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social political and economic structures something premature to say the least that s why things went wrong take egypt for instance the protest movement was initiated by opposition groups part of which were very radical but the lead was soon taken by traditional political forces such as the muslim brotherhood and the salafists unlike george w bush and his neocon advisers and in opposition to barack obama s idealistic rhetoric about foreign politics donald trump argued that what we call western values far from being universal are a centuries long and uneven process of acculturation and education in this context as david french puts it in national review judeo christian ideas have a specific value the family as a core building block of the culture has a specific value constitutional governance has a specific value they are not necessarily interchangeable with islam with alternative family arrangements or with statism thus a call to protect faith family and limited government is a call to protect the culture that has birthed freedom at home and abroad the warsaw speech also finds president trump on the trail of joseph ratzinger and the lecture on europe s crisis of culture the then cardinal gave in the convent of saint scholastica in subiaco italy on april 1 2005 the day before pope john paul ii died it was a very strong warning against the cynicism of a secularized culture that denies its own foundations by the way one might ask why the west has turned on itself and seems to be refusing to take even the most rudimentary steps to protect itself against its sworn enemies of course there are lots of reasons not just one cultural marxism ennui loss of faith in organized religion the transformation of government schools into babysitting services for subsections of the populace with severe cultural learning disabilities the marginalization of the very notion of excellence the mutation of the left into a suicide cult that wants to take the rest of us with it this kind of illness being thus indicated the antidote is also easy to prescribe the antidote to this as argued in a july 15 2016 article by michael walsh the author of the devil s pleasure palace is a return to our cultural roots including the pre christian principles of aristotle passed down via st thomas aquinas among others and the roman emperor marcus aurelius those roots are neither race nor faith specific and in fact the genius of western civilization is that its principles not conservative principles but civilizational principles have proven so successful that they resulted in the united states of america the very embodiment of those ideas which is of course why islam and its ally of convenience the left hate america so we and our cultural heritage are the refutation of every satanic principle they hold so vengefully dear western civilization has defended us for centuries isn t it about time we defended it that s exactly what president trump did with his warsaw speech of course never trumpers trump sceptics across europe and the left in general didn t like a speech in which the words civilization and west are each repeated 10 times sarah wildman at vox compared this battle cry for family for freedom for country and for god to an alt right manifesto david smith washington correspondent for the guardian wrote that the warsaw speech will be remembered not for a quotable zinger but for muddled thinking and dark nativism on the other side of the fence victor davis hanson at national review praises the speech as an implicit corrective to barack obama s cairo speech that is as the antithesis to the fallacious appeasing lecture obama preached to the egyptians on june 4 2009 whereas obama had blamed the west for many of islam s dilemmas he writes trump praised the singular history and culture of the west whereas obama listed supposed cultural achievements of islam trump rattled off examples of western exceptionalism its culture values achievements a great article indeed in warsaw trump warned the west that it s because of our prosperity technological advancement and cultural superiority that we are in great peril amid failed enemies who hate those who are more successful in sum trump s anti cairo message is that only a disciplined strong west confident in its past and sure of its present success will deter enemies appeal to neutrals and keep friends trump should not have had a need to deliver such a self evident but now rare message that he alone had the courage to state the obvious and was criticized for doing so reminds us that the corrective to our western malady is seen as the problem not the cure but the most moving passages of the address are those which explicitly recall one of the greatest speeches given in poland in the modern era it was delivered in victory square in the old city of warsaw on june 2 1979 by john paul ii the polish pope warsaw victory square june 2 1979 europe was still divided between the politically free democracies of western europe and the communist bloc john paul celebrated mass halfway through as peggy noonan tells the story in her latest column in the wall street journal the crowd began to chant we want god we want god then the pope asked the crowd what was the greatest work of god man who redeemed man christ therefore he declared christ cannot be kept out of the history of man in any part of the globe at any longitude or latitude the exclusion of christ from the history of man is an act against man the chant turned to thunder we want god it was the beginning of the end for the communist order in poland and when the day came on june 2nd 1979 and one million poles gathered around victory square for their very first mass with their polish pope that day every communist in warsaw must have known that their oppressive system would soon come crashing down applause they must have known it at the exact moment during pope john paul ii s sermon when a million polish men women and children suddenly raised their voices in a single prayer a million polish people did not ask for wealth they did not ask for privilege instead one million poles sang three simple words we want god applause in those words the polish people recalled the promise of a better future they found new courage to face down their oppressors and they found the words to declare that poland would be poland once again as i stand here today before this incredible crowd this faithful nation we can still hear those voices that echo through history their message is as true today as ever the people of poland the people of america and the people of europe still cry out we want god applause together with pope john paul ii the poles reasserted their identity as a nation devoted to god and with that powerful declaration of who you are you came to understand what to do and how to live you stood in solidarity against oppression against a lawless secret police against a cruel and wicked system that impoverished your cities and your souls and you won poland prevailed poland will always prevail applause what a great premise for an even greater conclusion we have to remember that our defense is not just a commitment of money it is a commitment of will because as the polish experience reminds us the defense of the west ultimately rests not only on means but also on the will of its people to prevail and be successful and get what you have to have the fundamental question of our time is whether the west has the will to survive do we have the confidence in our values to defend them at any cost do we have enough respect for our citizens to protect our borders do we have the desire and the courage to preserve our civilization in the face of those who would subvert and destroy it applause our own fight for the west does not begin on the battlefield it begins with our minds our wills and our souls today the ties that unite our civilization are no less vital and demand no less defense than that bare shred of land on which the hope of poland once totally rested our freedom our civilization and our survival depend on these bonds of history culture and memory and today as ever poland is in our heart and its people are in that fight applause just as poland could not be broken i declare today for the world to hear that the west will never ever be broken our values will prevail our people will thrive and our civilization will triumph a great speech the gauntlet has been taken up p s an interesting little fact or coincidence from breitbartnews com president donald trump s first photo call in poland after his arrival in air force one was with president andrzej duda and saw him sat beside an oil painting of a prominent figure in polish history and folklore the 17th century king who kicked islam out of central europe and is remembered as the hammer of the turks warsaw s royal palace where the meeting took place lavishly reconstructed after it was dynamited by nazi german troops during the second world war benefits from a surfeit of grand rooms and hundreds of works of art from oils of kings and statesmen by artists such as rembrandt to impressive murals and sculpture the polish authorities had a great deal of choice for where to host the symbolic first meeting of president trump s first european visit it may be seen as a remarkable coincidence therefore that of all the rooms and of all the paintings they chose to sit president trump besides a portrait of one of poland s best known warrior kings king jan john iii sobieski is today remembered and celebrated in poland and elsewhere in central europe for his pivotal role at the battle of vienna in september 1683 by oliver jj lane july 6 2017 a portrait of king jan sobieski iii hangs over president trump s right shoulder ap image posted by s r piccoli a 6 34 pm 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest etichette religion us politics world september 11 2015 they re rugby boys don t you know a review the things described here are the grateful response of a christian who has been rescued from a life of sin and death and reconciled to god for a life of hope and an eternal future in heaven that s what the author says in the biographical note natalie s personal story at the end of her book in fact natalie vellacott believed god s promise that all who call on the name of the lord will be saved and god by his grace planted true faith in my heart and i determined to live a new life before him as she herself recalls a few lines above miss vellacott a former english police sergeant turned missionary to the philippines describes in her book they re rugby boys don t you know how she unexpectedly encountered and fell in love with a group of street teenage boys addicted to what the locals call rugby a solvent used for repairing shoes in the philippines which also has the effect if inhaled to temporarily ease hunger and depression and is known to be one of the major causes of addiction to teenagers and even children the book chronicles some of natalie s ups and downs victories and frustrations of dealing with the rugby boys the many mistakes she made and the many lessons she s learned along the way to her each one of the boys was worth god s love and hers as well my biggest piece of advice she writes is start small one of the smallest things we did which had the biggest impact was to learn the names of the boys and to use them whoever god calls you to help i encourage you to treat them as individuals and demonstrate through this that their lives are important constantly remind them that it is god who loves them and that this is the reason for your concern don t expect dramatic change straight away but be patient persevere and pray they re rugby boys is an inspiring read it s thought provoking emotional and uplifting i am very happy to have read it this book is not for profit and all royalties will be paid directly to olongapo christian help and hope for the ongoing support of the ministry posted by s r piccoli a 12 52 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest etichette books religion world september 13 2012 why the obama administration is wrong about the embassy attacks photo afp getty images a few simple but very appropriate remarks by michael rubin a resident scholar at the american enterprise institute and a senior lecturer at the naval postgraduate school the white house and diplomats may wish to believe a distasteful provocative and inflammatory film motivated the violence in both egypt and libya it is comforting for politicians and officials to ascribe the root cause of islamist terrorism to grievance because if grievance motivates terror then resolving the grievance could provide the solution islamist terrorism however has far less to do with material grievance than ideology read the rest it s worth it posted by s r piccoli a 9 03 pm 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest etichette us politics world june 16 2012 the lady twenty one years after aung san suu kyi gives her nobel lecture daniel sannum lauten afp getty images often during my days of house arrest it felt as though i were no longer a part of the real world there was the house which was my world there was the world of others who also were not free but who were together in prison as a community and there was the world of the free each was a different planet pursuing its own separate course in an indifferent universe what the nobel peace prize did was to draw me once again into the world of other human beings outside the isolated area in which i lived to restore a sense of reality to me this did not happen instantly of course but as the days and months went by and news of reactions to the award came over the airwaves i began to understand the significance of the nobel prize it had made me real once again it had drawn me back into the wider human community and what was more important the nobel prize had drawn the attention of the world to the struggle for democracy and human rights in burma we were not going to be forgotten we are fortunate to be living in an age when social welfare and humanitarian assistance are recognized not only as desirable but necessary i am fortunate to be living in an age when the fate of prisoners of conscience anywhere has become the concern of peoples everywhere an age when democracy and human rights are widely if not universally accepted as the birthright of all aung san suu kyi nobel peace prize speech in oslo city hall norway on saturday june 16 2012 source the washington post sometimes good prevails over evil as also demonstrated by the video below today was a great day at oslo city hall posted by s r piccoli a 11 55 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest etichette burma quote of the day world may 15 2012 the failure of arab liberals ap photo everybody knows what happened soon after the heady first days of the arab 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