Fear of the U.S. Is the Beginning of Wisdom

Washington Dispatch ^ | 4/21/03 | Patrick Rooney

[abigail2]

Fear of the U.S. Is the Beginning of Wisdom

Exclusive commentary by Patrick Rooney

Apr 21, 2003

Today and henceforth, I shall fill the peoples under all heaven with fear and terror of you. --Deuteronomy 2:25

Our current tour stop in the War on Terrorism is Iraq. And while we’re there, we’re letting Syria know we’re in the neighborhood, and wouldn’t be too inconvenienced to, ahem, “stop on by”, depending on their hospitality or the lack thereof.

We’re speaking loudly too, to Iran and North Korea. Believe me, we now have the attention of every terrorist and terrorist sympathizer in the world.

Meanwhile a lot of Iraqis are angry and want us to leave. A few weeks ago, these people were under the iron grip of Saddam Hussein, fearing torture if they dared dissent. Then last week they were beating Saddam’s statue with their shoes. The vicious tyrant had been in power for nearly a quarter century, we removed him in three weeks, and now supposedly we’ve overstayed our welcome? Please.

After our fast demolition of Saddam’s regime, many in the world fear the United States. Some in the U.S. are embarrassed that we are feared. Instead of fear, they want the world to love us. There is only one problem with that—evil can never love good, but it can and does fear good.

The Hollywood Left now fears us too. Super Leftie Tim Robbins last week compared America to the old Soviet Union. He spoke of a “chill wind blowing.” Good, let him stay indoors.

America is the leading force in the world, thank God. Imagine if you will for a moment, that America was weak and Saddam Hussein had at his disposal the world’s greatest military force. Even the America-hating “peace” activists would be running for cover!

Fear is not a dirty word. It is indeed the beginning of wisdom, the wisdom of knowing where the true power is. If you do not yet have the grace to love God, at least the knowledge of His power should cause you to fear Him. The same is true in the geo-political realm.

Trying to get other countries to love us is a waste of time. Loving us would be better than fearing us, but fearing us is far superior to the world thinking we are a paper tiger. That only encourages us to be attacked. As William Kristol correctly pointed out, Osama bin Laden viewed the United States as a “weak horse”. He had seen American foreign policy weakness in response to many attacks against us including the first bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993. Believe me, assuming he’s even alive, bin Laden no longer views the United States as a weak horse.

September 11th gave us the resolve to once and for all stamp out world terrorism. We must never apologize for that resolve.

Much of the world’s population has been brainwashed by their slanted media and their corrupt political and religious leaders. So has our own populace. Many have spent their formative years in government schools run by America-hating liberals. Why should we be surprised that when these kids get of age, they reject us so vigorously. Their brainwashed minds and hardened hearts will not hear us, no matter how rational and kind we are. What’s more we deserve their rejection, for turning over our children’s minds to corrupt, godless people.

The goal of terrorists is to strike fear into the hearts and minds of their enemies. Now the roles have reversed, and the terrorizer has become the terrorized. That’s beautiful.

A defeated evil enemy will always beg for sympathy. But we must never forget who the terrorists and their sympathizers are, foreign and domestic, and how they behaved when they were in power. And we must never feel sorry for them after we have defeated them.

I have said that America is the greatest force for good in the world. Terrorism is the greatest force for evil in this world. The showdown is on, and by my count so far it’s U.S. two, terrorism nothing.

May our enemies’ wisdom increase!

Patrick Rooney is the Director of Special Projects at BOND, the Brotherhood Organization of A New Destiny, a nonprofit organization dedicated to “Rebuilding the Family By Rebuilding the Man.”

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[abigail2]

Thanks! Great and appropriate cartoon!

[Conservative4Ever]

thanks for the great cartoon...love it.

Red

[TheLion]

My dad gave me Kipling's "If" on a beautiful card when I graduated from highschool. I kept that card close by for a long time.

[abigail2]

I love the poem too. i have read it over and over for many years. It keeps me humble.

[TheLion]

I am sure it also helps keep you wise.

[Flyer]

America is the leading force in the world

There will always be one top dog. I am glad it us. There are not a lot of other nations I would care to see in the top spot.

[SkyPilot]

"If you do not yet have the grace to love God, at least the knowledge of His power should cause you to fear Him."

Amen.

[Boot Hill]

Finding any wisdom on the internet is quite uncommon these days. Finding this much wisdom, so eloquently stated in one short editorial, is more than uncommon, it is almost unheard of. Patrick Rooney reads more like Patrick Henry.

--Boot Hill

[American in Israel]

No, it is far better to be loved than feared. But as the article so succinctly pointed out, evil cannot love good, only fear it. Guess we will have to settle for feared. The good ones love us already.

[Eastbound]

Just what I needed to start the day. Thanks for the ping.

[A. Pole]

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding. (Prov:9:10)

Lord have mercy.

[tuna_battle_slight_return]

bump.

[AAABEST]

Good article. Short, sweet and to the point.

[Jeff Head]

He spoke of a “chill wind blowing.” Good, let him stay indoors.

By all means. Amen!

A defeated evil enemy will always beg for sympathy. But we must never forget who the terrorists and their sympathizers are, foreign and domestic, and how they behaved when they were in power. And we must never feel sorry for them after we have defeated them.

... and a double Amen. If we ever forget this ... if we are not mindful of these realities ... then we will be in danger of things going the other way and a scenario like that depicted in the Dragon's Fury Series of novels developing. It may develop anyway, but if we are mindful of the truths spoken of in this article, we will come off the victor.

[elfman2]

" Of course. Because it is better to be feared than to be loved."

Of course if you really believe that, you're on the wrong team.

[harpseal]

The US must never again be the Rodney dangerfield of the world. They will never love us unless and until they become free and prosperous. Even then they may envy us enough not to love us. But a policy of destruction of our enemies will get their attention.

[MeekOneGOP]

Fear of the U.S. Is the Beginning of Wisdom

Excerpt:

The goal of terrorists is to strike fear into the hearts and minds of their enemies. Now the roles have reversed, and the terrorizer has become the terrorized. That’s beautiful.

A defeated evil enemy will always beg for sympathy. But we must never forget who the terrorists and their sympathizers are, foreign and domestic, and how they behaved when they were in power. And we must never feel sorry for them after we have defeated them.

I have said that America is the greatest force for good in the world. Terrorism is the greatest force for evil in this world. The showdown is on, and by my count so far it’s U.S. two, terrorism nothing.

Please let me know if you want ON or OFF my General Interest ping list!. . .don't be shy.

[MeekOneGOP]

Good article. Thanks for the post and the ping !

[sauropod]

A very well written article.

[Blood of Tyrants]

evil can never love good, but it can and does fear good.

Now if we can only convince the Republicans that the left will NEVER love them and to play for keeps.