Thursday, July 15, 2004
Martina McBride's song "Independence Day" was originally written about domestic abuse but the chorus certainly has implications for the War on Terror.
Let freedom ring; let the white dove sing;
Let the whole world know that today is the day of reckoning;
Let the weak be strong; let the right be wrong;
Roll the stone away, let the guilty pay!
It's Independence Day!
Cliche perhaps. But still the truth. As the campaign heats up, and people continue to attack Bush's decision to go to war in Iraq, the question remains: Was the war justified? Well, let's see: We removed an inhumane dictator from power. Good idea, I think. We have found weapons of mass destruction, just not stockpiles of nuclear weapons. We uncovered mass graves. We liberated millions of people. Michael Moore may try to convince us that kids attended school and played in the streets while their mothers (women!) shopped happily under Saddam until the big bad US came along. Considering Moore never even leaves the US except to hobnob with European Freedom-phobes, I doubt he's really an expert at anything but twisting the truth. For all the liberal's whining about getting allies on board, it only applies to people who hate us. Pakistan and Saudi Arabia who remain by our side are particular favorites for liberals who say we should be attacking them. It would do these people good to remember the word ally and what it means: people who hate you, make fun of you and actively undermine everything you do are not allies, they are enemies. Rather than attack Pakistan because it is not a Jeffersonian democracy, why don't we lob a few bombs into Paris or Berlin?
The war in Iraq was justified, many times over. The broader war on terror is justified. America (and the world) is safer because of it. And when terrorists get done attacking us and turn to weaker prey like France and Germany (and they will--appeasers only buy a little time to prolong their destruction, remember Neville Chamberlain) America will still stand with them. We will be the first on the scene and the first to lend our aid. Would that they would do as much for us.
Let freedom ring; let the white dove sing;
Let the whole world know that today is the day of reckoning;
Let the weak be strong; let the right be wrong;
Roll the stone away, let the guilty pay!
It's Independence Day!
Cliche perhaps. But still the truth. As the campaign heats up, and people continue to attack Bush's decision to go to war in Iraq, the question remains: Was the war justified? Well, let's see: We removed an inhumane dictator from power. Good idea, I think. We have found weapons of mass destruction, just not stockpiles of nuclear weapons. We uncovered mass graves. We liberated millions of people. Michael Moore may try to convince us that kids attended school and played in the streets while their mothers (women!) shopped happily under Saddam until the big bad US came along. Considering Moore never even leaves the US except to hobnob with European Freedom-phobes, I doubt he's really an expert at anything but twisting the truth. For all the liberal's whining about getting allies on board, it only applies to people who hate us. Pakistan and Saudi Arabia who remain by our side are particular favorites for liberals who say we should be attacking them. It would do these people good to remember the word ally and what it means: people who hate you, make fun of you and actively undermine everything you do are not allies, they are enemies. Rather than attack Pakistan because it is not a Jeffersonian democracy, why don't we lob a few bombs into Paris or Berlin?
The war in Iraq was justified, many times over. The broader war on terror is justified. America (and the world) is safer because of it. And when terrorists get done attacking us and turn to weaker prey like France and Germany (and they will--appeasers only buy a little time to prolong their destruction, remember Neville Chamberlain) America will still stand with them. We will be the first on the scene and the first to lend our aid. Would that they would do as much for us.
// posted by The Pendragon @ 8:10 PM 
