New York Daily News columnist Michael Goodwin has written a lucid and concise summarization of what we are facing as a nation that carries the headline, “It’s World War III, and U.S. is out of ideas.”
The piece is important not only because it correctly frames the world situation, but because it is coming from the Daily News, a newspaper that is not exactly known as being peopled by a bunch of American flag wavers.
However, there are a couple of points that Goodwin fails to make, possibly because the left typically will deliberately fail to make them. First, there is no mention of Russia in the equation, even while President Putin has reversed the gears and is moving his country rapidly back to a reasonable facsimile of the old Soviet state. The left has always had an adolescent crush on the Soviet Union and will ignore almost any violation of human rights and freedom the Russian government cares to engage in.
And second, whether Goodwin likes it or not, the battleground for full scale armed conflict is likely to be, at least initially, the middle east. That likelyhood has been with us for a long time, going back at least as far as the Carter administration. The left just can’t bring themselves to concede that our presence in Iraq may ultimately prove to be strategically important to the U.S. militarily.
But Goodwin hits the nail squarely on the head when he identifies Islam and anti-Americanism as the catalysts for the coming conflict. Let’s hope that the alarm bells Goodwin is ringing are heard.
Dear Fellow Patriots,
A good tree does not bear bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit (Matt 7:18). It is time you opened your eyes and thoughtfully absorb the consequences of supporting an administration for partisan, patriotic, or even religious purposes. I am sure that many of you who have staunchly defended these leaders have done so for altruistic purposes. However, there comes a point in time that one must sincerely consider, critique, and act upon facts rather than rhetoric.
How can any of you believe that George W. Bush is a man of God when the fruits of this man’s presidency are burning before our eyes? He has lied from day one of his candidacy for 2000, beginning with his claims of being a “Compassionate Conservative,†and a “Uniter, not a Divider,†and he continues to lie. Has America been a good neighbor under this administration? Have we been good world citizens? I would argue that we have not. We have not considered the innocent people of Iraq in our calculations, under the leadership of an administration that contradicts itself as it claims, “We are the liberators of Iraq,†while telling us that “We’d rather fight them over there.†We have not considered the brave patriots that we have squandered in our battle of false premise. We have not thoughtfully scrutinized not only the devastating impact upon the Middle East, but the impact that these actions have and will ultimately continue to have on American families. What happened to the good-will of the entire world for our country? They have not been wise stewards.
When will this man be held accountable for his lies and the devastating consequences of those lies? There was courage upon the “Hill†to impeach a president guilty of personal indiscretions, personal dishonesty, but when it comes to a president and his administration that has cost this world unquantifiable hardship and a disturbing loss of life that continues to unfold; cowardice is the mode of operation.
Our political leaders have used their pens to send our bravest citizens into what has now become a nest of barbarity while tacitly encouraging savagery that has already cost our soldiers and their families dearly. Why? They have flagrantly dismissed the rules of war and have consistently strived to circumvent the Constitution that they claim to defend. Why? They said is was to protect us. That was a lie. They said it was to liberate. That was a lie.
Are you going to be complacent in this struggle? We are fighting for more than the prevention of terrorismâ€â€we are fighting for our true moral purpose in this world. And I ask you, what is it that you think the moral purpose of our country is? Is it to bear good fruit, or is it to complacently rally our leaders regardless of their actions or the consequences of those actions?
We must fight with our pens nowâ€â€pick up your pen for this country. Pick up your pen for our service men and women; pick up your pen in opposition to greed, in opposition to arrogance, in opposition to deceit, and in opposition to the oppression of our neighbors. This administration must be held accountable.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
A Tax Paying Citizen of the
United States of America
Coming Soon-WWW III-from the People Who Brought You Iraq
They never cease to amaze. The same people who have us in a mess in Iraq want to solve the problem they created by having more of our troops fighting a wider war throughout the Middle East and Iran.
Who is telling us this is WWW III, and by implication, trying to justify a wider conflict to include Syria and Iran? The same geniuses who helped get us into Iraq. Newt Gingrich, William Kristol, Sean (high school) Hannity, Oliver North, William (the virtuous gambler) Bennett, Bill O’Reilly, Charles Krauthammer and Fred Barnes. Not one day of military service out of the whole group.
I guess they figure that if they can’t win a smaller war they can win a larger one, though I fail to see how that follows. Do not expect even the U.K. to be around for the next misadventure the neocons want to undertake. Once Tony Blair is gone his successor has the perfect opportunity to get out of a bad situation and I think he’ll take it.
Instead of figuring out a diplomatic way to get us out of the Middle East, these yo-yo’s keep trying to find a military victory somewhere, anywhere, as an excuse for their strategic ineptitude.
The people are saying in poll after poll, “Get out”, and the neocons are promising to drag them further into the Middle East quagmire.
This latest attempt won’t work to scare the American people into voting Republican in November. Just the opposite, it will scare them into getting rid of their Republican representatives so that don’t have to send even more troops to the Middle East and stay even longer.