The values that matter


What the war on terror is really about
Orson Scott Card has a great column.

But there are no values that matter to me that will not be gravely endangered if we lose this war. And since the Democratic Party seems hellbent on losing it -- and in the most damaging possible way -- I have no choice but to advocate that my party be kept from getting its hands on the reins of national power, until it proves itself once again to be capable of recognizing our core national interests instead of its own temporary partisan advantages.

To all intents and purposes, when the Democratic Party jettisoned Joseph Lieberman over the issue of his support of this war, they kicked me out as well. The party of Harry Truman and Daniel Patrick Moynihan -- the party I joined back in the 1970s -- is dead. Of suicide.

Here is my take.

To help contain the Soviet Union and insure that oil hit the free markets, the United States and other Western nations excused behavior from Muslim leaders that we would have condemned in anyone else. For decades, we persisted in treating them as spoiled indulged children who could not be held responsible for their actions.

When they threw tantrums, we told them they were victims and they deserved better.

WE conditioned them to accept their victimhood and tyranny.

The time for "peaceful resolution" passed about the time that the United States government chose to overlook atrocities committed against us and our nation in the name of Islamic terrorism. That happened decades ago. And when the U.S. decided not to respond forcefully after our embassy in Iran was seized, that convinced the Islamists that we were a paper tiger whose day had passed.

Their own holy writings tell them that all must submit to Islam or face holy war.

WE taught them that we would back down if they killed enough people and made enough noise. We told them we would compromise, but we never demanded that they compromise.

Before September 11, 2001, that is exactly what the United States did.

Leaving Iraq now, or even in a few years before Iraq is stable will make things at least fifty times worse.

That is the only reason to fight. There is no other justification that holds up.

Islamists demand submission. Compromise is weakness to them.

Democrats calling publicly for a withdraw plan BEFORE the job is done just encourages the Islamists.

We won the battle, but we may end up losing the war. The time to worry about the civilized niceties is after the enemy is destroyed. We are dealing with people who behead reporters on camera. Who incite riots over cartoons. Who murder filmmakers in the streets of European countries.

We are not dealing with civilized enemies. The barbarians are at the gates.

The power that they demand threatens your freedom.

Yes, our own government poses almost as great a threat to your freedoms.

But who would you rather deal with?

— NeoWayland

Posted: Wed - November 8, 2006 at 07:04 PM  Tag


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