Who Will Say No More to the Current Madness?
American Greatness,
by
Victor Davis Hanson
Original Article
Posted By: DW626,
8/10/2023 11:20:29 AM
Britain slept in the 1930s as an inevitable war with Hitler loomed.
A lonely Winston Churchill had only a few courageous partners to oppose the appeasement and incompetence of his conservative colleague Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain.
One of the most stalwart truth-tellers was a now little remembered politico and public servant Leo Amery, a polymath and conservative member of Parliament.
Yet in two iconic moments of outrage against the Chamberlain government’s temporizing, Amery galvanized Britain and helped end the government’s disastrous policies.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
faceincrowd 8/10/2023 11:38:04 AM (No. 1531754)
VDH, even if I or some one like me stood up like Amery (and you can forget any politician doing this), I would be destroyed. And then lied about by the MSM. The time for lone voices is long past. Massive crowds are the only way forward now.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
marbles 8/10/2023 11:38:38 AM (No. 1531756)
There is one man out there speaking the truth ,the left is doing whatever they can to silence/destroy him
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
reefdiver 8/10/2023 11:48:25 AM (No. 1531773)
If we had an honest, unbiased news media, we may have a chance get to stop the madness. With the current corrupted media, things will get worse.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Italiano 8/10/2023 11:58:00 AM (No. 1531787)
Only God, when He is good and ready, and if America proves that it deserves it.
Sadly, it doesn't, so look out below. The worst is yet to come.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
ussjimmycarter 8/10/2023 12:04:22 PM (No. 1531795)
“Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go.”
Someone have Trump say this at his first debate with the Idiot In Chief!
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Califedup 8/10/2023 12:08:17 PM (No. 1531801)
People aren't starving or have no fuel to really get their attention right now. Still plenty to eat and though very expensive, gas is still available. At some point in the not to distant future, their will be a very severe collapse of the food and fuel chains. When that happens, and it will, then you will see all the people who make this country work, suddenly realize that their very survival and most importantly, their children's lives are in extreme jeopardy. Only then will the real taking back of our country by the real Americans begin. Too may fat people right now. When they can't get enough to eat and start starving, look out. The communist death democrats don't realize the fire they are playing with and how badly they will get burned. Mortally.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
stablemoney 8/10/2023 12:17:46 PM (No. 1531808)
The Deep State and bureaucracy is insulated from the voters. I think the voters have said no more, but the elections are fake.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Red Ghost 8/10/2023 12:28:21 PM (No. 1531816)
Victor, we have our Amery. His name is President Donald J. Trump. And we have had him since June of 2015. Now listen to him and more to the point, SUPPORT AND DEFEND HIM! Everyone!
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
FJB 8/10/2023 12:30:04 PM (No. 1531818)
It’s time for another Civil War, with President Donald Trump—elected or not—as our Abraham Lincoln.
But now we need a General Grant.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
DVC 8/10/2023 1:35:24 PM (No. 1531876)
I'm sorry, but I don't see how we get out this insane asylum and back to reality without some sort of violence. I hope we can find a peaceful way through it, but we are endlessly attacked by antifa thugs in any places where people try to reverse this.
The FBI investigates parents trying to take back control of their school boards, calling them "terrorists" for wanting to vote on school board members. No matter how much we try to be peaceful, they seem to be pushing violence on us. It seems to be difficult to avoid it.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
snakeoil 8/10/2023 1:39:44 PM (No. 1531881)
Only quibble I would have with VDH is he stated that Quid Pro Joe is a "serial fabricator.' Old Yeller is a parallel fabricator.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Ashley Brenton 8/10/2023 3:33:31 PM (No. 1531914)
I agree with VDH on nearly everything but his opposition to arming Ukraine as it struggles against an invasion by an authoritarian, fascist state. That is exactly what our weapons are for. And as I do not perceive Mexican or Canadian armies massing on our border for an invasion of the United States, I cannot think of a better use for our weapons than to take down a regime that has declared itself an adversary.
Because America's wars are electives. And we fight them on foreign soil, for outcomes that whether we win or lose, have no effect on daily life in America whatsoever. So what is he proposing we save up for? Another Iraq?
A Russia sent home in humiliation and defeat will positively influence world events for the next century, and will pay dividends far beyond whatever we spend today.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
mifla 8/11/2023 6:17:52 AM (No. 1532241)
History has not been fair to Chamberlain. He lived in a country where the veterans from WWI still walked the streets (many in wheelchairs, many missing limbs, many unemployable). Unlike our Vietnam War, the rich and educated young men of England flocked to enlist in the war, many of them never to return. Their generation was decimated and Chamberlain did not think England would tolerate a similar fate for the current generation. His intentions were good, but he failed to realize the evil that was Hitler.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
tisHimself 8/11/2023 6:49:36 AM (No. 1532245)
I look forward To National Review devoting an issue to the political class tyranny we find ourselves .
I can’t wait to hear clay and former deep state congressman and ex cia Buck identify, isolate and criticize complicit Republican leaders.
We keep Luciannes vision alive here, but we miss Buckley and Limbaugh.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
MattMusson1 8/11/2023 7:38:45 AM (No. 1532263)
Speaking the Truth comes at a cost. You will lose friends and maybe even business.
Keeping Quiet will cost you your Country.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Rinktum 8/11/2023 8:26:24 AM (No. 1532297)
Oh come on, VDH! You cannot be that dim. You know our Leo Amery is right in front of your face and has, in fact, begun the fight to drag this country back into some semblance of what it was. He has been a voice crying in the wilderness since 2015. Then in 2016, he had the power to begin our march away from the corrupt Washington DC madness where little was done there to make the country what it once was. Trump was determined to make the country great again. His policies worked! We experienced it, remember?
I would like to know what these intellectuals have against President Trump. It appears that they believe he is uncouth and loutish. I will give you that to come extent but he can get the job done. Does his experience in both foreign and domestic policies mean nothing? What President has worked as hard, kept his promises, and pulled this country out of the doldrums caused by a self-serving Republican class and radicalized democrat party? You may not want Donald Trump as President again, but you need him as President.
VDH has much influence in this country and I hope he would use it to support President Trump. His fellow intellectuals whose bias against Trump comes from his personality, surely cannot ignore his success. They have to see that they can trust him to do right by this country, he’s proven that. It is sad and disappointing that the wizards of smart are so easily put off by someone who they feel is too common, too boastful, too blunt. These are inconsequential traits compared with the success you know he will bring or die trying. No one is as committed to pulling this country back from the brink of destruction than Donald J. Trump. They know it, but just can’t get past his personality. How shallow is that?
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
marbles 8/11/2023 8:38:53 AM (No. 1532311)
# 16 There are 2 groups on the left, those in control that know exactly what they're doing which is to bring down America for their advantage. Then there are the dem base voters who believe themselves to be superior to the troglodytes ( us ) and are incapable of critical thinking much like a herd of sheep. Both groups are driven by an Everest of arrogance.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Kafka2 8/11/2023 8:43:27 AM (No. 1532315)
Hanson is correct about what is wrong with our government leadership. Most of the MSM is in bed with the most destructive elements that have gotten into positions of power. Anybody, that tries to speak truth to power is slandered. It will take more than one person saying, “No more!”
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
gop_guys 8/11/2023 8:43:46 AM (No. 1532316)
What 16 said in spades! Our country is in a hot mess.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
rusino 8/11/2023 9:25:23 AM (No. 1532355)
The answer is Donald J. TRUMP 2016/2020/2024 MAGA 🇺🇸
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
ARKfamily 8/11/2023 9:36:43 AM (No. 1532361)
I am very tired of politics and the madness. I found this footnote in my Life Application Bible and here it is:
Coping With Competition
"Overcoming the natural tendencies of a competitive spirit takes supernatural intervention. It must be a constant petition to God. A competitive spirit is often fed by a dissatisfied spirit. If we learn to accept God’s place and plan for us, we won’t need to compare ourselves with someone else. Having developed the use of gifts with humble service as our goal, we will be able to serve quietly without envying. We will be able to work in the church nursery in a spirit of service and contentment rather than wishing we were gifted like the person who leads a large Bible class. Servants in either situation can feel confident and grateful for the opportunity to serve God wherever he has placed them. The bottom line may be our willingness to forget about who gets the glory for our service – ourselves or God. Certainly, when we learn to hand the bouquets back to God, we won’t need to compare ourselves with anyone else."
Politics has become very competitive and God is usually left out of all of it. People don't want to offend anyone and, as a result, politics has become self-serving and classless. Very immature. We also have a political party base that is actively trying to take God out of society and has attached itself to not only self-serving but self-pleasuring tactics.
I can honestly say I am disgusted with all of it.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
ARKfamily 8/11/2023 9:40:03 AM (No. 1532365)
By the way, so much of the leadership in DC seek identities and approval from everyone around them that they lose out on one very important thing. God should get the accolades and applause not themselves. You can always tell the people who are thumping their chests and in the constant "look at me" mode. . .
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 8/11/2023 9:48:57 AM (No. 1532370)
Sadly, we will finally say no to the madness - but not until after our quality of life and freedoms are removed such as - cell phone use is restricted, access to our bank accounts is restricted, we embrace central bank digital currency, access to gasoline for our cars is restricted, ecar use becomes mandatory, access to natural gas and electricity to our homes is restricted, we forfeit our guns, eat bugs, we agree to behave and vote lefty, and we agree to having a microchip installed into our foreheads for identification and surveillance. In exchange, we will be allowed to continue breathing, unless our social credit score gets to low from misbehavior, that is.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 8/11/2023 10:06:43 AM (No. 1532383)
The madness isn't going to stop.
In 2008, the United States elected Obama. In 2016, the United States elected Trump. Two things became evident in those elections. The first was people are sick and tired of Washington, business as usual, politics, and elected outsiders. The second thing is the voting public is going in polar opposite directions. Obama was bought. Washington gave Obama what he wanted in return for Obama giving Washington what they wanted. In the end, you saw a marriage made in hell between the globalists and the left. Trump, on the other hand, had a different agenda, could not be bought, and was forced out. We ended up with a corrupt criminal tyrannical feebleminded fool for a President, and between 70 and 80 million people were dumb enough to vote for him.
Can one person turn this country around? Nope. Look what the Washington crowd did to Trump. We now know how badly the Washington crowd will hold onto power. They will divide, control, kill, and destroy to stay in power. They will not go quietly. Seriously doubt they can be forced out as well if they can get 70 to 80 million supporters. This only changes when Washington loses all its support, and the Washington crowd has nowhere to hide.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
columba 8/11/2023 10:16:17 AM (No. 1532400)
We need our creator to save our former Nation.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
DebraAnn 8/11/2023 10:46:15 AM (No. 1532419)
#2, I agree completely! I love that man, what he did for our country, and will work for him and support him forever. God Bless and Keep our Real President Trump.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 8/11/2023 11:40:33 AM (No. 1532445)
One more thing - the left thinks its objective is to separate us from Trump and, voila, Amerika is theirs. The left is mistaken. Even if something were to happen to Trump, our values, morality, and spirituality and belief in God, our Heavenly Father, and commitment to the United States of America, as founded, remains intact. As far as we are concerned, our desire to forge ahead with America, the Constitutional Republic it is, will remain quite intact. So, lefties, go ahead and chew on this for a while. Your obsession with Trump is the least of your problems.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
Zigrid 8/11/2023 11:51:58 AM (No. 1532458)
It's a bit early for the gloom and doom folks this morning...but I won't get side tracked by your negative attitude...I have complete confidence is President Trump...and I'm at his side...go MAGA!!
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
PrayerWarrior 8/11/2023 12:05:27 PM (No. 1532462)
I'm afraid Victor Davis Hanson has a blind spot when it comes to President Trump. Why can't he see that
President Trump is that Amery person? PDJT has called for a return to the days of "Make America Great Again"
which would give VDH everything he's asking for; a return to normalcy; a return to the days before Biden's destruction.
I ask again. Why the blind spot VDH when it comes to PDJT? Why? Who are you appealing to? The Elite Left?
As my Mom would say, "you're cutting your nose off to spite your face."
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
HRJUNIOR 8/11/2023 12:40:52 PM (No. 1532482)
#4,
GOD is ready! Watch Him work!
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
HRJUNIOR 8/11/2023 12:59:00 PM (No. 1532508)
#24,
One Person will turn this country around. HIS Name is GOD. HE know exactly what to do and He is doing it right now!
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