Terrible, yes. But this was not another Twin Towers

telegraph uk ^ | 2/2/03

[SouthernFreebird]

But America's enemies would do well to understand that bruised hearts are not the same as faint hearts.

They'll learn that soon enough..........

[BossLady]

"it is taken as read that America is soft - a cry-baby braggart, whose pampered citizens run for home at the first sign of real danger."

Another Clinton legacy.....

[rickmichaels]

America has had more than its fair share of bad days...

This sentence could have ended right here. America has had more than its share of bad days because of its great tradition of courage and pioneering spirit. No other nation on earth puts as much on the line as the U.S. does. As a Canadian, I can only thank God that this great nation to the south is what it is. God bless America.

[mitchbert]

America has had more than its fair share of bad days...

This sentence could have ended right here. America has had more than its share of bad days because of its great tradition of courage and pioneering spirit. No other nation on earth puts as much on the line as the U.S. does. As a Canadian, I can only thank God that this great nation to the south is what it is. God bless America.

Canadian dittos bump.

[KneelBeforeZod]

The US is soft. Soft whiny and spoiled. Thanks to liberal blame everyone and everything but yourself thinking.

All we can do is keep track of who is for and who is against the US... then when the other shoe drops, let the peaceniks/America haters know "not in my foxhole."

[Eowyn-of-Rohan]

""it is taken as read that America is soft - a cry-baby braggart, whose pampered citizens run for home at the first sign of real danger." Another Clinton legacy "

I see it as more their reaction to our reaction to 9/11

[foreshadowed at waco]

Thanks for the post...good find.

[Irene Adler]

""it is taken as read that America is soft - a cry-baby braggart, whose pampered citizens run for home at the first sign of real danger." Another Clinton legacy....."

The lamestream media don't help, either, with the way they cover events, encouraging people to tear up on camera and rooting around constantly for tear-jerking angles on stories. Many of those newscasts find their way onto international airwaves and influence how we are perceived abroad just like violent and sleazy movies and television shows do.

[Cicero]

Anyone who thinks Americans are soft or cowardly should read some military history.

Put some Americans on one side and some Arabs on the other, and let's see who runs first. I have been thinking a lot about John Keegan's "History of Warfare" recently. He really nails it.

[A Citizen Reporter]

Thanks for posting this. At these times of crisis and mourning, there is nothing that cheers me more than to read the words of our British brethren, and the faith that they have in us.

[angry elephant]

The lamestream media don't help, either, with the way they cover events, encouraging people to tear up on camera and rooting around constantly for tear-jerking angles on stories. Many of those newscasts find their way onto international airwaves and influence how we are perceived abroad just like violent and sleazy movies and television shows do.

It's true, too, that they love to cover the little street memorials where people go to grieve publicly. Quiet church-goers are not on their radar screen.

I was amazed, although I shouldn't have been, that the 11:00 news spent forever around the people and flowers and put off as long as they could showing Bush addressing the nation. You can see why other nations would believe that the country consists of mournful women and children. Of course, many would not hesitate to destroy these women and children.

[afuturegovernor]

only MSNBC, a minor cable news station

LOL

[IncPen]

I have been thinking a lot about John Keegan's "History of Warfare" recently. He really nails it.

Yes, he does.

I also recommend "Citizen Soldiers"- an account of the Bataan death camps and the first special forces deployment- and "The First Heroes" by Craig Nelson- an account of Doolittle's raid on Tokyo following Pearl Harbor.

We owe it to the people who gave us our freedom: Never Forget.

[nicollo]

Ain'tya glad to see the self-haters about? Must be the moon, or their own shadows.

You point to military history. I point to political history. There've been ostriches from day one in this country, and I'll add to 'em those who obsessively yelp about some national cowardice as the worst among them. The white-flag wavers are ever louder than their numbers. Worse are their publicists, especially those on the right who love to lament them.

This is a beautiful article that precisely expresses the fundamental American characters of ambition and perseverance. I applaud and uphold it.

[ladyinred]

Great article. Thanks to the author and the poster. We will not be kept down that is for sure!

[Wphile]

A big American BUMP!

[Wphile]

BTTT!

[Brad’s Gramma]

bttt for later.

[marylina]

What a great article. Thanks for the alert, Wphile.

BUMP