Charles asked:

“Ever hear of the Suez Crisis? imho Eisenhower made a mistake on this one.”

In my opinion, the Suez Crisis was a feable attempt by the European powers to set things back to where they were before WW-I (a bit like the Congress of Vienna after Europe was finished with Napoleon). Eisenhower’s response to the Suez Crisis was a clear statement that the European Era had ended (died with Hitler) and future events would be dictated by the United States and Soviet Union.

Joshua said:

“You’re forgetting one teensy little detail: History texts – or at least the only ones that really matter, the ones issued to schoolchildren – are still being written predominantly by Leftists, and will continue to be for the foreseeable future.”

That’s part of the whole Gramscian thing, i.e. control the education system, the news and entertainment media then eventually you’ll control the whole planet (a bit like “the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world”). Unfortunately for the Leftists, two things have happened:

1) The Soviet Union imploded.
2) People are slowly getting wise to the Gramscian thing.

The MSM and the liberal elite have bet the farm on B. Hussein being elected as Messiah. If Hussein loses then their credibility will be seriously damaged (who will trust the MSM after that?). This is part of the process of rolling back leftist influence. That whole edifice is slowly being eroded away.

Linda P said:

“why the soft-pedaling of Islam as a religion of peace and allowing many more of its adherents into the US after 9/11? This amounts to importing a huge problem for us.”

After 9/11, we had too much on our plate dealing with the Taliban in Afghanistan and then taking down Saddam. Are we supposed to radicalize the peaceful Moslems already living in America? We’re eating the elephant one bite at a time.