Delta4Embassy
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Said my Mom. To which I replied, "Maybe that's what we need as President. Someone more like Putin who'll scare the hell out of our enemies so they don't attack us again?'
Can you imagine Rome's enemies picking a fight with them willy-nilly?
"Did you know that two thousand years ago a Roman citizen could walk across the face of the known world free of the fear of molestation? He could walk across the Earth unharmed, cloaked only in the protection of the words civis Romanus -- I am a Roman citizen. So great was the retribution of Rome, universally understood as certain, should any harm befall even one of its citizens."
- "President Barlett," "The West Wing"
Nowadays, instead of our enemies avoiding American casualties fearing the retaliation, they actively seek us out because they know nothing will come of it. That needs to change. You attack an American here or anywhere in the world and the retaliation will be swift and completely disproportional in response.
"No matter how big a guy might be, Nicky would take him on. You beat Nicky with fists, he comes back with a bat. You beat him with a knife, he comes back with a gun. And you beat him with a gun, you better kill him, because he’ll keep comin’ back and back until one of you is dead."
- "Casino" (1995)
Instead of this we've become the little pug bulldog barking up a storm at the cat who tiring of it jumps up onto the couch making the pug retreat to the corner whimpering and crying like the bitch it is.
Can you imagine Rome's enemies picking a fight with them willy-nilly?
"Did you know that two thousand years ago a Roman citizen could walk across the face of the known world free of the fear of molestation? He could walk across the Earth unharmed, cloaked only in the protection of the words civis Romanus -- I am a Roman citizen. So great was the retribution of Rome, universally understood as certain, should any harm befall even one of its citizens."
- "President Barlett," "The West Wing"
Nowadays, instead of our enemies avoiding American casualties fearing the retaliation, they actively seek us out because they know nothing will come of it. That needs to change. You attack an American here or anywhere in the world and the retaliation will be swift and completely disproportional in response.
"No matter how big a guy might be, Nicky would take him on. You beat Nicky with fists, he comes back with a bat. You beat him with a knife, he comes back with a gun. And you beat him with a gun, you better kill him, because he’ll keep comin’ back and back until one of you is dead."
- "Casino" (1995)
Instead of this we've become the little pug bulldog barking up a storm at the cat who tiring of it jumps up onto the couch making the pug retreat to the corner whimpering and crying like the bitch it is.