We Need a Surge in Our Domestic Moral War

Newsmax ^ | May 5, 2008 | Pat Boone

[2ndDivisionVet]

Over the last five years, more than 4,000 brave young Americans have given their lives in the service of this country. Thousands more have been wounded, some maimed for life. More and more of their countrymen seem persuaded that they shouldn’t have been ordered into Iraq, but surely no one can deny that our troops have marched into the jaws of death believing they’re truly defending all of us, our mutual home, and its well-being.

It’s tragic, of course, and we lament the deaths, the suffering, the disproportionate sacrifices our military families have made. And along with the physical costs, a tremendous lot has been made of the financial cost to American taxpayers, which involves all of us. This, too, seems especially regrettable.

But only sporadic and fragmented attention has been paid to the other war where a surge in our troop strength would be appropriate — the all-out assault against our morality, freedom of religion and speech, long cherished tradition, and the American family. As the liberal media focuses constantly on devastation in Fallujah, Baghdad, Mozul, and the hapless Iraqi families caught in the crossfire between sectarian and military adversaries, scant coverage is given to battles raging and families being mutilated in Omaha, Philadelphia, Nashville, and all over our country.

Consider: Every year, within our borders, an estimated 14,000 to 15,000 Americans are murdered, an alarming percentage by illegal aliens. That’s more than 15 times the death rate in Iraq!

[2ndDivisionVet]

Food for thought.

[supremedoctrine]

This is Pat’s “Love Letter in the Sand”.

[Sherman Logan]

That’s more than 15 times the death rate in Iraq!

Not.

Let's assume 150,000 US troops and 1000 killed per year, which is probably too high. That's a rate of 666 per 100,000.

Let's also assume 300M Americans and 15,000 murdered per year.

That's a rate of 5 per 100k.

IOW, the death rate of American soldiers in Iraq is something around 75 to 150 times higher than the murder rate in the USA.

[Parmy]

Well then, let's compare this to the number of people who lose their lives on our highways. (40,000 per year average). Or, the number of Americans who are terminated just prior to birth. (1.2 million average per year)

Jesus said that no man had any greater love for his fellow than one who would lay down his/her life for another.

Soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines do that everyday--24/7.

[Ron H.]

We’d better call for an all-out “surge” in this domestic war, while we still have the resources, courage, and liberty, to do it.