Posted by
gregmc on Thursday, September 21, 2006 7:15:09 PM
I have a question for all of the American policy hating people who live in America. Even if American foreign policy has caused all of the hatred that has taken over a majority of the world, the Middle East in particular, would you have us all roll over and die? That sure seems like your desire to me.
Any human with any amount of common sense should set aside political differences during a crisis and work with the current leadership to ensure the continuation of our way of life here in our country. They should not side with our enemies and assist them in the clearly stated intention of destroying America. Don’t you understand that no matter how “supportive” you are of our enemies, they will not hesitate to kill you and your family? You all seem to be oblivious to the possibility that you could be fighting for your life in your own hometown if we don’t do all we can to win WW III? That means supporting our Commander in Chief.
Some of you may scoff at this, especially those raised without a father who knew what it meant to be a leader. Or those who have never been in a leadership position where urgent decisions had to be made to save lives. When I was young my father taught me that when he asked me to do something I had better do it first then ask why later. As I grew older he allowed me to question his requests in a respectful manner to understand his reasoning. As this “teaching” progressed, it came to the point where that, in the event of an emergency I fully understood the importance of following his orders without question, whether I agreed with them or not. When important emergency decisions are required, it is necessary for one person to be in charge and to give orders. My 10 years of service in the US Navy reinforced this understanding, especially when I stepped into leadership positions.
Now to clarify for those of you who will jump on your first adolescent selfish interpretation of my writing. No, I am not saying we should say “yes sir” at every command President Bush barks at us. What I am saying is you must understand the importance of following a leader during a time of crisis, otherwise you are going to get yourself and everyone else around you killed. Once the crisis is passed you can then safely explore different avenues to make right that which we as a nation have done wrong or might yet still potentially do.
I personally don’t agree with some of our past foreign policy. I do clearly understand the requirement of choosing the lesser of two evils in some cases however; we have really screwed up overseas on numerous occasions. With that being said I for one happen to want to prevent any further mass causality attacks on American soil regardless of our mistakes.
I hear “It’s time to fix George Bush’s broken foreign policy” from the loony’s on the left. No you idiots, it’s time to fix America’s broken foreign policy but only after our safety has been once again firmly established. EVERY SINGLE president in the history of the United States has screwed up at one point or another. If you like the freedoms you have, stop your irrational anti-American rhetoric and support this nation. What is wrong with you? Are you all really that suicidal?
Right now this country is up the creek without a paddle and the time to come together as a nation under our elected leader is more than overdue. It seems like the left would rather blame, point fingers and have our nation roll over to expose our tender belly to have our enemies tear at it until we expire.
Whether you believe he was legally elected or not, shouldn’t we stand behind him until this immediate crisis is over? Stop wallowing in the hate of the left, grow some huevos and support your country come what may. Have some confidence and pride.
I don’t know any liberals who I would consider anything beyond an acquaintance because the way I see it, if you turn your back on your country so quickly, what kind of friend would you be?
~gregmc