Fall of the American Empire

Submitted by Phillip (United States), Jan 14, 2003 at 10:15

Mr. Pipes,

Is history repeating itself? I remembered reading about the Roman Empire and have heard people say that the United States parallels the Roman Empire. I can see that our enemies are at the gates now, our people continue to live life as if there isn't anything wrong. The same happened to the Roman Empire, destract the people from reality with entertainment. Our friends (Allies) are slowly turning their backs on us for fear of getting involved or maybe having some form of repercussions from our enemies. Our own citizens are selling us out to the enemies by finanically supporting terrorist groups or passively supporting countries that support terrorism, such as Saudi Arabia. Are we so dependent for a source of oil (OPEC), that we have turned a blind eye to its activities?

I served in the Marine Corps for 13 years and am a veteran of the Gulf War. I saw then what was to come to us now. I never trusted the Saudis then and still don't trust them now. They (the fundamentalist Islamists) hated us being there, because of our liberal views of religon, freedom and support of Israel. They hate us now for the same reasons. I believe that they (the Saudis) had a hand in the Marine Barracks bombing in Beirut in 1983 and in the TWA flight terrorist hijacking and murders onboard the "Achille Lauro", through its funding of Islamic militants. King Fahd's signature doesn't have to be on any of the checks to support any group of Islamic Militants.

I am not a bigot. I am just a realist. I don't hate anybody. I just don't trust them. Like the old saying, "Birds of a feather flock together".

Thanks,
Phillip

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