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For him, the real problem is the existence of America itself. Ultimately, Musil's kind can only be satisfied by a broken America full of Mao-suited peasants, toiling on collectivized farms and cringing in fear of a jackbooted UN occupation force.

I'm not sure it's so black and white. There is another, even more sinister effect at play. These apologists for American might actually believe that the UN and even American power are more than adequate for solving all of the world's problems. What do I mean? With the blood and sacrifice of our armed forces, we have gained power and influence in the world, for the good of mankind. But these elitists sit in their ivory towers squandering the advantages that we have now, falsely believing that the power is endless. And they think the UN should usurp even American sovereignty in order to benefit mankind.

In their minds they ask, "Why would we ever need to use these weapons if America is the greatest country in the world?" That is how they think. They actually believe that we have no serious enemies. They believe that our advantages are impregnable. They believe that we are done fighting and now we should go around taking care of the world like so many caretakers.

If they had a chance to get to know real soldiers who have lost their buddies on these fields of honor, they would not take our fleeting victories for granted. They would sieze every bulwark, every opportunity to reinforce the strengths that we have won, and they would compromise at nothing to hold onto the strategic and tactical advantages that we have.

But instead, they look for ways to "balance" our power with that of others -- irrespective of the ideologies and ambitions of those other powers, and apologize for the victories we've been blessed enough to gain only at the highest of prices.

When you believe our nation could never be threatened, when you believe our force is immoral, and when you believe the future is assured, it's no surprise that you might come to the conclusion that napalm or nuclear weapons are wrong. I believe that these same arguments are being used against our second amendment rights. The elite center and near left seriously believe that American superiority is endless, and western civilization will always be free.

For those of us with parents and grandparents who fought "western" Germany, how can we ever forget?