A reader sent me an article by George Friedman and asked for a response. So I did.
This article by Friedman talks about the effects that a long war may have over time and the “psychology of exhaustion” which explains the discontent among the America public and World opinion because of an ongoing war. Here’s an excerpt:
That is what is important about the Petraeus report. He will ask for more time. Congress will give it to him. The president will take it. Time, however, has its price not only in war but also psychologically. And if the request for time leads to more failure and the American psychology is further battered, then that is simply more time that other powers, great and small, will have to take advantage of the situation. The United States has psychologically begun tearing itself apart over both the war on terrorism and the war in Iraq. Whatever your view of that, it is a fact — a serious geopolitical fact.
The Petraeus report will not address that. It is out of the general’s area of responsibility. But the pressing issue is this: If the United States continues the war and if it maintains its vigilance against attacks, how does the evolution of the American psyche play out? read the whole article here
He’s right, in a way. Time does lead to a psychological strain on the American public. And in a way, it’s a lose-lose situation for America.
We can either sit back, do nothing, and LOSE when the next 9-11 comes to America. (Borders still open, still accepting thousands of Muslim immigrants every year, mosques still being established and un-monitored)
Or we can keep fighting, defending ourselves and do what is best for the country, while creating a negative national and worldwide opinion.
We are unlike Europe. Freedom is not free. If the cost of freedom and national security comes at the expense of world opinion and of those alike here at home, then so be it. What intellectual liberals fail to understand is Islamic history and the true nature of Islamic ideology. This is not a war on terrorism. Terrorism is just a reaction to the ideological struggle that Islam is waging against the West.
We must not allow Islamic regimes to become all-powerful (nuclear), simply because they cannot be trusted. The reason Pakistan is an ally of ours, even though they have a majority Islamic public, is because he’s a secular moderate, and this allows us to reason with him because we know that he can be trusted with nuclear weapons. The same cannot be said for a hard-line Islamic regime like Iran or the growing Taliban within Pakistan. The ideology of Islam is key, here. Most intellectual liberals do not pay attention to this threat. They are acutely unaware of Islamic world history and the life of Mohammed.
As much as I disagree with the tactics of the Bush admin, the one thing I do agree with, is taking the fight to the enemy. I do agree with taking the fight away from American soil. If we know where terrorist havens are (Iran, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, etc.)Then that’s where we need to confront them. If we pull back, they will simply garner their strength and attack at the appropriate time upon their discretion. We CANNOT allow the fight to come to American Soil.
Time wears on everyone’s mind. War is not pretty, war is not fun, war is not waged simply to wage war (as most leftists believe). War is a necessary function to bring peace to the world. We have to remember that there is a world wide Islamic movement (in the tens of millions), who want to institute an Islamic caliphate throughout the world as well as here in America.
It’s a grass roots effort at this point and it will be won through the ground up. We MUST protect the constitution and it’s values and if we continue allowing Islamic immigrants into this country, we are only going to experience a situation like the same going on in Europe today.
I only hope we ultimately preserve freedom, and by taking the threat off of our soil is the best way to do it.
Abe Lincoln had one of the worst approval ratings in American history when he was waging war against his own countrymen, to end slavery. Although it was bloody and very sacrificial, we all know how that turned out. Slavery was ended because it was the RIGHT THING TO DO.
You can’t let public outcry affect always affect what you know is right. Please remember that it’s not always about what we do as a country around the world.
We need to focus our attention to “what we MUST do” to protect our country from Islamic extremism and Islamic totalitarianism around the world. We are the good guys. We are human and we make mistakes, BUT we are the good guys…we ARE the good guys.
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