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He who studies history shall know the future for all things come full circle.

Friday, June 30, 2006

PTL Club Strikes Again

This has been a rough week at least as far as the war on the homefront is concerned regarding Operation WARTS (War Against Rogue & Terror States). Once again the Press, the Terrorists and the Left (PTL Club) have triangulated their activities in their attempt at breaking the will of the American people to continue supporting the War-On-Terror.

The Press struck back in the form of the New York Times coverage of the SWIFT program to nab international terrorists by following their money trail(s) clandestinely. Naturally, the Press felt it their duty to commit treason by aiding and abetting the enemy during a time of war. Now, Belgium has declared they may indeed back out of this very important and lucrative anti-terror program. Such are the reprecussions of the Press hatred of President Bush. The New York Times specifically would rather attempt a "Watergate" moment in their attempt to dethrone GW at the expense of New York City. I wonder how many buildings must fall at the hands of International Islamic Terrorists before they realize that Bush only has 2 years left to serve out his Presidency anyway?

The Terrorists struck back last week with the savage and inhuman murder of three army men from the 101st Airborne who were laid upon while at their posts. These three beautful young men gave their lives defending liberty for America in the deserts and rat-infested cities of Iraq. We don't know exactly how two of the three men at their posts were "kidnapped" but in the end their bodies were found beheaded and boobytrapped to kill more Americans. Their deaths will be avenged make no mistake about it. But their deaths illustrates the savagery of our Islamic enemies for indeed they take no prisoners. And if they do take prisoners, then their only motive is for torture and brutality. The only end for Islamic terrorists is death. There can be no negotiation, no reasoning and no mercy.

The Left struck back when all of the leftwing Supreme Court Justices de-balled the President's ability to wage war with their ruling on the efficacy of Guantanomo Bay. These scumbags holed up in "Club GTMO" in Cuba are neither American citizens nor captured soldiers of an enemy nation. And yet, they cannot be freed for their will is the destruction of all things western or American. They cannot be "reformed". Either they need to be jailed or they need to be executed for their crimes not just against America but against humanity as well. The Left however, seems to think we are back in a 9/10 modus operandi or their own hatred of President Bush has so clouded their common sense they can't see the forest for the trees.

The PTL Club is on the march for this is an election year and they smell blood in the water. As America dithers over Iran, the PTL Club views this as weakness and are clearly taking advantage of President Bush and the War On Terror to gain ground on the fields of public opinion and on the battlefields of Dar Al Islam. Will America suffer another 9/11 scale of attack under the Republicans? Perhaps. Will it occur under a Democrat controlled White House and Congress? Most definately. In this titanic struggle for the minds of America only one side will emerge victorious. Choose wisely.

Thursday, June 22, 2006


An F/A-18E Super Hornet sits at the ready as storm clouds pass overhead aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan and Carrier Air Wing One Four (CVW-14) are currently on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of the global war on terrorism and maritime security operations (MSO) and participating in Exercise Valiant Shield 2006.
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U.S. Navy aircraft carriers USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) and USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) break away from a 15-ship formation along with ships from the three carrier strike groups to sail independently following the Exercise Valiant Shield photo exercise. Valiant Shield focuses on integrated joint training among U.S. military forces, enabling real-world proficiency in sustaining joint forces and in detecting, locating, tracking and engaging units at sea, in the air, on land and cyberspace in response to a range of mission areas. www.navy.mil


Sailors stationed aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) watch from the flight deck as an F-14 Tomcat assigned to the "Tomcats" of Fighter Squadron Three One (VF-31), performs a high speed fly by. For the past 30 years, the F-14 Tomcat has assured U.S. air superiority, playing a key role in ensuring victory and preserving peace around the world. The F-14 Tomcat will be removed from service and officially stricken from the inventory in September 2006. www.navy.mil


Pvt. Lukowski and fellow Soldiers from the Quick Reaction Force, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division begin an air assault operation after exiting a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. www.army.mil


A Soldier from the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team fires an illumination flare over Mosul, Iraq, from his Stryker vehicles 120 mm mortar. The flare is used to spot terrorists who might be emplacing roadside bombs. www.army.mil


U.S. Air Force and naval aircraft fly over the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) and USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) carrier strike groups in the Philippine Sea June 18, 2006, during exercise Valiant Shield 2006. The joint exercise consists of 28 naval vessels, more than 300 aircraft, and approximately 20,000 service members from the Navy, Army, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. www.defenselink.mil

Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Lord of the North

Russia is a great nation and her inhabitants a great people. Her history is full of triumph and tradgedy and hard-won victories over a multitude of enemies. Mongoloid and yet a European nation in her own right she exerts her influence upon the world. And her influence is in direct contravention to the West that includes America over the most important real estate in the world at this time, the Middle East.

From Radio Free Europe:

Russia's RIA Novosti announced on June 15 that by the end of the year it will launch a satellite-television channel that will broadcast to the Middle East and North Africa. In doing so, the state-run news agency joined the growing list of countries vying to gain a media influence in the region.

According to the pro-Kremlin website km.ru, the goal of the new channel is "to reassert Russia's political influence in the Middle East and to confront international mass media that have a critical position toward the Russian Federation."

RIA Novosti's project will be headed by the former Moscow bureau chief of Al-Jazeera, Akram Khuzam. Khuzam, who had headed the bureau since it was launched in 1996, was fired in September -- reportedly after running afoul of Russia's Muslim community.

Al-Jazeera Director Wadah Khanfar, whose station's policies have often been criticized by the United States, said that his station welcomes the appearance of a Russian channel, "Izvestia" reported on June 20. "Russia can present her opinion on the air," Khanfar said, "and viewers will only gain from that."

We live in amazing times as the push for economic globilization by the West has broken down the barriers of communication that divide peoples, nations and tongues and just about anyone with either a television or a radio and/or internet access may now engage in the "arena of ideas" for good or for ill. For Russia, this couldn't come at a better time.

Nikolai Shepelev, the chief of the international department of Rossia television's news program "Vesti," told km.ru that the main task of Russia's Arabic-language television channel will be to provide not only news, but a window into the mentality of the Russian people.

The topics will be addressed through a prism of traditional Islam so that "ordinary citizens of a Muslim state can understand nuances of life in the Russian Federation," Shepelev said.

Shepelev does not conceal against whom he believes the Russian state news agency's maneuverings in the Arab world are directed. "The closer we are to [the Arab world], the stronger our positions in the region will be. Understandably, U.S. [positions] will be weaker," he told km.ru.

Russia has sought to downplay U.S. concerns over Russia's recent dealings in the Middle East, which include weapons sales to Syria and Iran, Gazprom's efforts to create a "gas cartel" with Algeria and Iran, and contacts with and loans provided to the Palestinian Authority's Hamas government.

My, my they do have their hands or should I say "paws" full in the Middle East, don't they. But surely, it's just a news channel, right?

In June, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Saltanov said that Moscow "has no goal to compete with the United States for influence in the region."

Uh-huh, I see. I have also been told the moon is made of cheese! Just as Western economic globilization has unknowingly ressurected historical forces detrimental to our own agenda, both America and Europa, we are seeing a nationalistic revival of the old things in Russia.

Also from Radio Free Europe:

Speaking on the sidelines of the June 15 Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin dropped the latest in a series of tantalizing clues as to who his potential choice of successor might be.

So who could this "not completely unknown" person -- who furthermore embodies Putin's stated ideals of "integrity, honesty, professionalism, and taking responsibility for one's decisions -- be?

One possibility is Vladimir Yakunin, who for the past year has led the state-run Russian Railway Company, the country's second-largest enterprise after Gazprom. He is also a close friend of Putin, which, together with his relative exclusion from public view, could combine to give him a significant competitive edge against other potential candidates.

And while Yakunin's official biography makes no mention of an affiliation to Putin's previous employer, the KGB, his early career -- at the Soviet Committee for Foreign Trade Relations and with the Soviet mission to the United Nations, among other places -- suggests ties to foreign intelligence services.

Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Yakunin moved into business and banking activities. In 1997, Putin, then the head of the Main Control Department of President Boris Yeltsin's administration, appointed Yakunin to serve as his envoy in northwest Russia.

In 2000, Yakunin was named deputy transport minister before moving on to become deputy railway minister. Now, as president and CEO of Russian Railways, Yakunin is responsible for one of the world's largest railroad networks, with some 42,000 kilometers of track, 1.3 million employees, and annual revenues of more than $20 billion.

So where is all this going you might ask? Behold, the future!

Since 2001, Yakunin has also led the board of trustees of the St. Andrew's Foundation, a powerful patriotic organization created in 1992 with the goal of advancing the ideology of national revanchism. Some observers have found symbolism in the fact that Yakunin heads a foundation named for Andrew the "First-Called," who was the first disciple to be summoned by Jesus Christ into his service.

Under Yakunin's leadership, the foundation has launched several nationwide cultural-religious projects, including the repatriation and burial of the remains of two anticommunist heroes, Tsarist General Anton Denikin and emigre philosopher Ivan Ilyin.

The foundation also played a key role in the recent reconciliation between the Moscow Patriarchate and the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad -- a project in which Putin was also an active participant.

The Kremlin is a routine and enthusiastic supporter of the foundation's work, including its creation, in 2001, of the Center of Russian National Glory, of which Yakunin is also head.

Could we be seeing a return to the old state that made Russia great? Not the communist state that so recently collapsed but the other state namely that of the Czar? Most westerners are perplexed by the rather odd hero worship of Stalin by the Russians during the communist period. Is it because the Russians love(d) communism? No, of course not. What they loved was the fact that Russia was a global power after defeating their great enemy Germany in 1945. Stalin may have been a murderous thug of Russians but the world stood in awe of Moscow due to their Herclean efforts during World War II. No other communist leader is as revered as he by the Russians. And now, without the yoke of communism, nationalism and religion are rising to the top once again. They are being harnessed for the future of Russia.

The center's stated goal is the "revival of Russia's grandeur." It describes itself as a "nonpolitical, nonreligious" organization, but many of its activities appear to promote the ideological interests of either the Russian Orthodox Church, or the Kremlin, or both.

Its hallmark project is its annual "Dialogue of Civilizations" international forum, complete with the presentation of the International Prize of St. Andrew. Past recipients include UNESCO Director-General Koichiro Matsuura and Jordan's King Abdullah.

Yakunin's role in promoting the national-patriotic ideology that colors nearly all of Russia's political debate makes him an ideal presidential candidate for the inner-circle "siloviki" drawn from the ranks of the secret services. But his business acumen also makes him an attractive option for the nation's political liberals. (Yakunin, in fact, has made a point of saying he sees "no meaning" to the formula dividing Russian political camps into "siloviki" and "liberals.")

These are great times to being living in and we will be astounded by what the future holds as history once again embraces the present.

Thursday, June 15, 2006


An F/A-18C Hornet aircraft assigned to the Sidewinders of Strike Fighter Squadron 86 launches from the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, June 13, 2006, which is deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of the war on terror. www.defendamerica.mil

Land of Terrorism

I chuckle at the insistence of the Old Media to invoke the number of dead in Iraq when it recently hit 2500 as if it were some magical numerical incantation to turn America against the War-On-Terror. America had over 16,000 MURDERS in the United States just last year! Americans murdering Americans, so I ask the Old Media, whats your point? Apparently the PTL Club (Press, Terrorists & Left) insists that the number of American combat deaths in Iraq is commensurate with defeat. The more dead one has then the more likely you will be defeated according to their calculations. If this be the case, then indeed we lost World War II, with casualties upwards of 500,000 American souls. Of course this is nonsense as I expect you very well know.

Iraq sits in the middle of an Islamic Empire that was forged nearly 1500 years ago at the expense of the Classical World and a Christian modus vevendi. In the West, Rome fell due to Germanic tribal immigration that was at first allowed to occur by the Senate in Italy but ultimately got out of control with Goths and Vandals running rampant and without due regard throughout Western Europe. The German tribes eventually settled into a more structred life and eventually embraced Christianity. Islam on the other hand came as conquering hordes when the classical world could no longer function with the absense of Roman Rule. North Africa, Spain, the Levant and ultimately Persia would fall to the Arab Islamic armies animated by their religion of war. Their only enemy that kept them in check throughout Anatolia was the Byzantine city-state of Constantnople.

As the conquered peoples of Islam settled into occupation, Islam would come to inherit much of the classical knowledge of science and mathematics that pervaded throughout North Africa at the time. Their mosques were designed and built by Byzantine architects as the domed Basilica and tower became the standard building pattern for moslem "temples" of worship. But, Islam could not abide by Roman, Greek or Persian concepts and doctrine. A process of de-Hellenization took place that forbade anything that wasn't written in Arabic or glorified their prophet Mohammed. The Moslem world slowly descended into a violent and backward civlization stuck in a time warp that denied its citizenry music, literature, science, and freedom. War, conquest and violence became the instruments to worship and glorify God.

Today really is not that much different for the average Moslem except they do have some modern conveniences such as cadillacs and air conditioning. However, traditionally they are finding it much more difficult to carry out their founders wishes by war and conquest. Moslems haven't WON a single contest against the West since the fall of Constantnople in 1453. For over 500 years, Islam has been retrograding whether in Spain or in the Balkans with Austria-Hungary or in India with the British or the Caucasus with Russia. Egypt too has been under foreign occupation as it is the vital chokepoint between Europa and the East.

Islam is not merely the "sickman" of Europe as the Ottoman Empire was so named, but in fact is the sickman of the world! With the advent of International Islamic Terrorism we are seeing the last gasp of this frightful and horrific religion. Moslem lands are known by the moniker "Land of Peace" and yet, we see how the "Land of Peace" has become a land of terrorism from Morrocco to Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Turkey, Sudan, Iraq, Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Indonesia. Moslem against Moslem, murdering, kidnapping and pillaging. It is destroying itself and taking others with it. And now it is on the verge of atomic weaponery.

How long before the terrible fall?

Saturday, June 10, 2006


The U.S. Military Sealift Command (MSC) Hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) sits anchored off the Phillipine coast during its visit to the city of Zambagoa on a scheduled humanitarian visit. Mercy is on a five-month deployment to South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific Islands. The medical crew aboard Mercy will provide general and ophthalmology surgery, basic medical evaluation and treatment, preventive medicine treatment, dental screenings and treatment, optometry screenings, eyewear distribution, public health training and veterinary services as requested by the host nations. Like all U.S. Naval forces, Mercy is able to rapidly respond to a range of situations on short notice. Mercy is uniquely capable of supporting medical and humanitarian assistance needs and is configured with special medical equipment and a robust multi-specialized medical team who can provide a range of services ashore as well as aboard the ship. The medical staff is augmented with an assistance crew, many of whom are part of nongovernmental organizations that have significant medical capabilities. www.navy.mil

Friday, June 09, 2006

Operation WARTS Recap

With yesterday's fantastic news that Zarqawi was on the receiving end of our F16 Fighting Falcons in Iraq this should remind us that we have the upper hand and ultimately we will prevail, if and only if we maintain our offensive. Operation WARTS (War Against Rogue & Terror States) as envisioned by the War-On-Terror by President Bush should be reviewed again to determine where we stand at this moment.

International Islamic Terrorism is a state-sponsored enterprise. Make no mistake about this nor forget that Moslems in general simply just don't get up one morning and decide to blow up a cafe in Jerusalem or a market in Baghdad. Contrary to the propaganda espoused by terror organizations, Moslems do indeed love life and wish to live as much as any other person in this world. Terrorism must be highly organized, logistically supplied and protected by government entities. It takes time, talent, training and money to strike at a target which in turn is timed to inflict as much psychological damage to itimidate and threaten law abiding citizens in every country where terrorism is excercised as a means to effect a political outcome.

Why have the Moslem states be they Sunni or Shia, Arab or Persian embraced terrorism as a means to an end? Which end do they wish to arrive at? I believe we are seeing in the 21st Century the Ressurection of History! Many things considered long since dead have come to life due to a variety of factors. The main factor animating this ressurection of historical forces is the process of WESTERN globialization. Let's face it, the West is the overlord of the world and every single country from Asia to Africa and all points in between have copied the Western way of life much to the chagrine of the Left in all spheres of human interaction be they in government (democracy) or economics (commercialism) or military (arms and doctrine) or in culture (music, clothing, food, language, architecture, etc). This Western Global Hedgemony is ultimately what is animating the Moslems to wage their War-Of-Terror against us. This War-Of-Terror also is being embraced on a lower level by other civilizations with their covert support to the Rogue and Terror States by funding, by military appropriations and by nuclear know-how to thrwart our own agenda in the world. Russia, Asia, Africa, Middle East and South America have come out swinging against the West but where will it all end up?

The next item on the agenda for Operation WARTS is Iran. Contrary to what most Leftists think, we wish not to wage war against the smaller states in the world today. We only wish to trade with them and makes lots of money. Granted, it appears under-handed and rather hypocritical at times when we in the West sacrifice prinicipal for the almighty dollar but in the end, capitalism enriches everyone from the "obscenely rich" to the scumbag on the bottom of the economic ladder for it allows free-will to run its course through the transaction of business. Iran continues to plunge ahead with uranium enrichment to produce nuclear weapons. After 9/11, this simply cannot be abided. This next front will be more detrimental to the worldwide economy and will probably see for the first time since Nagosaki and Hiroshima the use of nuclear weapons on the battlefield.

The War-On-Terror has not run its course. Just like in every war, certain milestones may be reached such as the taking of certain objectives on a map or the killing of certain individuals that affects command and control of the enemy armies but the war continues until the enemy pleads for mercy. We haven't reached that "event horizon" just yet.

Prepare for battlestations.

Friday, June 02, 2006


A B-17G Flying Fortress and a B-52H Stratofortress fly in a heritage flight formation on Saturday, May 13 during the 2006 Defenders of Liberty Airshow at Barksdale Air Force Base, La. These two aircraft represent 70 years of "fortresses." It was the first time in 50 years that they flew together in formation. www.af.mil


An extraction chute opens over the drop zone during an airdrop training mission on Tuesday, May 16, 2006. The C-17 Globemaster IIIs are from the 535th Airlift Squadron, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. Base officials are conducting multi-element training for aircrews to maintain aircrew proficiency. www.af.mil


Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division parachute over Andrews Air Force Base, Md., during a joint-service open house. www.army.mil


A Soldier from the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division patrols an area near Tal Afar, Iraq, in his M-1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank. www.army.mil

Thursday, June 01, 2006

The PTL Club

Friends, we have a new club of fellow travelers who have staked their reputations and lives against Western man. This club of individuals despises everything that built the West and that energizes the West. Though they individually hate each other and if circumstances prevailed they would more than likely kill each other they have triangulated their propaganda to support each other for the time being. Their near universal hatred of George W. Bush, America and the West have pushed these groups together into one club: The Press, the Terrorists and the Left.

The Press, Terrorists and the Left are actively engaged in defeating the War-on-Terror by means of propaganda, active warfare and passive sedition. All three groups are highly intelligent and should not be treated lightly in political affairs. Each group has its own agenda which may not be shared by the others but ultimately the focus of their hatred bears down upon the same target. Thus, they are able to triangulate their actions and collectively become a force multiplier to shape political opinion in their favor against the President, America and the West.

The Press as identified primarily by print and network news outlets are actually considered an institution unto themselves in both Europe and America. Their coverage of political events can and often shapes the outcome of those events for good or for ill. Known as the "Fourth Estate", the other three being the Nobles, Clergy and People from pre-revolutionary France, the Press has come out swinging against the War-on-Terror. Their leftwing bias shows up daily in their coverage in Iraq and Afghanistan. The only information we ever receive from the Front is the death of civilians by terrorists and the death of American soldiers by terrorists. No perspective, no information, no knowledge, and no understanding just a death count and nothing more. They actually treat coverage of the Terrorists in much more benign fashion than the American troops who are their own countrymen and protectors of their God-given rights. When terrorists blow off a car-bomb in a market place in Baghdad the Press will refer to it as a "bombing" or a "killing". When a few Marines kill Iraqi civilians on the other hand then the words used to describe these events are "murder, atrocities and/or massacres". When a "journalist" is injured or killed in Iraq then the Press just gushes over them like they were fallen saints but not so for their fellow countrymen in the armed forces. The American Fighting Man is to be detested and disgraced and the Press will use every available moment to crap on them when they can. The objective of the Press is to grind down American public opinion against GW Bush by hyperventalating over every single American combat death and ascribing guilt to the President. The Press hates George W. Bush. They will club the President to political death with their negative coverage of Iraq.

The Terrorists which are primarily Islamic State Sponsored benificiaries have always hated America since we defended Israel during the Yom Kippur War of 1973. The first shot across our bow was the Arab Oil Embargo in October of 1973. With America recently battered down by both the Press and the Left over the Vietnam War, the United States did not respond in military fashion against the Arab states who dared raise their hand against us. Since then they have slowly and more agressively attacked American and Western interests through assymetric/unconventional warfare that finally culminated in the fateful attack on the World Trade Center and Pentagon on September 11th, 2001. The Islamic Terrorists, we will have to be honest here, have actually been more "successful" in driving their enemies from the battlefield by means of terrorism than by conventional armed combat. Although, I believe they have miscalculated American resolve under GW Bush in 2001, they have no choice since the dice have been thrown but to wage their War-of-Terror against the West as the stakes are now too great to back down. But they have friends in high places, namely the Press and the Left. With both the Press beating down from the top and the Left agitating from the bottom, the President and America are sandwiched in-between with nowhere to go. If American public opinion can be haranged to reject the War-on-Terror with the assistance of the Press with their negative news coverage and the political Left with their passifistic and cowardly political policies, then the Terrorists will have won a great victory on American soil that could never be won by force of arms in a direct confrontation with the United States anywhere in the Middle East.

The Left is the third group that hates GW Bush, America and surprisingly the West itself. Though a child of the West the Left has engaged in a form of intellectual cannabalism against her parent that begat her! For the Left, its not so much the revolution eating the children but the children eating the revolution. A self destructive narcissism has taken hold of the Left in both America and Europe since World War II that if taken to its final conclussion can only bring about their own demise. They say they are for freedom and yet wish to be shackled with the bondage of big-brother socialist government. They say they just want to be "left alone" and not to be bothered and yet this scum are the biggest loudmouths on the planet. Their protests and hooliganism are legendary for their lack of perspective in regards to what is going on in the world as to defy imagination. For them there is no truth but merely one's opinion. History does not matter and you can forget about the future because its only the here and now that counts, "lets us drink(or get stoned) and be merry for tomorrow we die" is pretty much the sumation of their beliefs. There is no God as far as they are concerned and hence their hatred of GW Bush who ironically isn't that far removed from them but hell's bells he believes in Jesus Christ! Outrage! Death to Bush! Death to Christians! For the Left today, they wish to surrender to the Islamic Terrorists who have surrounded their cities. The terrorists have demanded tribute and the Left has agreed to give it to them. That is why they hate America because we have the audacity to wage war against the Islamic terrorists when the Left themselves would offer up their treasure to the barbarians at the gates in return for safety for a short time.

The PTL Club are united in their hatred of the President, America and the West but ultimately each one must confront the fallacy of their position to each other. Yes, though the Nazi's and the Communists united to thrwart the Weimar Republic in the 1920's and ultimately carve up Poland and eastern Europe to themselves in the 1930's, by 1941 they would become the most bitter of enemies that would come to consume tens of millions of their fellow men in the Second World War.

My fellow Americans, we must stand together against the PTL Club and defeat this menace once and for all. Do you stand with the President, America and the West or do you stand with them? Your decisions and attitudes will shape the course of these events and can only bring victory to one side. May your understanding of these issues bring you light in this age of darkness.

Long live the Republic.