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And why not? President Barack Obama says: "ISIS is no
credible threat."
Hmmmmm!
Should he (or we) be concerned that under his watch
the massacre in
San Bernardino,
California, by radical
Muslims Syed Rizwan
Farook and Tashfeen
Malik is being
heralded as the most
horrific attack on our
nation since 9/11?
More mystifying is
that members of the
Democratic party
continue to be silently
submissive in support
of this madness.
Democrats are
smart and sensible
people, yet no one
bothers to question
their party's ideology or
raise even the slightest
objections to issues and doctrines mandated by extreme
liberal leadership. I think these political lemmings
are heading for a cliff where disastrous outcomes are
inevitable. Yet nobody speaks.
Surely, there must be some Democrats that believe
allowing 10,000 Syrian refugees into America is
not a prudent idea. And, surely there are gun-toting
Democrats that believe tighter gun controls will not curb
violence or curtail terrorist activities. And surely, there
are Democrats out there that don't agree that curbing
global warming is our nation's number one priority and
the best weapon to fight terrorism.
Why are these people not speaking up? Even as I write
this piece, President
Obama still stands on
his pretention that ISIS
is contained, terrorism
is not a problem in
America and there
is no such thing as
radical Islam. The
problems our nation
now faces are not
those of a Democratic
or Republican
party. It's an overall
leadership deficit.
We must contend
with a selfish, self-
centered, egotistical
and narcissistic
government that
is losing touch with
the American people
and losing sight of American ideals. This being said,
rest assured that when things get bad enough, the real
patriots, the authentic heroes, the real Americans will
come forth and we will again lead from the
front and the world will follow.
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reading
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