"Join or Die."- That was the caption of the very first political cartoon published in an American newspaper in 1754.
The Pennslyvania Gazzette published by Benjamin Franklin,
At the time Franklin's effort was to point out the "disunited state" of the British colonies in America in light of the unified onslaught of the French:
"...another Body of near 400, is coming up the Ohio; and that 600 French Indians, of the Chippaways and Ottaways, are coming down Siota River, from the Lake, to join them; and many more French are expected from Canada; the Design being to establish themselves, settle their Indians, and build Forts just on the Back of our Settlements in all our Colonies; from which Forts, as they did from Crown-Point, they may send out their Parties to kill and scalp the Inhabitants, and ruin the Frontier Counties. Accordingly we hear, that the Back Settlers in Virginia, are so terrify'd by the Murdering and Scalping of the Family last Winter, and the Taking of this Fort, that they begin already to abandon their Plantations, and remove to Places of more Safety."
"The Confidence of the French in this Undertaking seems well-grounded on the present disunited State of the British Colonies, and the extreme Difficulty of bringing so many different Governments and Assemblies to agree in any speedy and effectual Measures for our common Defence and Security; while our Enemies have the very great Advantage of being under one Direction, with one Council, and one Purse..."
Later this same cartoon was adapted by American settlers and patriots in the American Revolution of the need to unify. The phrase "join or die" was replaced with "unite or die".
"Join or Die". "Unite or Die."- just as important today.
The confidence of the Islamists and their leftist dhimmi allies seems well grounded on the present disunited state of Western public opinion. Aided and abetted by a biased MSM and willful ignorant denial.
This "disunited state" of opinion is most illustrated by those who wish to make "appeasement", and those who choose to fight and resist:
Jimmy Carter chooses "apeasement."
Geert Wilders chooses to fight and resist.
This "disunited state" of public opinion was also illustrated in the U.S. elections:
Despite the warnings about the enthusiastic support Obama has recieved from Islamists such as Hamas, Islamists in Gaza, Islamists in America who support Hizbullah and Hamas, associations with PLO propagandist Rashid Khalidi, and Ali Abunimah of the Electronic Intifada, -
the addition to his campaign of Israel hating advisors such as Daniel Kurtzer, Samantha Power, [both of whom will work in the Obama Administration],
and his "appeasement" foreign policy views, -
leftists liberals in America looked the other way, and in so doing allied themselves with the Islamists to elect an Administration that will bend over backwards to make and impose appeasement.
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