Posted on 11/11/2006 6:23:25 PM PST by jjgnc
Saturday, November 11, 2006
The Crossroads
The United States has entered what is probably the most dangerous time in our history. The entire world has risen against us. Our enemies are many. At present, they are disjointed and approaching from numerous angles. As yet, the threats against us are not as coherent as they potentially could be. This is the reason we are able to confront most of these threats before they reach our shores.....save a few instances culminating with the attacks on September 11th, 2001. I say culminating because I am including the attacks against our embassies preceding 9/11, as well as the first WTC attack. As one can see, the Islamo-Fascists did not stop until they took down the WTC, as those towers were symbols of American power. Likewise, they will not stop until, as they recently stated, they destroy the White House. 'Al Qaida In Iraq', the Ayatollah Khomenei of Iran, and Palestinian terrorists have all recently gloated at what they see as a great victory for them....the electoral success of the Democrats in the 2006 elections.
Americans are unhappy with the war in Iraq. This is understandable, as we have encountered a much more powerful enemy than Saddam Hussein's comparitively ragged military. Arab fighters from other lands have swarmed Iraq...all for the chance to kill American soldiers. They know that we value every single soldier on the battlefield. We cherish our warriors...and we are willing to risk many lives to save one soldier. What other nation on Earth would commit themselves to such a noble fight? Aside from Britain, I see none who fit that criterion. Are Americans willing to leave Iraq in defeat? The blood of our soldiers has drenched Iraq in the fight against terrorism. Terrorists have flooded that country. If one recalls, Al Qaida promised at the start of the war to turn Iraq into a front-line battle between terrorists and the West. They held to that promise. Are we to run off in the face of threats, taunts, cowardly terrorist attacks, and the purposeful destruction of the lives of innocent Iraqis...all for the sake of hatred for Freedom?
The Iraqis deserve Freedom. Whether one agrees with the war or the reason we engaged in the war....we cannot leave without victory. We cannot humiliate our soldiers by bringing them home before success is achieved....thus leaving them with the rightful belief that they fought for nothing and that their Brothers and Sisters in Arms shed their lives for nothing.
We absolutely must win in Iraq. What is winning? Solidifying the government of Iraq and ensuring them a Democracy in the heart of the Middle East is 'winning'. Iraqi police officers and soldiers are also primary targets of terrorists....yet they still volunteer. They have shown they are willing to fight and die for their country. They risk everything by putting on their military and police uniforms. They risk everything when they get on a bus going to a police or military training camp. They risk everything....their families, their lives, their legacies. We cannot betray those people and negate their sacrifices. Their soldiers who die for Freedom are just as noble as ours...because they are warriors for Right, Truth, Freedom, and Honor.
The crossroads we are at has many alternative paths. We could run away in failure. We could prop up a paper Iraqi government that will surely collapse under terrorist pressure long enough for us to say it was THEIR fault they failed, not ours. Or we could actually stay long enough for them to win alongside us.
We cannot withdraw in defeat in the face of evil.
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The whole world hasn't risen against us.
We cherish our warriors...and we are willing to risk many lives to save one soldier. What other nation on Earth would commit themselves to such a noble fight? Aside from Britain, I see none who fit that criterion
How about Israel? They cherish their soldiers too.
I agree. Bush has assembled a very big group of countries cooperating in the WOT to secure their own survival. We do have enemies, but we also have a lot more friends.
I agree. However, if we cut and run as is likely with this incoming group in the Congress, we will lose any credibility with our allies and then we are seriously screwed.
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