American Character

Bah humbug!

I just listened to the President's speech and the democratic response and have no reservations about what is the right course of action. I take the President's side here.

Why?

Well, I am not a "cut and run" type of guy. I see the war in Iraq as the battlefield for superiority between the terrorists that would fight us and the will of the American people. Forget about the reasons we got there. Forget about the WMD's, Saddam's madness and murder, and the tyranny we decided to depose. Forget about America's failed foreign policy that has alienated Arabs in the Middle East. Today, al Qaeda and Muslim extremists are fighting our soldiers in the streets of Baghdad, and we simply cannot afford to cut and run. We cannot tuck tail and embolden a group of bastards that have declared war on us, who have said repeatedly they wish to eliminate our way of life, and who have tested our American character and attacked us on our soil.

The war on terror isn't just being fought in Afghanistan anymore. And we must have the guts and the fortitude to fight it wherever it needs to be fought. If Iran wants to test us, let's answer their call. If North Korea wants to push us, let's push back. It is high time the American character be proven to be a no nonsense, tough, and equal to any challenge. The faster the world understands that we cannot and will not be pushed, the faster they will stop pushing.

This can only be done with the resolve of the American public. Let's inform our Congressional leaders that we will not stand for divisiveness. That is not to say that we want our President to have carte blanche, but we certainly do not need the politics of 2006 giving our enemies the advantage of a divided America. We must resolve to win in Iraq, no matter what the costs, and to do so decisively.

To do anything less is only to endanger us all in the future. Period.

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