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February 23, 2007
Charley Reese, on Behalf of the Left: Nothing Is Worth Fighting For
Modern liberals do not have the character to win a war, which is why the encroaching power of Democrats in Washington is extremely bad news for our troops in the field and for our country's security. For a particularly appalling example of evidence of this, let's go back to a piece published in January by lifelong journalist Charley Reese, who uses the freedom that better men died for to argue that armed resistance to tyranny is pointless because someday it will be forgotten.
Individual soldiers who survive combat often come home to realize that all of the horrific and heroic actions they took don't mean anything. Vietnam, for example, is ruled by a communist government.
Got that? A liberal says that trying to fight off communism in Vietnam was a waste of time, since liberals were able to secure our defeat despite the heroic efforts of our troops in the field. It gets worse:
Nobody but a historian even remembers what World War I was all about, much less the 10 million young men who died fighting it. World War II and Korea are likewise fading from public memory.
I'll go farther than Reese: if we had just struck a sanctimonious pose and then surrendered in WWI, WWII wouldn't have been necessary — because we'd all be ruled by German Kaisers and there wouldn't be any freedom to defend. At least then we wouldn't be drowning in moonbat bilgewater.
Now I'll go farther still: one day the Sun will go up in a supernova and die, and afterwards the Earth will be a frozen cinder floating aimlessly through space, or be sucked into a black hole. No one will remember anything then. So why bother getting up in the morning?
Reese's point of view — and progressive foreign policy — can be summed up it five words: "Nothing is worth fighting for." But rather than print this simplistic sentiment on a bumper sticker, Reese piles on the verbiage, because that's a journalist's job:
I'm glad that I discouraged all my children from serving in the military, even though I had served. It is important, I believe, to separate the natural and noble feeling of love of country from the present reality. The young people dying in Iraq are not dying to protect their country. As usual, they were lied to. They're dying for corporate profits, in which they do not share; they are dying because of some academic's harebrained belief that we can turn Iraq into a liberal democratic state; they are dying because of political opportunists in Washington.
Here's an idea for al-Qaeda: why not open up a PSYOP division to print liberal odes to defeatist nihilism on leaflets and distribute them for our soldiers to see? But of course, they don't have to: our media does it for them, with the hearty approval of the Democrat Party.
On a tip from Conan.
Posted by Van Helsing at February 23, 2007 8:31 AM
Comments
I was reading Democracy Now's website today. They say that the greedy corporate powers are behind the Sun turning into a Red Giant and the resulting destruction of our planet.
They mentioned something about global warming.
Everything is so bad, our country has gone to hell. I am going to sell my widescreen tv, give away my multimedia components, quit my secure job, sell my shining car and wallow in depression.
The only thing that will make me feel good is to turn over Iraq to the Baathists and Al Qaeda...
Posted by: Freedom Now at February 23, 2007 10:16 AM
...they are dying because of political opportunists in Washington.
Well he got one thing right: politicial opportunists in DC are prolonging the war with their backstabbing and white flag waving. Bet you can't guess who!
Posted by: Pam at February 23, 2007 12:42 PM
Where do all of these left wing idiots hide out? Not in my area. If they did i'd buy a new baseball bat and use up two of my three strikes (with the law). At 66 I might just use up all three of them and hope for an OJ jury. You know, too dumb to walk and chew gum at the same time.
Posted by: Scrapiron at February 23, 2007 2:36 PM
"Nobody but a historian even remembers what World War I was all about, much less the 10 million young men who died fighting it."
WW1 started from Austria-Hungary invading Bosnia after blaming the death of Franz Ferdinand on them. Russia being the unofficial protector of Bosnia joined the fight. Germany, being the ally of Austria-Hungary, joined in as well. This started a domino effect sucking in most of the European empires. Only thing I had to look up was the invaded countries name, I guess this makes me a historian?
Of course history has forgotten the genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire, 1.5 million Armenians killed. Of course we can’t talk about any racial discrimination of whites because that is "Politically Incorrect".
Posted by: Eric at February 23, 2007 9:02 PM
