Operation Infinite Justice has commenced.
The Commander-in-chief's awesome -- and unique -- constitutinal authority to order military action is just another -- in a long inventory -- of reasons why character does matter in our leaders, after all.
In our President, especially.
X42 was bereft of even the vaguest inkling of it. Accordingly, wag-the-dog suspicions inevitably followed nearly every military deployment during his regime.
Indeed, despite his media lapdogs' best efforts to quell them, such suspicions had wide popular currency.
In most polls, an unprecedented 35%-45% of the public was convinced this-or-that military maneuver or assault was motivated either by partisan politics or was used as a purely diverionary ploy to move embarrassing developments in the Monica imbroglio from the front pages to the back.
Let's take the infamous attack on that Aspirin factory in Sudan and the cruise missile assault on Afghanistan in the summer of '98.
Except for a blithering idiot, could there be the slightest scintilla of doubt that a) neither of these actions had the remotest connection to their stated purpose and that b) what really motivated Der Schlickmeister was his desperate desire to divert ink and airtime away from his nationally televised, disastrous, semen-stained-dress "confession" only two days earlier?
Applying a dabble-dose of human logic and common sense makes this one a quintessential no-brainer. All week, the calls for Clinton to resign grew louder and louder. Even some of the most notorious Clintonoids -- Gene Lyons among them -- got a sudden case of cold feet.
All of which ended when the bombs began to fall.
X42's scam worked magnificantly.
With one swift-fell-swoop, the topic shifted from presidential criminality to a phony, made-for-TV, dog-and-pony "war on terrorism" -- lights show and all.
Any lingering doubts as to Der Schlickmeister's ulterior motives were completely removed by subsequent reports demonstrating he knew all along -- having been thoroughly briefed -- it was an Aspirin factory he was blowing to smithereens -- not a chemical weapons plant, as he audiciously claimed.
Moreover, the Generals adamantly opposed the air strikes, to boot.
Or, how about the Decemember 16th bombing blitzkrieg over Iraq?
Gee, wasn't that the week the House had scheduled to impeach him?
Indeed, it was.
And -- "coincidentally", of course -- the bombing mysteriously halted immediately after X42 was impeached.
Slick Willy's bid to stave-off House impeachment action via wag-the-dog antics had apparently failed -- and miserably so.
Thankfully.
Yet, what a difference a new Commander-in-chief can make!
No more wag-the-dogs.
No more Monicas.
With President George W. Bush -- a man of impeccable character and integrity -- there can be not the slightest doubt his mission is solely and utterly patriotic. Finally, after eight long, arduous years, America has a President she can believe in, a Commander-in-chief she can trust wholeheartedly; A leader who inspires from within us -- not doubt and suspicion -- but burning zeal and patriotism, like never before.
Finally, we have a President we can look up to; who won't shame and embarrass us, but honor us, lift us up to new heights -- stretching the boundaries of the possible even beyond our wildest dreams.
But, most importantly, we now have a President who passionately believes in us -- who believes in America, this beautiful land of ours, and does so unapologetically.
Finally, America has a President worthy of her people.
Our men and women in uniform are in good hands, indeed.
The days ahead are fraught with peril and danger; predictably, the same old wretched cabal of America-haters, flag-burners, appeasers and apologists for murder will crawl out from under the rocks en masse -- ostensibly in the name of "peace".
But let there be no doubt as to the ultimate outcome of operation Infinite Justice: America shall prevail -- and do so decisively.
God bless our President, God Bless our troops and God bless the United States Of America!
My two cents..
"JohnHuang2"
Bump for JH2's Right Stuff. . .
(re rebuilding, JH2. . .am for a 'Memorial message' of course. . .not as sure yet, about any r e a l l y tall buildings. . .)
I agree with much of what Henry Lamb wrote- except rebuilding the WTC ten stories higher. The Pentagon (1940's architecture) turns out to be more appropriate for the 21st century than towering skyscrapers (WTC = 1970's architecture.) The Pentagon continued to function after a direct hit; the WTC tragically did not.
After "Operation Infinite Justice" is victoriously completed - and it will be - the dangers will continue. We have plenty of land and need to build horizontally, like the Pentagon.
We need to decentralize. Concentrating the financial centers in NYC once may have made sense; no more. Our technology permits us to spread out, and that not only enhances our security but in the long run our liberty as well.