Posted on 07/23/2002 8:06:27 PM PDT by Texasforever
Yeah. The libertarians can be counted on to gripe and bitch, like the kid with a sack of marbles who's constantly counting them, thinking somebody took one when they weren't looking.
It's hysteria.
That sure describes me.
PS- Ignore the bush bot. The pesky critters are pre-programed to hop on a thread and insult anyone who does not genuflect quickly enough.
So you agree that the war is or should be over?
America was attacked within its own shores by its sworn enemies. Thousands of our fellow citizens were murdered. America's resolve came forth and was on open display for the first time in a long time. However, retribution must not just be certain. Retribution must be adequate.
The war continues. The outcome is undecided. If America is strong, determined, and resolute, then it will prevail. Our enemies abroad are no match for the stength we possess. On the other hand, if we succomb to the idolitrous worship of timidity advanced by the enemies from within, then the impotent cockroaches who attacked us may yet have their way.
I say "surprisingly" not as any kind of dismissive insult... I just didn't know that you could really write. Well, call me gobsmacked... this is not bad writing.
I don't even necessarily agree with your overall perspective, I just think that your prose ain't half bad.
If you enjoy writing, maybe you should take up a Guest Column for some local Texas paper as a diversion. Offered strictly as a point of personal observation -- no agenda or particular interest -- you might enjoy the exercise. Justa thought.
The analysis has been lousey. We are in a holy war with an aggressive self-perpetuating psychosis palming itself off as a religion. It is a continuation of a pattern which has occurred for more than 1,000 years in that group of people. Few people want to admit it for fear of offending somebody.
The quickest way to lose a war, or to lose support for it, is to fail to adaquately define the enemy.
There is also an element of Marxism involved. Various cultures, religions, leaders, or political system expect the United States to support their deficiencies and feel the right to take resentful and aggressive positions if this support is not forthcoming. This position is not refuted at the top levels of the U. S. government. Consequently, our position is weakened and without moral support.
LOL Thanks.
So, there's the problem. Personally, I blame TV for ruining people's attention spans, but that's neither here nor there. But now I ask, what's the solution? How does this administration keep people focused on what may still be a credible threat from abroad?
Some folks may very well assume that there is no threat from abroad any more, but that strikes me as just the sort of complacency that led to 9/11 in the first place. Eternal vigilance, and all that...
I can't help but wonder if this leak of the invasion plans for Iraq wasn't entirely accidental, and was a way of keeping everyone's eyes on the ball. Rummy seems genuinely peeved by it, but Rummy's a smooth character who could pull off "genuinely peeved" in public if he needed to, I think.
In any case, setting that aside, how does this administration keep people focused short of another Reichstag fire?
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