{"id":3064,"date":"2017-05-23T10:44:06","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T01:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/?p=3064"},"modified":"2017-07-06T17:44:41","modified_gmt":"2017-07-06T08:44:41","slug":"crossing-the-rubicon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/crossing-the-rubicon\/","title":{"rendered":"Crossing the Rubicon"},"content":{"rendered":"

?Anyone notice Trump’s speech in Saudi. ?How about his visit to Israel.<\/p>\n

There is a distinct change in attitude towards the world, and our position in it, from Obummer. Where Obummer denigrated America, talked a lot of hot air, and pretty much threw everyone under the bus, Trump is making no excuses for who we are, no “accommodations” to foreign rituals, and clearly stating both our interests and what WE think we and they should be doing.
\nFor the first time there is exhortation to throw the thugs out of the mosques, to name them apostasy, to get on with “normal” life.<\/p>\n

In short, it is doing what is practical, noting the world as it is, not as we think it ought to be.<\/p>\n

I have a draft of War & Peace Part 5 in the hamper, but this may be a better venue to talk about foreign policy. ?Do you believe Trump has it right.<\/p>\n

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?Anyone notice Trump’s speech in Saudi. ?How about his visit to Israel.<\/p>\n

There is a distinct change in attitude towards the world, and our position in it, from Obummer. Where Obummer denigrated America, talked a lot of hot air, and pretty much threw everyone under the bus, Trump is making no excuses for who we are, no “accommodations” to foreign rituals, and clearly stating both our interests and what WE think we and they should be doing.
For the first time there is exhortation to throw the thugs out of the mosques, to name them apostasy, to get on with “normal” life.<\/p>\n

In short, it is doing what is practical, noting the world as it is, not as we think it ought to be.<\/p>\n

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