Thursday, June 7, 2007

Fighting Words


Whenever I hear the President and his minions say we are "fighting them over there so we don’t have to fight them here," I get very confused, even angry. What does he mean by this? That the Shiite Death squads lead by Moktada al-Sadr will be marching down Pennsylvania Avenue to occupy the White House? Should we be readying the Atlantic Wall from an invasion of thousands of ships carrying an invasion force from the desert nation of Iraq?

I am getting sick and tired of this idiotic fear mongering rhetoric. The threat of terrorism inside the U.S. was a reality before the invasion and occupation of Iraq, while the chances of our “enemies” in Iraq actually taking over the U.S. are remote to say the least; so then what are we fighting for in Iraq?

And if we are truly in a fight to preserve the sovereignty of the USA, why are we doing it on the cheap? Why not go all in and tell all active and ready reserve and National Guard that you are in for the duration of the "War on Terror?" If it is that big of a deal, why is Bush constantly talking about his desire to draw down troops? Does anyone else see a serious disconnect from the reality of Iraq versus his rhetoric?

Whenever I hear that phrase about fighting them there, so we dont fight them here, I am reminded of a great man who uttered some prescient words in 1838, and they are as true today as they were way back in the olden days.



Shall we expect some transatlantic military giant, to step over the ocean, and crush us at a blow? Never! -- All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest; with a Bonaparte for a commander, could not by force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a Thousand years. At what point, then, is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.

Abraham Lincoln 1838

1 comment:

Steve said...

Donde esta Sancho?