tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742937789480545855.post2327623223829961262..comments2023-11-03T06:22:12.111-07:00Comments on An American Manifesto: Tlaib: Playing the Blame GameChristopher Chantrillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04115398168797134843noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742937789480545855.post-85599395012691844892019-05-17T04:31:40.518-07:002019-05-17T04:31:40.518-07:00To put it simply, ISIS and Al Qaeda are pikers com...To put it simply, ISIS and Al Qaeda are pikers compared to the "Indians" of yore.<br /><br />Were there some "Civilized" Indians? Sure, and where there were exceptions were made.<br /><br />But there are far, FAR more "Civilized" Muslims today - and the moral equivalency is still sickening.<br /><br />And we're all on our way to forgetting how savage Muslim culture is by contemporary standards, and being told of their unimpeachable victim status.<br /><br />Bottom line: Muslims and Indians had it easy - they were treated far better than they deserved. They were and are CERTAINLY treated better than contemporary Americans were treated at Muslim or Indian hands.Terrekainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03821435901500091375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742937789480545855.post-17242776956268890672019-05-17T03:50:25.799-07:002019-05-17T03:50:25.799-07:00Not to belabor the point, but I'll speak in de...Not to belabor the point, but I'll speak in defense of my Country:<br /><br />The "Trail of Tears" was actually a mercy by the US Army. It's certainly not a mercy any Indian tribe would offer a white settlement (or an Indian settlement, mind you).<br /><br />Andrew Jackson, more than anyone, knew that the Indians were capable of treachery and only trusted those individual families (not "tribes") that fought with the Americans in the intervening years:<br /><br />(A) Most redskins had allied with the British and were a constant threat of insurgency/invasion even after British defeat. It is important to note that throughout America's existence through the 19th century, and the first half of the 20th century, America's greatest enemy was the British Empire, who's strategy was to use Indian tribes to deny/delay the Americans from achieving Manifest Destiny - lands which would later be conquered by Britain when its resources were mustered. Historic maps bear witness to Britain's claims on North America, from California (New Albion) to Alaska. It was not a mistake that Britain violated treaties with America upon signing them, supplying Indians with weapons and materiel to massacre American (and foreign immigrant) settlements and homesteads - in fact the tactic was one of the causes of the American Revolution.<br /><br />It doesn't take much imagination to see the damage the Indians in the American South could have done once allied to the British Empire and the Confederacy (which does not exist without British support) during the Civil War.<br /><br />Jackson was prescient to say the least. <br /><br />(B) Most of the Indians could not live in a civilized/settled society, and rescidivism was common, defaulting back to banditry - "nomads", "savages", "hostiles", "the uncivilized", they're all synonyms for Indians unable or unwilling to adapt to civilization; developing the land for farming and industry. The inability to make an "honest living" devolves always into returning to "warring on - and stealing from - other tribes". For all the post-hoc self-righteous nobility with which white (and often British Tory) propaganda up to today couched Indian raids on American settlements, the truth was most Indian attacks were motivated by naked thievery and murder - not a surprise, the same is true today, including the majority of "insurgents" that were in Iraq; they were "criminal gangs", not an army that was fielded for warfare against another army. While most Indian tribes no longer resorted to cannibalism by the time of the removal, their reputation for annihilation warfare in attacking white settlements was well-earned (they didn't treat other Indian tribes any different) and reciprocated.<br /><br />Only those for whom loyal Indians (such as the "Lower Creeeks") could vouch for, having fought on America's side (some even with Jackson himself) were allowed to stay and build their lives - historians have attempted to overstate and even fabricate how many actually sided with America - and there is no greater judge than Andrew Jackson. Any who did were exempt from teh Indian Removal - not as savages, but as civilized people - and most have since blended into the American gene pool long since.<br /><br />The vast majority of Indians at the time had no concept of land ownership - and unsurprisingly, no written language or cartography to stipulate such ownership.<br /><br />Combined with past treachery, and the same reason America can't claim the Moon or, they were removed from lands in favor of more productive and loyal people (American and Indian) to America.Terrekainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03821435901500091375noreply@blogger.com