Let The Eagle Fly

The time has come for politics to be taken out of war. Have we learned nothing from Korea and Vietnam? By the tone and speeches of our politicians on both sides of the isle since President Bush’s speech on Jan 10, 2006, it would appear we have learned nothing.

The ironic thing about this is that many of the loudest critics of Bush’s plan on Iraq are tossing the bomb of how this is a repeat of Vietnam. The fail to see that they, themselves are repeating the same stupid mistakes that made Vietnam a failure.

In Korea and Vietnam, there were political limits placed on the President and troops on the ground that prevented them from an all out win in those countries. We have a similar case here with Iraq.

We now have Senators and Congressmen telling the President he has no authority to conduct the war without their consent. They are telling the Commander in Chief of our Military Forces that where he can and cannot take the War on Terrorism.

As with Vietnam, these same politicians are threatening to cut the funding needed to keep our soldiers safe and in the battle in order to defeat this enemy. No I would say they have learned nothing. Or they think that pandering to the left wing peace-nicks of the country they can win votes.

They let the media dictate what is important and then they let lies and deceit be perpetrated on the American people so much so that the American people begin to believe it. When that happens, then we indeed are not safe.

I do not agree with all the actions our President has taken since this battle for our liberty and safety began that temperate morning in September back in 2001. Actually, this battle began long before that day.

You can trace the beginnings of this battle back to the birth of Israel. There are people still in this day and age that believe that the Jewish people do not deserve a home of their own. In fact there are people in this world that would believe as Hitler did, that all Jews should be eradicated from this planet.

And since the United States has always stood against such radical tyranny, we are now placed on the same hated platform as the Jewish people. The radicals hate our way of life. They hate our very existence. They will stop at nothing to eliminate every man, woman and child of Jewish and American decent. Make no mistake about it. Much like the tyrants of history, these people are bent on world domination.

For those of you who believe that the base level of Muslim faith is peace you are dead wrong. The Koran, in its own words, clearly and emphatically states that every man, woman and child should convert to the only true religion or be put to death by the sword. No other major religion on this planet has that tenant. Especially Judaism and Christianity.

I am not saying that every single Muslim is radical and is willing to follow their bible by the letter. Many are peaceful. But just like with other religions, there are a few radicals that take things to the far extreme. These are the people that President Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair are engaging in battle.

We cannot be limited to where we can go to get this enemy. That would be the same mistake we made in Vietnam. You cannot limit how our troops can engage the enemy. That would be the same mistake we made in Vietnam. We cannot limit how far our troops can travel to root out and destroy the enemy. That would be the same mistake we made in Korea and Vietnam.

In truth, those who are screaming the loudest the President Bush is committing the same mistakes that were committed in Korea and Vietnam are correct to a point. He allowed their rants to limit his view and action which were the same mistakes made by the Presidents during the conflicts in Korea and Vietnam.

Those same loudmouths seem to not realize or at worst poor students of history because they never see themselves as committing the same deadly and disastrous errors of those conflicts in our not so distant past.

I do not believe more troops will solve the problem of Iraq if those additional troops are not allowed to do what they need to do, go where they need to go, in order to defeat the enemy.

Be it known to all, this is not an enemy state. What we are fighting is an idea. It will never be totally defeated. But like racism, it can be managed and limited to negligible affects on the general, peaceful population.

Nazi’s still exist, but they pose no real danger to the general public. We can push the radical Muslim down to the level of the Nazi, make them insignificant in the general scope of the world. But we will never totally defeat them. However, making them that irrelevant is victory indeed. And the world will be a much better place for it.

But in order to do so, we cannot repeat the mistakes of the past. In fact the United States of America is not invincible. If we do not put our heart and soul into a fight, we can and do lose. If we do not meet the enemy on his turf, he will most assuredly meet us on our turf.

I ask you all, do you want this war on terror to be a political war or a true war with a defiant objective in which we can win and remain a safe and free people? You cannot be a coward and live free. You cannot run from a fight and expect the enemy to not chase you. If you do not stand, you will fall. History is never wrong. History has proven what works and what does not work.

History is what we seem to be forgetting. History is what we will repeat if we do not change our ways. Only this time, we may lose more than just a battle in a small part of the world. We may lose our very way of life. Its time we stop playing politics the Ancient Roman way which will lead to our very destruction. It is time we start doing politics the way our Founding Fathers did and unite under one banner to defeat those who are bent on defeating us. Its time for America to let that Eagle fly high again without restraint. Its time we remember our History.

Give Me Liberty not Security

Let me start by stating that I love the United States of America. I believe with all my heart that is the single greatest nation to ever grace the pages of history on this planet. I believe God Himself ordained and did establish this great nation through Godly men. Those men we call the Founding Fathers of the United States.

They were not perfect people. Yet they created a nearly perfect human governance document called the Constitution. Now when it comes to politics many would say I am a Conservative Right Wing Christian Republican. That is not true.

Yes I am a registered Republican and I usually vote for a Republican in local, state and national elections. However, I do not tow the party line. Yes I am a Conservative. Yes I am a Christian. But truth be told, I am a Contstitutionalist. I believe in the fabric of the Constitution of the United States.

I would defend that document, this nation and any man woman or child legally in this land to my very death. However, I must take great issue with some of the laws coming down the pike especially since September 11, 2001.

Now President Bush has decided he and his predecessors will have the power and authority to open up and look through mail without a search warrant. This is in direct violation of the Constitution. I don't care how you justify it. Benjamin Franklin's words of “those who give up liberty for security deserve neither” never rang more true. I believe there is more to that statement and it goes something like this: “Indeed for they shall quickly find they have neither.”

White House spokeswoman Emily Lawrimore, though, told the Daily News that “in certain circumstances – such as with the proverbial 'ticking bomb' – the Constitution does not require warrants for reasonable searches.”

This was reported in the Thursday January 4, 2006 edition of USA Today. Now a statement like that totally bothers me. What stops them from saying that every word in the Constitution is null in void in “certain circumstances” and who determines what those circumstances are?

Even the Police have oversight. The police have a check and balance. But when you have officials in high office that decide through strokes of the pen that the Constitution doesn't mean what it says, then we all need to look out because they will be coming for you and me and our families. Never for an instant believe that if you give them an inch they will stop at an inch.

When has the government, local, state or federal, ever stopped at an “inch”? They never have, they have always gone forward and taken a foot, then a yard. Now the Bush Administration is advancing and taking a rod. (A rod in measurement is five feet for those of you who are Rio Linda in the head)

If we give them the room and ignore this slight of the Constitution, our government will move forward and take a mile. At that point it will be too late. You will have lost your liberties in the pursuit of security. What America needs to do is stand up and say “NO” to this intrusion on our liberties. We need to elect people who will stand up for the Constitution. People who will not pervert the good work of the Founding Fathers.

This nation has been secure for over 200 years by following the Constitution. It can be secure for another 200 years by following that same document. Those words were written for a reason. They are not arbitrary. They are real, purposeful and living and breathing, like every man, woman and child who call this great nation home. Follow the rule of law and you will be secure with your liberties in tact. Subvert that law and you quickly slip into a Communistic, Fascist and/or anarchist society. Man was meant to live free. President Bush, I implore you, do not destroy the very nation you seek to protect by subverting the very document that gives you power.

There are other words that ring true, “As for me, Sir. Give me LIBERTY or give me death!” Because life without liberty is worse than death. And that is the view from a Conservative, Christian, Right Wing, Constitutionalist.