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To Know American History is To Be Armed Against Those Who Would Destroy America

Aug 12, 2020 6:00 pm By Robert Spencer

War is as old as humanity itself, and is far more of a constant in human history than peace. But a nation that does not value what it has, and what it has made, will not fight to save itself, and will quickly fall to the predators who will most certainly come. A nation stripped of its heroes, of its grand achievements, of its founding principles, is a hollow shell that will be taken up and used by people who value their own heroes, grand achievements, and founding principles. That’s what Rating America’s Presidents: An America-First Look at Who Is Best, Who Is Overrated, and Who Was An Absolute Disaster is designed to counteract.

An evaluation of America’s Presidents may seem to be an exercise in trivia, good preparation for Jeopardy, maybe, but not relevant to the conflicts that are convulsing America today. However, the history of the United States itself shines forth from these gradings of each President, from the Founding of our nation to today. As that history is under concerted assault from the Left today, it is all the more important that every American who loves this country be familiar with that history, far more than was made possible by high school courses taught by Leftist sub-academics droning on about racism and colonialism on hazy afternoons.

It’s important for you to know American history well because of numerous truths that become clear in studying it, including:

  • The crises in America today are not new. They’re rooted in conflicts that go right back to America’s Founding
  • Even though the conflicts in America today have age-old roots, some aspects of them are indeed new – and are the product of insidious forces working to harm the nation
  • Some of the worst problems America face today come from the misbegotten ideas of some of our most high-minded Presidents
  • Numerous self-serving political agendas have in American history have been cynically and dishonestly presented in the language of high-mindedness and civic morality
  • There are certain public policies that have almost always led to national prosperity, and some that have almost always led to disaster
  • America survived previous rending and bloody conflicts, including the civil war, because of an underlying unity that may no longer exist

Tariffs, national security, border control, race relations, even the attempt by a shadowy deep state group to wrest control of the government and the nation from the President and other elected officials – the controversies over these things all these have precedents in American history. Numerous past Presidents have articulated the way forward on these issues and others in language that resounds through the decades and still holds true today, despite the changed circumstances.

There are a great many lessons in American history for what we’re facing today. The President who said that a deep state cabal “is trying to kill me, but I will kill it!” wasn’t Donald Trump, but it could have been. The President who said “I have no prejudice against sect or race but want each individual to be judged by his own merit” was not Barack Obama, and in fact died nearly eight decades before Obama was born. The first election that the opposing party charged was stolen was not 2016; it was nearly two centuries before that.

Above all, people fight for what they value. They value what they know. America today faces the crisis of its life. It has faced other mortal conflicts before. If it survives this one, there will be more still in the future. But we will not be able to win this one unless we know, and care, what we are fighting for. That’s what Rating America’s Presidents is all about.

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  1. Alice Hoagland says

    Aug 12, 2020 at 11:44 pm

    This is a fine, well-researched piece. Robert Spencer is fighting for the United States of America which, unfortunately, seems to have many detractors.

    • James Lincoln says

      Aug 13, 2020 at 9:27 am

      Alice,

      100% true.

      Pres. Trump is trying to “lift up” all Americans – and “Keep America Great”.

      Even for the ones who hate him…

    • gravenimage says

      Aug 13, 2020 at 7:05 pm

      +1

  2. infidel says

    Aug 13, 2020 at 1:08 am

    VOTE TRUMP even if U are on Ur way to Ur grave.. even if U are helpless in ur deathbed…

    • infidel says

      Aug 13, 2020 at 1:09 am

      And if U cannot somehow make it.. write it in Ur will that Ur vote goes only for DT.

      • gravenimage says

        Aug 13, 2020 at 7:07 pm

        Infidel, you cannot leave a vote in your will–not in the United States, anyway.

    • Chrissie01 says

      Aug 13, 2020 at 2:22 am

      you have no idea, how envious I am of this president of yours, being a German…

      • Infidel says

        Aug 13, 2020 at 2:28 am

        I’m not American. I’m Hindu Indian and I don’t live in America either. But I love DT

      • James Lincoln says

        Aug 13, 2020 at 11:04 am

        Chrissie01 and Infidel,

        Interestingly, good folks like yourselves appreciate Pres. Trump more than about 50% of Americans…

        Perhaps Trump rallies in places like Western Europe would help his campaign…

  3. infidel says

    Aug 13, 2020 at 1:10 am

    And if U cannot make it, write it in ur will that Ur vote goes only for DT

  4. Infidel says

    Aug 13, 2020 at 2:26 am

    Appeal to all Hindu Americans

    From an Indian American friend

    Indian-origin Kamala Harris is picked up as Joe Biden’s Vice President running-mate. Many Indians seems to be exited about it. Here are my views!

    First of all, she does not want to be called “Indian”. She rather identifies her as a black woman! So, there is nothing much to be excited about her roots in India. If she is not proud of being Indian/Hindu origin, why the Indian/Hindus should be? Regardless, her religion or origin should not be used as to vote her or not to!

    She is in fact against India, Hindus, and India’s policy in Kashmir. She is against the abrogation of article 370, and the most humanitarian law CAA! She is concerned about current Peaceful terrorist free Kashmir, but she is not concerned about 400,000 to 700,000 Kashmiri Hindus who have been kicked out of their homes for the past 30 years. She does not care thousands of Kashmiri Hindus who were killed and rapped! She is aligned with India’s enemy and terrorist country Pakistan! Democrats are sold-out by communists, China, and terrorists! They do not align for free. Their ultimate goal is to indulge their inhumane ideology, indulge their culture, law enforcement, and the education system.

    They want to defund the police, so that they can accelerate their agenda. They prefer Islamic study in the USA! What else could be worse than the combination of police-less America and Islamic education? It is a is a first step towards the end of our prosperous country! Ongoing riots, violence, loot, taking over township should send a clear message about the future of America.

    India and Hindus are being targeted in the USA. Hindu students are being mocked in universities! The American Universities have changed drastically in the past 2 years! Anti-India resolutions are being introduced in cities after cities! It cannot happen without political support system! Who are those politicians? Think about it! It is serious! Why India’s most humanitarian policies such as CAA, article 370 are being challenged in American city after city councils? Who are behind it? And who are supporting them?

    Political taking over is okay, but the ideology which do not believe in co-existence with others is a threat to America and to the humanity. The American political system has drastically changed in the past 2 years! It is being hijacked. Even it is moving towards dangerous religious block voting! Be vigilant and vote wisely. Don’t let this great country go downhill.

    God Bless America!

    • Infidel says

      Aug 13, 2020 at 2:30 am

      And I’m verily proud of Hindu Americans because they never betray America. I’ve yet to meet even one. Even those who are not on the Right.

      • James Lincoln says

        Aug 13, 2020 at 11:00 am

        Infidel,

        I share your sentiments.

        All of the Hindu Americans that I have known are proud to be Americans. Taken as a group, wonderful people.

        I am a devout Christian. One of my best friends is a Hindu physician specializing in internal medicine. I would trust him with my life – as he would trust me with his…

    • tgusa says

      Aug 13, 2020 at 2:01 pm

      It is really shameful and disgusting that democrats picked an American of Indian roots to join the ticket alongside biden and immediately began labeling her the first black American VP selection. I am not taking anything away from Americans of Indian decent but I will note that democrats will go to any length to avoid selecting a legitimate black American to run for president/vice president. The only hours in a day that democrats are not busy insulting, belittling and or discriminating against a person or group they are busy sleeping.

      Democrats can defund the police but that would only lead to enforcement of law by citizens and as it is now the police are much more regulated and restricted from enforcing the law than citizens would be. As usual, democrats have not thought this through. I am now convinced that democrats are not capable of thinking anything through.

      • gravenimage says

        Aug 13, 2020 at 7:09 pm

        Harris is part Black–but it’s a pretty small part…

        And I have been shocked that the identity politics have been so blatant–the Left, including Biden, have openly said she was picked because she is a Black woman.

        • tgusa says

          Aug 13, 2020 at 8:51 pm

          That’s interesting, and strange. It must be a really small part as I’m not part anything but white and shes whiter than me.

        • gravenimage says

          Aug 13, 2020 at 9:00 pm

          tgusa, she is part Indian and part Black Jamaican–her father is Jamaican.

          He claims to be descended from Hamilton Brown, whom the town he was born in is named for. Brown was white. This claim seems to be unproven, though. But many Jamaicans are biracial.

          Some American Blacks are irked that she is posing as Africa-American:

          https://centurylink.net/news/read/article/newser-heritage_of_kamala_harris_under_fire-rnewsersyn/category/news

          And you are right–she is actually *very* light-skinned.

          But I find this whole identity politics thing endlessly tedious *at best*. I judge political candidates by their records and their platforms–and hers is pretty bad.

        • tgusa says

          Aug 13, 2020 at 9:16 pm

          Identity politics are tedious. Sure are but that is the game they play and we have to make them live up to their own rules even though we don’t like it. Not forcing them to live up to their rules has been part of the problem.

  5. Idol and Icon says

    Aug 13, 2020 at 5:35 am

    Another erudite summary that should be read by every person in the West, and the book. I’m not American but have many relatives in America, it is a great country, the yobs should be dealt with severely. “Now the past if you would divine the future”, Confucius.

  6. mortimer says

    Aug 13, 2020 at 11:04 am

    Trotskyists and Stalinists and Maoists are trying to destroy the American constitution. One third of Millenials are Marxists.

  7. Larry A. Singleton says

    Aug 13, 2020 at 7:00 pm

    I’d really like to add this to my humble library. (As large as some “professors” heh-heh) Can you offer this book at AbeBooks?

    Amazon is a colossal rip-off with its $4.99 shipping charge. AbeBooks most times doesn’t include a shipping charge and I can get great books (ex-library books! With plastic covers.) for just a few bucks. Again; No shipping cost.

    So basically with tax and shipping a 25 dollar book;

    Order Summary

    Items: $25.20

    Shipping & handling: $4.99

    Total before tax: $30.19

    Estimated tax to be collected: $2.65

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    $33.00

    • gravenimage says

      Aug 13, 2020 at 9:11 pm

      Larry, I use Abe Books quite often. But they largely deal in used, rare, and out-of-print books. I’m sure they will eventually stock Robert Spencer’s “Rating America’s Presidents”–but probably no time soon.

  8. gravenimage says

    Aug 13, 2020 at 7:04 pm

    To Know American History is To Be Armed Against Those Who Would Destroy America
    …………………..

    So very true. It is shameful that so many Americans know so little about their own nation–and much of what they do ‘know’ is calumny.

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