Cost of War

The issue of patriotism has come up much since Bush was elected. Liberals proclaim with great exuberance that it is their right to disagree with the Administration and that they are supporting the troops. The simple fact is that radicals have seized control of the Democratic Party—this is why they lost the 2004 elections and will continue loosing political influence. There is a great number of leaders in the liberal parties not only here in the U.S. but in foreign nations that think everyone that voted for Bush is a complete idiot. This shows the utter lack of character by these hijackers of liberalism. Yes, there are those on the right that name call and proclaim that liberals are “fill in the blank”, yet they are kept on the fringes. They are not mainstream conservative. I do not appreciate being called an idiot, and I do not think people that voted for Kerry are idiots. I disagree with them very strongly, yes, but I will not name call or demean them.

People say you can be against the war and for the troops. That is like saying you are for the milk but against the cow. Soldiers have one job, some say they are evil and killers, but I say they are there for our protection and a deterrent against the worlds evils. Patriotism means that you love your country but that nation can still be wrong. When humans get involved, things become fallible. Many people loved Hitler and thought that Nazi Germany was perfect, we know it was not. Nationalism can lead to bad things. Bush has made mistakes—he is a freely elected leader. People make mistakes, so we should be cautious of a people who say their leader is perfect. Bush is a bulldog; he fights for the America people. If a commander was to run out onto the battle field and begin trying to sue for talks, then he would be cut down by the opposing side. Bush does it the right way. If we are attacked, then talks are not needed. They have already taken place. You should go into action and deploy the troops. Yet, if it is a standoff and talks are needed, he has shown he can do this. Iraq is not perfect, but it is a front on the war on terrorism. Many liberals are blinded by their bias. They will see no good, and this is a very unfortunate thing. For if we continue to win (and we are), then terror will have to continue to loose 85 terrorists per good guy in an unbelievable kill ratio. In war, soldiers die. But it is the morally correct soldiers that never die. Defending freedom of others is something that is bigger then ourselves. Hating so much that we kill ourselves will only lead to defeat.

Peace in Israel

I watched a cool show on Israel the other day. It showed the struggle for peace from the mid 90's to present. It also gave a cool look into the Bush white house. I am very glad we have a fighter in there, because Clinton was not. That is not only a partisan remark-Bush has done much for peace. Liberals cling to "talks" so much that soon, terrorists grow courage enough to attack, as we saw on 9/11. We must talk, yes, but if the enemy breaks the peace and goes on an offensive war, then we must protect ourselves and other nations who are unable to. We also need to understand that Iraq is a flash point for extremists to go and TRY and fight our military. It is much better for a radical to die from a bullet in Iraq then from a self-exploded bomb in a city. People say Bush is stupid and that he lacks the needed skills, but I say he is what we need. Yes, he has faults, but show me a perfect president and I will be silent. On other news, what is going on in Germany? Does Schroeder (sp) still have power or do the conservatives?

Mere War

The issue of unwarranted death is an issue that must be discussed. I recently watched a show on TV. The program looked at the history of music and its effects on politics. I found this to be a very interesting show, one that sparked great intrigue on my part—both out of anger and interest. The issue of the war in Iraq came up. I was okay; I was neither red faced nor expecting a desk through a window in my future. The program was regular stuff from activists. One scene showed some self indulgent Britain grilling former Sec. of State Powell on what Americans thought about being viewed as the “Great Satan” by many people. This angered Powell and it angered me also. This is typical extremist liberal stuff. They don’t like what is going on, so they become hateful and unworkable. System of a Down is a very well known anti-war group. They say any bombs are a bad thing. They say that we should not fight. This is the same stuff that many people have said about that we brought 9/11 on ourselves. How did we? Did those people in the Towers have direct connections to atrocities against Moslems? I agree that America has made mistakes. But without her, the world would be—un-free. This is how the Iraq war should be fought—from a person who has never been over there and would has little military experience. I believe it is extraordinarily healthier to give alternatives then complain, chant and do worthless protest marches 5000 miles from the problem.
We should have many more troops then what we have. We ask for surrender of terrorists, and if the killers don’t give up—we shoot on site. These are not fighters from a sovereign nation. They are killers from an extremist wing of a religion that teaches that there can be no middle ground. You are a Moslem or your not. Non-Moslems and Moderate Moslems who refuse the religion die. This pleases Allah in their view.
Some say Western aggression breeds extremists. Well, there are not large scale numbers of Asian Buddhist or Hindu people running around blowing themselves up, blaming the West. This is a poor excuse to commit atrocities.
Terrorist will be killed by American Troops. When you proclaim that the infidels must die, and you go to Jihad—then you have marked yourself for death. Whether it be by your sadistic rules of engagement, or by a bullet from a free market built weapon.
We that are free (most of Europe, Asia and of course America) may be cruel to each other, we may name call, we may get angry and protest, but let us remember why we are protesting. Are we doing this out of pure partisanship or by hatred of terrorists? There was a time when Germany was a strong nation built upon military ways. Yet, she fell because evil was in control. Terror will continually be with us, because hate will always be with us. Yet, those individuals that try to instill terror into innocent people will die. They will die either on the run, or in a fire fight, or by a bunker buster squatting in their cave while they eat their goat meat.

J. A. Hoffman