Give War a Chance, Part ii

I must again share some thoughts on the war, today's war, the war on terror.

As I stated just yesterday, I happen to agree with the war in Iraq. I view it as a front and battleground on what is a much larger (and will be a much longer) war. There is obviously erosion on this sentiment from many areas of our societal and political spectrum. Even conservatives are getting squeamish about Iraq and , to me, that means they are squeamish about the war on terror in general.

That brings me to the Cindy Sheehan situation. I will not comment on her initial motives for protesting. She lost her son (in an honorable cause in my estimation) and she is upset and wishes to get answers as to why. Unfortunately, many people may want "answers", but as a representative republic, we elect individuals to provide for us as a nation and we must entrust those individuals with many things...National security being a very important example. And while I disagree with those who are anti-war, I believe that they have a right to protest, even though I am convinced those protests are helping our enemies. One must look into his or her own heart to determine whether their actions are detrimental to our war effort. Political correctness has made it too easy to allow protests to go unfettered, so the self-policing of protestors is the best hope we have.

And then there is Cindy. Today it was reported that she not only wants the US out of Iraq, she also wants Israel out of Palestine, although there really isn't a "Palestine." She won't pay any income taxes until George Bush (who "killed" her son) gives him back. And she also wants "these people" tried for war crimes, sent to jail, impeached, or any combination of the three. What does this have to do with grieving? How will this bring her son back? How does this honor his memory?

Cindy, whether willingly or not, is now just part of the anti-war establishment. You know, the far left. The extreme element that will always "blame America first". It is cliche, but true. This element of America feels that their cause is so noble and just, that they make a gigantic spectacle of their actions and [apparently] feel no regret about the potential negative impact that their actions may have, either to today's soldiers, or tomorrow's, or to any American in the future.

I do not feel we should "cut and run" as so many do at this time. Surrender does not seem to be a logical option to me. We can debate policy, we can question pre-war intelligence, we can accuse the President of lying, or we can unite, as a nation, and get the job done. Iraq or no Iraq, terrorism is a way of life. Getting US troops out of Iraq or the Israelis out of "Palestine" will not stop terrorism. Appeasement may appear to work for a time, but then another attack will be blamed on another president because it happened on "his watch." We need to abandon the rhetoric and decide, do we have the will to fight or not? If we say no today, will we have the strength to say yes when another attack on our soil takes place? Or will we just protest and hope that terrorist go away? Perhaps we can just surrender altogether.

To that, I say no, fight on.

Give war a chance.