Sleeping Giant

The American Partisan ^ | 9-12-01 | Jennifer King

[Rightfield14]

In the wake of the most horrific act of war ever committed on American soil, it is brutally ironic to note that this December 7th will be the 60th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. That far off morning, like this one, caught America sleeping. On that day, like this one, millions of Americans were going about their own business, bothering no one. On that day, like this one, a peaceful America was attacked, civilians slaughtered, by a vengeful enemy who brooked no quarter.

However, in 1941, we knew that a militaristic Japan was on the march in the Far East, and we had received strong warning that the Japanese could strike some of our military targets. The cowards who perpetrated today’s attack have remained so far faceless, their plan to simultaneously hijack four commercial airlines and use them as bombs totally unforeseen by intelligence experts. The casualities sustained at Pearl numbered 2403 KIA, 1178 wounded. Today’s casualities, still unknown, are estimated at 10-20,000 - the size of a small city. It’s a dozen Pearl Harbors, and the sheer savagery of this heinous act is unsurpassed in all of our history.

All Americans are recoiling with horror and grief at the barbarity of this perfidious attack. As our initial shock wears off, it must be replaced with a grim, united and firm intent. We must pound the bastards hard, and endlessly, until their terrorist facilities, terrorist cells and terrorist weaponry are tiny bits of rubble like that which is now the World Trade Center. There should be no negotiation with murderers, as Israel has long contended.

The television photos showing Palestinians and radical Islamics rejoicing at innocent American deaths will hopefully awaken us to a now undeniable fact - these people are our enemies. We ought not to be playing kissie face with them, as Hillary Clinton did with Sela Arafat. We ought not to be negotiating with them, as Bill Clinton did with Yasser Arafat in hopes of pressuring Israel to give him his "legacy". We should, instead, regard them henceforth as dire foes. Foes to liberty, operating as they do under totalitarian, dictatorial regimes. Foes to religious freedom, with their fanatical, repressive Islamic fundamentalism which declares itself enemy of Jew and Christian alike. And definitely, foes to America, which they dub, revealingly, "The Great Satan." The Left, with it’s record of mollycoddling terrorists, has been proven wrong yet once again - with dire results. You don’t mollycoddle these bastards, you bomb them back to the Stone Age.

In the wake of this tragedy, there will also be, no doubt, cries from those on the Left for "more airport security" - undoubtedly manifesting themselves in proposed laws which will further erode our freedom and self-autonomy. Overlooked will be common sense. Our citizens already submit to intrusive "security" procedures unthinkable a generation ago. Metal detectors, X-ray machines and the agent asking, "Did anyone else get ahold of your bag" did nothing to prevent this atrocity. In fact, one might reasonably ask if an armed flight crew and/or a few armed passengers might have been able to disarm fanatical, suicidal terrorists armed with boxcutters - or at least have prevented the planes from reaching their final destination, thereby saving thousands of lives. Keep that in mind as the hysterical talking heads, always willing to take advantage of tragedy, get geared up for the next shot in the culture war.

Finally, we can take heart in the fact that our foes usually make the fatal mistake of underestimating Americans. They don’t understand that, despite our differences, we are Americans first and when America is attacked, we band together and fight like hell. Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the architect of Pearl Harbor, said, after the attack, "We have awakened a sleeping giant and have instilled in him a terrible resolve." Damn Straight.

© 2001 Jennifer King

[NCSteve]

Dude, no hostility meant at all.

None taken, my friend. My response was wry amusement, not aggravated defensiveness. Sometimes it's hard to convey that in writing. My apologies if it was taken wrong.

You hearten me with your optimism. My cynicism is born out of long years of fighting the good fight and ending up with no allies, no gains, and nothing but political battle scars. I will follow your lead and keep my chin up and pray that you are right.

[DeckTheHallsHolly]

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