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Eight pictures to make you think... and Churchill foresaw it ... Be sure to read Churchill's comments at the end

 

 

 

     IRAN  1970 
 
 
 
  
  IRAN  2012 
 
 
 
  
  AFGHANISTAN 
 
 
 
  
  EGYPT (Cairo University) 1959 
 
 
 
  
  EGYPT (Cairo University) 2012 
 
 
 
  
  NETHERLANDS (Amsterdam) 1980 
 
 
 
  
  NETHERLANDS (Amsterdam) 2012 
 

  ...And some people still do not see a reason to worry! 

Winston Churchill 1899

 

 

"Individual Muslims may show splendid qualities, but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the  world."

 

 

This is amazing. Even more amazing is that this hasn't been published long before now. 

 

CHURCHILL ON ISLAM Unbelievable, but the speech below was written in 1899. (Check Wikipedia - The River War). The attached short speech from Winston Churchill, was delivered by him in 1899 when he was a young soldier and journalist. It probably sets out the current views of many, but expresses in the wonderful Churchillian turn of phrase and use of the English language, of which he was a past master. Sir Winston Churchill was, without doubt, one of the greatest men of the late 19th and 20th centuries. He was a brave young soldier, a brilliant journalist, an extraordinary politician and statesman, a great war leader and British Prime Minister, to whom the Western world must be forever in his debt.

He was a prophet in his own time. He died on 24th January 1965, at the grand old age of 90 and, after a lifetime of service to his country, was accorded a State funeral. HERE IS THE SPEECH:

"How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. 

The effects are apparent in many countries, improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live. A degraded sensual-ism deprives this life of its grace and refinement, the next of its dignity and sanctity. The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property, either as a child, a wife, or a concubine, must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men.

 

Individual Muslims may show splendid qualities, but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it.

 

No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science against which it had vainly struggled, the civilization of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilization of ancient Rome." 

Sir Winston Churchill; (Source: The River War, first edition, Vol II, pages 248-250 London).

Churchill saw it coming. 

  
AND GUESS WHO TOOK THE BUST OF CHURCHILL OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE?

The person who wrote this is a college (law) student. Perhaps there is hope for us after all. DIVORCE AGREEMENT

 

                     
  The  person who wrote this is a college (law) student. Perhaps there is hope  for us after all.
  
  DIVORCE  AGREEMENT
  
  
  THIS  IS SO INCREDIBLY WELL PUT AND I CAN HARDLY BELIEVE IT'S BY A YOUNG PERSON,  A STUDENT! WHATEVER HE RUNS FOR, I'LL VOTE FOR HIM.
  
  Dear  American liberals, leftists, social progressives, socialists, Marxists and  Obama supporters, et al: 
  
  We  have stuck together    since  the late 1950's for the sake of the kids, but the whole of this latest  election process has made me realize that I want a divorce. I know we  tolerated each other for many years for the sake of future generations,  but sadly, this relationship has clearly run its course.
  
  Our  two ideological sides of America cannot and will not ever agree on what is  right for us all, so let's just end it on friendly terms. We can smile and  chalk it up to irreconcilable differences and go our own  way.
  
  Here  is our separation agreement:
  
  --Our  two groups can equitably divide up the country by landmass each taking a  similar portion.  That will be the difficult part, but I am sure our  two sides can come to a friendly agreement.  After that, it should be  relatively easy!  Our respective representatives can effortlessly  divide other assets since both sides have such distinct and disparate  tastes.
  
  --We  don't like redistributive taxes so you can keep them.
  
  --You  are welcome to the liberal judges and the ACLU.
  
  --Since  you hate guns and war, we'll take our firearms, the cops, the NRA and the  military.
  
  --We'll  take the nasty, smelly oil industry and the coal mines, and you can go  with wind, solar and biodiesel.
  
  --You  can keep Oprah, Michael Moore and Rosie O'Donnell. You are, however,  responsible for finding a bio-diesel vehicle big enough to move all three  of them.
  
  --We'll  keep capitalism, greedy corporations, pharmaceutical companies, Wal-Mart  and Wall Street.
  
  --You  can have your beloved lifelong welfare dwellers, food stamps, homeless,  homeboys, hippies, druggies and illegal aliens.
  
  --We'll  keep the hot Alaskan hockey moms, greedy CEO's and  rednecks.
  
  --We'll  keep Bill O'Reilly, and Bibles and give you NBC and  Hollywood.
  
  --You  can make nice with Iran and Palestine and we'll retain the right to invade  and hammer places that threaten us.
  
  --You  can have the peaceniks and war protesters.
  
  --  When  our allies or our way of life are under assault, we'll help provide them  security.
  
  --We'll  keep our Judeo-Christian values.
  
  --You  are welcome to Islam, Scientology, Humanism, political correctness and  Shirley McClain. You can also have the U.N. but we will no longer be  paying the bill.
  
  --We'll  keep the SUV's, pickup trucks and oversized luxury cars. You can take  every Volt and Leaf you can find.
  
  --You  can give everyone healthcare if you can find any practicing  doctors.
  
  --We'll  keep "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" and "The National  Anthem."
  
  --I'm  sure you'll be happy to substitute "Imagine", "I'd Like to Teach the World  to Sing", "Kum Ba Ya" or "We Are the World".
  
  --We'll  practice trickle-down economics and you can continue to give trickle up  poverty your best shot.
  
  --Since  it often so offends you, we'll keep our history, our name and our  flag.
  
  Would  you agree to this?  If so, please pass it along to other like-minded  liberal and conservative patriots and if you do not agree, just hit  delete.  In the spirit of friendly parting, I'll bet you might think  about which one of us will need whose help in 15 years.
  
  Sincerely,
  
  John  J. Wall
  
  Law  Student and an American
  
  P.S.   Also, please take Ted Turner, Sean Penn, Martin & Charlie Sheen,  Barbara Streisand, ( Hanoi ) Jane Fonda with you.
  
  P.S.S.   And you won't have to press 1 for English when you call our  country.
  
  Forward  This Every Time You Get It!  Let's Keep This Going, Maybe Some Of It  Will Start Sinking In!

Pastor Shares His Thoughts Concerning Trump. Have An Open Mind!!

 

 

 

 

 

A Pastors Thought Concerning Donald Trump.

 

My friend and one time fellow pastor, Dalton Douglas, shares some powerful thoughts concerning Donald Trump: 

 

"I've heard too many say lately that we - the American people - have no choice in the upcoming November election!

 

Do you really think that God would leave us with no  choice? 

 

Come on people! Where's your faith? He has heard our cries! 

 

In defense of Donald Trump: Try to keep these points in mind,

 

Donald Trump did not steal your money.

 

Donald Trump did not raise your taxes.

 

Donald Trump did not quadruple the price of food.

 

Donald Trump is not starting a race war.  

 

Donald Trump did not leave any US soldiers in Benghazi to be slaughtered and desecrated by Muslims.

 

Donald Trump did not send the US Navy to fight for Syrian Al-Qaeda.

 

Donald Trump did not arm ISIS and systematically exterminate Christians throughout the Middle East.

 

Donald Trump did not betray Israel.

 

Donald Trump did not provide financing and technology to Iran's nuclear weapons program.

 

Donald Trump did not give our military secrets to China.

 

Donald Trump did not remove our nuclear missile shield in Poland at the behest of Russia. 

 

Donald Trump did not shrivel our military, and betray our veterans.

 

Donald Trump did not cripple our economy.

 

Donald Trump did not increase our debt to 20 trillion dollars.

 

Donald Trump did not ruin our credit, twice.

 

Donald Trump did not double African American unemployment.

 

Donald Trump did not increase welfare to a record level for eight years.

 

Donald Trump did not set free muslim terrorists in Guantanamo bay.

 

Donald Trump did not steal your rights, violate US Constitutional law, or commit treason hundreds of times. 

 

Yet Trump is being ripped apart in the news, nonstop, while Barrack Hussein Obama, Hillary Clinton and the criminals occupying our government, are not.      

 

The media IS the Democratic Party; Save our culture. Stop listening to them!  

 

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