“Lest We Forget”

November 9, 2009

“Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons.” (Deuteronomy 4:9)

This admonition was given by God through Moses as the children of Israel were preparing finally to enter God’s promised land. God had done mighty things for them–delivering them from slavery in Egypt, parting the Red Sea for them, feeding them for forty years with water from a great rock and daily bread from heaven–and it was important for them to teach their descendants, “lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen.”

It was especially vital not to forget the actual words of God. “Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it” (Deuteronomy 4:2).

The writer of Psalm 119 (the longest chapter in the Bible) stressed no less than seven times how important it was not to forget the words of God.

“I will not forget thy word” (v. 16).

“Yet do I not forget thy statutes” (v. 83).

“I will never forget thy precepts” (vv. 93, 141).

“I do not forget thy law” (vv. 109, 153).

“For I do not forget thy commandments” (v. 176).

Our nation has seen God do marvelous things. It was founded by a small band of Christians, and in a short span of history has become the greatest nation in the world. Yet we also seem about to forget, as Israel once did.

We would do well to rehearse again and again the poignant words of Rudyard Kipling, in words written over a hundred years ago:

“Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, lest we forget, lest we forget.”

HMM

When Will The Europeans Apologize To Us?

http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2009/04/when-will-europeans-apologize-to-us.html

Barack Obama is on his apology tour of Europe. There is hardly anyone to whom he hasn’t apologized for American arrogance and mistakes. One thing Obama hasn’t managed to do is ask the Europeans to apologize to us for:

• Two World Wars which resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans, who had to liberate Europe from itself.
• Colonialism in the Middle East which resulted in absurd and artificially drawn state borders, leading to generations of ethnic/religious conflicts which we had have to deal with in places such as Iraq, Syria, Jordan and Israel.
• Colonialism in Africa which resulted in absurd and artificially drawn state borders, leading to generations of ethnic/tribal conflicts which we have had to deal with throughout Saharan and sub-Saharan Africa.
• Colonialism in Southwest Asia which resulted in absurd and artificially drawn borders, leading to generations of ethnic and religious conflicts which we have had to deal with in places such as Pakistan and Afghanistan.
• Colonialism in Southeast Asia, which we have had to deal with in places such as Vietnam.
• Refusal to defend themselves from communist aggression (with a small number of exceptions) putting the burden on us to station tens of thousands of troops in Europe for several decades, at a cost in the hundreds of billions of dollars.
• Undermining our position in the world at every opportunity (France) just for sport.

And we could go on and on. The history of the last 100 years is the history of the United States having to clean up Europe’s mess and to deal with Europe’s ego. So if there are to be apologies, they should travel from East to West, not the other way around.
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Question: How many Europeans have died defending us?

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Obama Apologizes For America Again At United Nations

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Obama apologized to the UN today for America “acting alone” and for the world’s “opposition to specific policies.”
Then he said he would never apologize for acting in the interest of America.
(You just did.)
The New York Times posted the transcript:

I have been in office for just nine months, though some days it seems a lot longer. I am well aware of the expectations that accompany my presidency around the world. These expectations are not about me. Rather, they are rooted – I believe – in a discontent with a status quo that has allowed us to be increasingly defined by our differences, and outpaced by our problems. But they are also rooted in hope – the hope that real change is possible, and the hope that America will be a leader in bringing about such change.

I took office at a time when many around the world had come to view America with skepticism and distrust. Part of this was due to misperceptions and misinformation about my country. Part of this was due to opposition to specific policies, and a belief that on certain critical issues, America has acted unilaterally, without regard for the interests of others. This has fed an almost reflexive anti-Americanism, which too often has served as an excuse for our collective inaction.

Like all of you, my responsibility is to act in the interest of my nation and my people, and I will never apologize for defending those interests…

…Democracy cannot be imposed on any nation from the outside. Each society must search for its own path, and no path is perfect. Each country will pursue a path rooted in the culture of its people, and – in the past – America has too often been selective in its promotion of democracy. But that does not weaken our commitment, it only reinforces it. There are basic principles that are universal; there are certain truths which are self evident – and the United States of America will never waiver in our efforts to stand up for the right of people everywhere to determine their own destiny.

In other words, when innocent democracy protesters are being shot in the streets of Tehran, under Obama’s leadership, the US will not act… But, when a leftist thug breaks the constitution in Honduras and is ousted, America will back that Chavez lackey.

Related… The Telegraph reported, “The UN Loves Obama Because He Is Weak.”

Legal Insurrection adds, “Obama had little nice to say about the US.”

Concerned Citizen vs Socialist

Ouch! What a severe beating! Those crazy right wingers are becoming hard to silence! Maybe it’s time to follow Stalin’s way and make gulags?

Hat tip to JoshuaPundit.