Tuesday, June 01, 2004
I have been reading about the Spanish conquest of Peru lately and at one point in his book, Inca and Spaniard, historian Albert Marrin makes a fascinating statement: "The Inca had met their match in terrorism." While Marrin's sympathy is somewhat for the Inca and he believes the Spaniards dealt treacherously with them on little or no provocation, he is smart enough to recognize that the Inca, like the Aztecs and the Maya, were no Vienna choirboys.
At the risk of being exceedingly politically incorrect, let me say that the Spaniards did right in how they treated the Inca...if their goal was right. You can argue about that one with me if you want. Use the comment line below. But since their goal was to crush resistance, they went about it the right way. They exterminated the leaders and showed no mercy. I do not suggest our troops do this on a regular basis, but in dealing with subhuman savages like Al Qaida it might be useful. The Incas were "civilized" if by civilized you mean they were intelligent and skilled. Their morality in dealing with enemies was no better, or worse I suppose, than the Spaniards'. It was kill or be killed and the Spaniards chose to kill. A useful lesson for us today.
I can't let this go: The media is now taking it upon itself to "interpret" John Kerry's policies for the average public. This is probably a good thing since he has shown himself incapable of doing this for himself. AOL news reported today that Kerry has a "layered strategy" for preventing nuclear terrorism. The strategy includes "securing all bomb-making materials" and "making sure that no new nuclear weapons are being produced" and "ending nuclear programs in Iran and North Korea." Leaving aside the fact that the French-looking candidate has apparently accepted now that Iran and North Korea are part of the axis of evil, he has again shown marvelous ability to not give any specifics. Of course we've got to secure all bomb-making materials...that's what we're trying to do in Iraq if the UN and their Democratic pets would ever let us. We're trying to keep a sharp eye on proliferation of nuclear weapons if the money-laundering, children-starving French and Russians would cease and desist.And Bush has been trying to end weapons' programs in Iran and North Korea but their sympathizers in this country, especially in the media, continually undercut the effort. Kerry is naming a whole list of things that have been done and are being done now so that he can get people to agree with his aims. But he has no plan on how to do them. Let some astute media person, if any exists, ask him that. Go on; ask him.
At the risk of being exceedingly politically incorrect, let me say that the Spaniards did right in how they treated the Inca...if their goal was right. You can argue about that one with me if you want. Use the comment line below. But since their goal was to crush resistance, they went about it the right way. They exterminated the leaders and showed no mercy. I do not suggest our troops do this on a regular basis, but in dealing with subhuman savages like Al Qaida it might be useful. The Incas were "civilized" if by civilized you mean they were intelligent and skilled. Their morality in dealing with enemies was no better, or worse I suppose, than the Spaniards'. It was kill or be killed and the Spaniards chose to kill. A useful lesson for us today.
I can't let this go: The media is now taking it upon itself to "interpret" John Kerry's policies for the average public. This is probably a good thing since he has shown himself incapable of doing this for himself. AOL news reported today that Kerry has a "layered strategy" for preventing nuclear terrorism. The strategy includes "securing all bomb-making materials" and "making sure that no new nuclear weapons are being produced" and "ending nuclear programs in Iran and North Korea." Leaving aside the fact that the French-looking candidate has apparently accepted now that Iran and North Korea are part of the axis of evil, he has again shown marvelous ability to not give any specifics. Of course we've got to secure all bomb-making materials...that's what we're trying to do in Iraq if the UN and their Democratic pets would ever let us. We're trying to keep a sharp eye on proliferation of nuclear weapons if the money-laundering, children-starving French and Russians would cease and desist.And Bush has been trying to end weapons' programs in Iran and North Korea but their sympathizers in this country, especially in the media, continually undercut the effort. Kerry is naming a whole list of things that have been done and are being done now so that he can get people to agree with his aims. But he has no plan on how to do them. Let some astute media person, if any exists, ask him that. Go on; ask him.
// posted by The Pendragon @ 9:09 AM 
