This from a dear friend and fellow memo reader who obviously owns and believes in guns and the right to have them per our Second Amendment. I do not own a weapon and have mixed feelings about high powered, automatic weapons but I also know once you start curbing it never ends so I am wiling to tolerate some excess. (See 1 below and edited)
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Yesterday FOX highlighted a Democrat Candidate named Castro who was Obama's Sec. of Immigration and Homeland Security. It was, in my opinion as with all these type programs , flawed because after his reasoned response to questions he was not challenged so here responses were allowed to stand unanswered.
An example: He offered his solution to the illegal immigration issue by suggesting we needed to construct A Marshall- like Program for Guatemala and Nicaragua. When G.W sought to rid Iraq of Saddam and change their society he was accused, by liberals, of nation building.
Once you start solving the economic problems of countries it will never end and what about the failure to fund our own decaying infrastructure. We cannot breast feed everyone who is unhappy with their lot and/or unlucky enough to live where they do.
When asked about whether we had a border crisis, Castro cleverly answered, we had a leadership crisis because the illegal immigration numbers exploded under Trump. He was not queried about the increased number of illegals seeking asylum, their funding by Soros and his foundations and the purposeful effort on the part of those who want to create chaos and destroy America. His clever statement was allowed to stand unrebutted. etc.
When there is no challenge, people walk away believing what is said and that is dangerous but then the mass media no longer serves their legitimate purpose as ombudsman. They seek to entertain, not inform. You are welcome to challenge that statement also.
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Chalk another one up for CAIR! (See 2 below.)
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Trade War Commentary. (See 3 below.)
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HAPPY FATHER"S DAY, off to Pittsburgh, Saturday to be introduced to Max. No more memos for a week or so.
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1)A LITTLE GUN HISTORY*
When you read this a natural reaction might have something
to do with the fact that this is the United States and nothing like any of
this could ever happen here. Also, we would never sign on for Socialism,
Communism, or any other failed system of government, because we’re too
smart to allow that sort of thing. Really?
A LITTLE GUN HISTORY
In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control: From 1929 to 1953,
about 20 million dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded
----------------------------- 56 million defenseless people were rounded up and exterminated in the 20th Century because of gun control
You won't see this data on the US evening news, or hear politicians disseminating this information.
Guns in the hands of honest citizens save lives and property and, yes, gun-control laws adversely affect only the law-abiding citizens.
During WW II, the Japanese decided not to invade America because they* knew most Americans were ARMED!
up and exterminated.
------------------------------ In 1911, Turkey established gun control:> From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million
Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated
------------------------------ Germany established gun control in 1938:
From 1939 to 1945, a total of 13 million Jews and others who were unable to defend themselves were
------------------------------ Germany established gun control in 1938:
From 1939 to 1945, a total of 13 million Jews and others who were unable to defend themselves were
rounded up and exterminated
------------------------------ China established gun control in 1935:
From 1948 to 1952, 20 million political dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
From 1948 to 1952, 20 million political dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
------------------------------ Guatemala established gun control in 1964: From 1964 to 1981, 100,000 Mayan Indians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
------------------------------ Uganda established gun control in 1970: From 1971 to 1979, 300,000 Christians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
Cambodia established gun control in 1956: From 1975 to 1977, one million educated people, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
----------------------------- 56 million defenseless people were rounded up and exterminated in the 20th Century because of gun control
You won't see this data on the US evening news, or hear politicians disseminating this information.
Guns in the hands of honest citizens save lives and property and, yes, gun-control laws adversely affect only the law-abiding citizens.
With guns, we are 'citizens'; without them, we are 'subjects'.
During WW II, the Japanese decided not to invade America because they* knew most Americans were ARMED!
Gun owners in the USA are the largest armed forces in the world!*
The purpose of fighting is to win. There is no possible victory in defense.
The sword is more important than the shield, and skill is more important* *than either.*
SWITZERLAND ISSUES A GUN TO EVERY HOUSEHOLD! SWITZERLAND'S GOVERNMENT ISSUES AND TRAINS EVERY ADULT IN THE USE OF A RIFLE. SWITZERLAND HAS THE LOWEST GUN RELATED CRIME RATE OF ANY CIVILIZED COUNTRY IN THE WORLD!!!
SWITZERLAND ISSUES A GUN TO EVERY HOUSEHOLD! SWITZERLAND'S GOVERNMENT ISSUES AND TRAINS EVERY ADULT IN THE USE OF A RIFLE. SWITZERLAND HAS THE LOWEST GUN RELATED CRIME RATE OF ANY CIVILIZED COUNTRY IN THE WORLD!!!
IT'S A NO BRAINER! DON'T LET OUR GOVERNMENT WASTE MILLIONS OF OUR TAX DOLLARS IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE ALL LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS AN EASY TARGET.
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2)
US Army War College Surrenders to CAIR By Raymond Ibrahim
Posted By Ruth King
The U.S. Army War College (USAWC) has just surrendered to the demands of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) — an “unindicted co-conspirator,” to quote the U.S. Dept. of Justice, in the largest terror funding case in American history.
The June 19, 2019 planned lecture on my book, Sword and Scimitar: Fourteen Centuries of War between Islam and the West at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle Barracks was canceled due to a CAIR-induced hysteria that focused on presenting me — a native Arabic speaker of Egyptian/Middle Eastern descent — as a “racist” and “white nationalist” who is out to incite American soldiers to murder Muslims.
Although the USAWC claims that the event has been “postponed” — and that CAIR’s smear campaign has nothing to do with its decision — what really happened, along with the troubling lessons learned along the way:
On January 4, 2019, I received an email, portions of which follow:
Mr. Ibrahim: On behalf of the Director and Staff of the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center (USAHEC), I am honored to invite you to speak as part of the USAHEC’s 2019 Perspectives in Military History Lecture Series… [W]e would like you to speak about your new book, “Sword and Scimitar.” The Perspectives series attracts a wide audience including the U.S. Army War College students, faculty, and staff, ROTC cadets, Soldiers from regional military bases, university students and faculty, and the general public.
“On a personal note,” the author of the email added, “I think your new book, and a lecture based on it, will resound very well with the primary audience of our lecture programs — the students and faculty of the U.S. Army War College.”
After I accepted the invitation, my USAWC contact reiterated: “I am excited to book you, I think your topic will be perfect for my audience.”
Aside from a few more exchanges on dates and logistics, that was that — until CAIR got wind of the event.
I’ve already discussed what initially happened: how the leadership of CAIR’s Penn. chapter sent a letter on May 28, 2019 to USAWC Commandant Gen. John Kem and Provost Dr. James Breckenridge, urging them to cancel my event because “Raymond Ibrahim’s book… advance[s] a simplistic, inaccurate and often prejudicial view of the long history of Muslim-West relations which we find deeply troubling”; and how CAIR did not once cite a single sentence from my 352-page book to support their accusation that it “is based on poor research.”
After media outlets began reporting on CAIR’s displeasure with the USAWC, the latter called and assured me that the event was still on. I also received a June 5, 2019 email from my USAWC contact saying, “We are good to go for the lecture.”
Then CAIR and allies took off their gloves and got nasty. If a formal, ostensibly rational sounding letter of “concern” would not suffice, then hysteria would have to do.
On the very next day, June 6, 2019, CAIR issued a number of screeds, including a Press Release and a petition addressed to the USAWC by Linda Sarsour’s Islamist group, MPower Change. The overall theme is that, if the USAWC goes ahead with my planned lecture, the “racist” military will get so riled that American soldiers will randomly begin to massacre Muslims at home and abroad. The following is from the MPower petition (bold and underlined in the original):
Ibrahim’s rhetoric… normalizes and justifies violence against Muslims, which is already a burgeoning problem for the military… Let’s tell the U.S. Army War College: If you don’t rescind Ibrahim’s invitation and denounce his Islamophobic rhetoric, you’re not only endorsing anti-Muslim hate, but dangerously nurturing Islamophobia and white nationalism within the military…
Just a few days ago, California Rep. Duncan Hunter — who ran an explicitly Islamophobic campaign for Congress — casually admitted that he and his unit “killed probably hundreds of civilians… probably killed women and children in Iraq.”
Tell the U.S. Army War College: Ibrahim’s lecture would push the same kind of incendiary, Islamophobic rhetoric that has led to violence inflicted on Muslim communities — both in the U.S. and abroad.
In the midst of their lies, CAIR and MPower repeatedly present me — an Arab-American whose parents immigrated from Egypt to evade Islamic oppression — as a “racist” associated with “white nationalism.” But as the Investigative Project on Terrorism, which maintains a comprehensive dossier on CAIR’s shady and terrorist links, observes:
Being a “white nationalist” doesn’t mean having European ancestry in Linda Sarsour’s world. Her group, MPower Change, joined the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) Philadelphia chapter in charging that Raymond Ibrahim, an American Copt of Egyptian ancestry, whose people have been severely discriminated against under Islamic rule for centuries, is a “white nationalist.”…. To classify Ibrahim in the same category as white supremacists who hate Muslims for being non-white is to show ignorance of the severe persecution and discrimination faced by the Coptic people under nearly 14 centuries of Islamic rule. Copts face constant discrimination and persecution at the hands of their Muslim neighbors… [including] Jim Crow-style conditions in their homeland.
Also like the original CAIR letter of May 28, 2019, the MPower petition repeatedly asserts that “his recent book, Sword and Scimitar: Fourteen Centuries of War between Islam and the West, advances an Orientalist and inaccurate view of Islam,” without once showing how; it merely claims that “His simplistic and flawed version of history — riddled with prejudiced stereotypes of Islam — espouses a dangerous agenda that demonizes Muslims.”
Despite the baseless and hysterical nature of CAIR’s and its Islamist allies’ allegations, on June 10, 2019, the U.S. Army War College caved in to their demands and canceled the event. In my last phone call with the USAWC on that same day, I suggested a compromise: turn my lecture into a debate, and pit me against any academic of CAIR’s choosing. Even though I was under no obligation to make such a concession, it still wasn’t good enough for the USAWC.
Perhaps the most dishonorable aspect of this entire fiasco is that, in a vain effort to save face and pretend that the prestigious United States Army War College is notsurrendering to the demands of a notorious Islamist organization — whose deceptive tactics and subversive ties are well documented (here, here, and here) — the USAWC’s official story is that my lecture has only been “postponed,” and not because of CAIR’s demands.
As a June 10, 2019 report notes, the USAWC’s decision to “postpone” the event “comes in the wake of strong opposition from the Muslim community to the previously scheduled appearance of author Raymond Ibrahim. The Army War College on Monday, however, suggested that the postponement had nothing to do with the outcry from the Muslim community (emphasis added).
Reality is clear enough: for the USAWC suddenly to postpone a long-planned event only nine days before schedule — and just a handful of days after CAIR’s smear campaign — is not a “coincidence”; it is a clear message for all.
Incidentally, the USAWC is now learning that once you give CAIR an inch, like all bullies it will demand a mile. Consider: in CAIR’s original letter, Jacob Bender, its Philadelphia executive director, ultimately agreed to my lecture, with one caveat, asked in all politeness: “We would ask that if Mr. Ibrahim delivers his talk that we be allowed the same format to put forth counter points to his arguments.”
Even though the USAWC completely acquiesced by canceling the event altogether, CAIR — having smelled blood — has since become more aggressive and abusive to the military. After gloating over the USAWC’s capitulation, the same Jacob Bender who would have been content just to have the opportunity to “put forth counterpoints” to me (though only after I was gone and no longer there to respond), is now saying that.
The statement [to “postpone” the lecture] by the College spokeswoman falls short of repudiating Mr. Ibrahim’s racist views. A postponement is not enough — the college should reject hate. We will continue to advocate for… [the] exclusion of anti-Muslim racist theories in the college’s programming… [W]e are ready to provide an alternative viewpoint and suggest a pool of academic analysts who can provide an objective assessment of military and historical perspectives to the US Army War College community.
In other words, if the USAWC really wants CAIR to stop verbally terrorizing it, canceling my lecture is only the first step; the USAWC next must invite a Muslim apologist to come and present a history opposite to the one I was going to present — that is, the usual pseudohistory of an “evil” West that has long victimized a “progressive” Islam, hence “why they hate us,” and why we — in this case, the USAWC — have to appease them, etc., etc.
The grand lesson of this entire debacle should be disheartening for all who care about this nation. If an ethnic Egyptian and native speaker of Arabic, with verifiable credentials, whose extended relatives continue to be persecuted because they are Christian, can be characterized by Islamist groups with terror links as a “racist” and “white nationalist”; and if, of all places, the US Army War College, as opposed to the average “liberal” college, can so easily capitulate to such patently deceptive tactics — the true motives of which are to keep the actual history between Islam and the West concealed from the military — know that the hour is late indeed.
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