Dissident Thoughts

2/11/2024

Vladmir Putin is greatly superior to Joe Biden in every observable way. Putin has more intelligence, more integrity, more honesty, more courage, more far-sighted understanding. He is more Christian, more patriotic, and works to strengthen his country, while Biden is destroying his. Putin is an historical figure, while Biden is merely a loser, like the last king of France and the last Csar of Russia - weak, ignorant rulers who brought disaster to their people. Putin is articulate and knows some real history, ahead of Biden on both counts.

During the War of 1812, the wise statesman John C. Calhoun considered what was the duty of a citizen during war time. Of course, he must support his people, but if he thought the country and its leaders were wrong, to what extent was it a citizen’s right to say so? Of course, the war that Calhoun was discussing was a Constitutionally declared war. There were genuine but patriotic differences of opinion about what action was good for the country.

But what is our patriotic obligation to support the U.S. present military actions operating around the world? These actions are not Constitutional, their benefit to the country has never really been discussed. We sympathise when our fellow citizens who are in harm’s way are killed or wounded in remote places where they should never have been at all - sacrificed by muddled and irresponsible rulers.

I note recently deaths and injuries to our men at some place, an apparently vulnerable place. Note also, those hurt were not regular army people but Georgia National Guardsmen who doubtless never imagined that their service would lead to such sacrifice. The bureaucrats claiming to be soldiers always lean on the South they hate.

Our chair-warrior leaders are eager to say that in defending all these far away bases we are somehow defending America. This is a lie. Our retaliation is in no manner defending our American land and people. Further, these people respond to the attack of a few “terrorists” with massive bombing of entire civil populations that are assumed to harbour such terrorists. This is a grave sin that will create blowback, if God is just.

17 Comments

John Bernhard Thuersam link

2/12/2024 03:53:18 am

Thanks for this Clyde, the accuracy of Lee's prognostication is confirmed by your post. We can only cringe at what the Teddy R's, Wilson's, FDR etc. have done to the world in the name of American exceptionalism. Since WW2 the preferred method seems to be bombing civilian populations into submission, and if I am correct Vietnam received more tons of explosives than WW2 Europe.
I have read in more than one place that WW2 "precision bombing" was simply a PR cover. This country needs to do some soul-searching though the drugged intellect of the masses seems incapable of that.

Paul Yarbrough

2/12/2024 07:35:14 am

“This country needs to do some soul-searching.” I’m not sure if it were found the “country” would know what it was—or if known, what to do with it.

Billy P

2/12/2024 08:39:35 am

Agree wholeheartedly, Dr. Wilson. Southerners especially should question defending a nation that has opted to kick the memory of our brave ancestors to the curb.

Robert R

2/13/2024 06:14:27 am

Joe Biden is not determining policy. Joe is a figurehead for the office.The entity that stole the office for Joe is currently determining policy. And the policy that we see as destroying the Republic is purposeful in achieving that outcome.

John Bernhard Thuersam link

2/13/2024 06:25:29 am

Have always found it interesting that it was Ike who warned of the military-industrial complex. But as a mere prewar logistical staff officer who rose to 5-star, he must have in his heart feared the rise of the MIC through and after the war - and feared its consequences and power behind the throne. And further interesting are the very few who postulate about who really runs this empire behind Joe; I believe it is only Tucker and Bill O'Reilly. The latter of course believes Buchanan as the worst president because "he let the South secede."

Anthony Powell

2/18/2024 11:02:07 am

I have never had anything but contempt for Bill O’Reilly. He never stopped disparaging Ron Paul in Dr. Paul’s presidential campaigns. Although I have never read O’Reilly’s book ‘Killing Lincoln’ (and I never will), the subtitle states ‘the assassination which changed America forever.’ O’Reilly is a pretend historian who is actually quite ignorant of the facts of the cause of the war. Lincoln changed America for the worst by establishing a powerful central government. His assassination did not change a thing. Being the man responsible for the deaths of how many? 750,000 plus? In my view the old tyrant got the piece of lead in his head he deserved. And Mary Surratt was executed for nothing….it was never proven she was involved in any conspiracy. The judge and the federal thugs who hanged her, absent repentance to Almighty God, should be in hell at this point in time.

Anthony Powell

2/18/2024 11:21:30 am

Regarding Mary Surratt, the propaganda site Wikipedia of course has a ridiculously biased page on the movie 'The Conspirator.' The writer of this particular movie description doesn't even know what the Latin phrase Sic Semper Tyrannis means. Whoever it was, translated Sic Semper Tyrannis ' The South is Avenged!' What an idiot.

Roscoe

2/13/2024 06:38:52 pm

Thank you Dr. Wilson for this essay and John Bernhard Thuersam for your comments. It is useful to bear in mind that demons never change their tactics. Lincoln, Wilson, FDR, all the way down to what's going on in the Middle East today. It is a shameful thing for a country to take on the posture of a schoolyard bully backing a smaller kid into a corner and provoking him to throw a punch which he will finally do out of desperation only to be pummeled self righteously by his sanctimonious tormentor who claims to be acting in self defense.
Please note that this day (February 13) marks the 79th anniversary of the three day bombing campaign on Dresden, carried out by the British and Americans, which unleashed a hellish firestorm on that city and took tens of thousands of civilian lives.
I would like to recommend "The Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates," subtitle "A proper Response to Tyranny and a Repudiation of Unlimited Obedience to Civil Government.". The author is Matthew J. Trewhella. The premise being that when higher civil authority loses its way, lower civil authority has the right and duty to step in and set things right again.
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Paul Yarbrough

2/14/2024 07:47:52 am

“It is a shameful thing for a country to take on the posture of a schoolyard bully backing a smaller kid into a corner and provoking him to throw a punch which he will finally do out of desperation only to be pummeled self righteously by his sanctimonious tormentor who claims to be acting in self defense.”

This is a perfect analogy. But the bully better be careful. For the most part, he and his toadies cannot play a good game of dominos, but are trying to outfight and outthink the folks(Iran) who invented the game of chess.

Clyde N Wilson

2/14/2024 05:36:38 am

Thanks for your reading suggestion

John Bernhard Thuersam link

2/14/2024 10:53:51 am

Your second paragraph presents an interesting dilemma regarding war declarations. What of States which do not agree to a declaration? It appears that without Republican-led States Mr. Lincoln would not have had his personal army and would have had to await Congress convening in July 1861 to present his case. But once Lincoln had his army, who could have opposed him?

Harry Colin

2/15/2024 03:15:31 pm

Another excellent piece.

Biden plans on showing up here in East Palestine, Oh tomorrow ,in a late and lame attempt to con residents into thinking he and his regime care one whit about this community after last year's train wreck. Fortunately, the 70 percent of the people who voted against him last time aren't fooled; the few useful idiots who did will no doubt be celebrated in the local media. When he shipped his useless transportation secretary in here last winter the swarm of security types made the town resemble a police state. One can only imagine tomorrow when the all-but-embalmed Biden shows up.

Putin has shown throughout his time that while he is superior to the presidents we get here, he understands that real power not from the White House but into it from the powers to be.

Joe Johnson

2/16/2024 10:47:41 am

Dr. Wilson or Robert M Peters, on films/tv shows set in or about the south would you recommend In the heat of the night or walker texas ranger?

Clyde N Wilson

2/16/2024 01:50:14 pm

No, neither. In the Abbeville web archive I have a whole series of commentaries and recommendations about Southern movies, pro and con.

Joe Johnson

2/19/2024 04:27:38 am

Dr. Wilson, more movies in or about the south to avoid: The silence of the lambs, the color purple, rosewood, eve's bayou, harriet, a time to kill, selma.

H. V. Traywick, Jr link

2/19/2024 11:32:01 pm

Speaking of movies, I recommend The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James, with Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson. Very accurate - and Rebel to the bone.

Gordon L. Harvie

2/24/2024 07:56:54 am

The Return of Frank James, with Henry Fonda in the title role is excellent also.

It features a great Rebel firebrand performance by Henry Hull as Frank James' defense lawyer.

Dr. Clyde N. Wilson

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