of western descent that I’ve come across.