The only part of the globe in which individual freedom is among the highest and most important values is being inundated by people for whom individual freedom has next to no value within their cultural norms. Listening to the chants of “freedom, freedom” from people who have no idea what freedom means in a Western context makes me worry about the future like nothing else I have seen in my own lifetime. The virtually unknown lessons of Palmyra make you even wonder whether the architectural glories of Europe will remain a century from now.
And then there is the deal with Iran, a minor item on Drudge today, already old news.
ARMS RACE: Kerry Promises Billions in Weaponry to Israel, Saudis in Wake of Nuke Deal…
You give the most belligerent and ideologically crazed nation in the Middle East the right to build nuclear weapons, and what else can you expect other than an increased likelihood of war. If we thought the twentieth century was the bloodiest in history, wait till we count up the dead at the end of this one.
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