President Bush recently said the following:
“Withdrawing our troops would make the world more dangerous, and make America less safe. To leave Iraq now would be to repeat the costly mistakes of the past that led to the attacks of September the 11th, 2001. The terrorists saw our response to the hostage crisis in Iran, the bombings in the Marine barracks in Lebanon, the first World Trade Center attack, the killing of American soldiers in Somalia, the destruction of two U.S. embassies in Africa, and the attack on the USS Cole. The terrorists concluded that we lacked the courage and character to defend ourselves, and so they attacked us.†From Lost Adam
Over at Blogs for Bush there is a quote from a Marine who is serving on the front lines:
Thanks for doing this. The battlefield this weekend will be on the homefront. The only thing that truly concerns me is that the seditionist groups will succeed in causing the American people to lose their will and the enemy will win politically the victory we have denied them militarily. Let there be no mistake: we are winning here. Morale is outstanding and we are successfully taking the fight to the enemy. You will see a successful referendum in less than 3 weeks and a successfull election in less than 3 months. I see the positive resuts of our actions everyday. The MSM ignores or denigrates almost every piece of positive news, exaggerates every negative and makes the enemy and his actions out to be more than they are. They absolutely cannot defeat us militarily and have no strategic vision except the destruction of all who oppose them. A strategy based on such a negative is doomed to fail, unless we cut and run.
The anti-war protesters and the rest of the naysayers do not seem to comprehend these ideas. Whether it is from misguided ideas or the thought of short term notoriety, their positions are dangerous to our country. The war against terrorism is much like a story of a school yard bully.
The bully selects a target and threatens him. Today he wants his books carried to class under the threat of physical harm. The target has two choices, resist and face possible harm or submit and do what is demanded. After the target submits, the bully becomes emboldened and soon is demanding the person’s lunch, money, and personal property. There are others who are aware of what is going on but it does not affect them so they are not worried. They could get together and confront the bully. A show of strength that would cause him to rethink his actions. Instead they stand idly by while a select few are bullied everyday. With no one to stop him the bully begins to spread out his reign of terror and one day those who sat idly by become the next targets.
What would the outcome be if the group had confronted the bully in the first place? If they stood united against his activities? Perhaps he would get more of his bully friends and that threat would need to be challenged. Perhaps he would realize that the terror was not worth the effort. In any event, the bully would have to pay for his actions. Eventually, enough people will stand up to him to make him stop what he is doing. If however, the group decides to stop resisting the bully will become even more emboldened and they will all become targets because he will know he has broken their resolve to resist his tyranny. Even if reistance took a while and caused people harm, this approach is preferable to allowing the bully unfettered reign over others. Action will eventually produce results. Inaction NEVER WILL.
I hope the American people were watching the war protests this weekend, just long enough to realize that these people are a threat to the safety and security of our great country. It is OK to dissent but when that dissent helps the enemy then it is wrong. I believe part of John Kerry’s failure in the last Presidential election was his participation in anti-war activities during the Vietnam War.
You are either with us or against us. We will make no distinction between those who would do us harm whether they live outside our boundaries or within our borders.
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