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Thanks, @DB

Almost needed subtitles.
If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.

-Dwight Eisenhower-


"The [U.S.] Constitution is a limitation on the government, not on private individuals ... it does not prescribe the conduct of private individuals, only the conduct of the government ... it is not a charter for government power, but a charter of the citizen's protection against the government."

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Thanks, @DB

Almost needed subtitles.

Yes, tough accent. Especially if you are hard of hearing. But what he's got to say is dead right.

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Yes, it is.  A classic case of dying to the flesh and walking in the spirit.  The eternal struggle.  That which we will to do, we do not do.

I am guilty here of calling for the deaths of Russian soldiers, but that is not what G-d wants.  It is natural for us to view things from the human perspective, especially when we can't see the Spiritual solution.

The only weapon the enemy has is fear, and that is what is ruling the day at this time.  I am looking for a miracle that is beyond my human mindset.
If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.

-Dwight Eisenhower-


"The [U.S.] Constitution is a limitation on the government, not on private individuals ... it does not prescribe the conduct of private individuals, only the conduct of the government ... it is not a charter for government power, but a charter of the citizen's protection against the government."

-Ayn Rand-

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How God must weep at humans' folly! Stand fast! God knows what he is doing!
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Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.

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Its easy to preach understanding to those that slaughter, butcher, rape, torture civilians.  Of course not all are guilty, but as the group you willingly take part in, taking part of their fellowship, some of what they do falls on you, either good or evil.  Russians like Germans buried innocent people in mass graves, and people without good cause in WWII.
In America it is a military crime to do such under the guise/pretense of just following orders.  It should be so globally.  Spare me the tears for the perpetrators, it is the victims that deserve them.  Let the dogs be fed last from the scraps of the table.
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