i find it hard to get excited anymore (I am a Republican too) since Bush and his wealthy cronies are now pulling the rug right out from under our sovereignty -— in many ways.
we are seeing the SSA and IRS both using citizen’s ssn numbers (illegally and on the sly) to collect taxes and accrue ssn benefits for illegals, plans for amnesty for millions of illegals, prosecution of our border agents, building foreign ports on US soil, NAFTA, CAFTA, and various other harmonization and business initiatives that will take away our rights as a nation and send our jobs and income elsewhere.
maybe someone can explain to me why we should continue to fight a war on terror when our leaders are giving everything away....in the long term we will simply be protecting some billionaire’s assets when we have nothing left? i do believe in what we did in Iraq but I would strongly question future wars under a president that is gutting our future potential.
You touch on another point that occasionally I think about.
Clearly, the American public has lost their guts to fight any war that is any tougher than a year or two job. I seriously doubt we could even reinstate the draft anymore without a massive movement for people just to refuse to show up.
IMO what this means is we need to find another way to fight these wars, either diplomatically or economically. I think the American people have clearly shown they don't have the stones to fight a long and protracted war.
I figure there is 30% of the population that is always against any war and about 35% that support military action. The rest in the middle waffle, are extremely uncommitted and bail at the first sign of the going getting tough.
Sad truth, but until our leaders face that fact and figure out a better way to defend our Nation's interests, all might be lost.