I should send 'em this a letter, too. But I'm no good with words, so this would have to do... ; )
Posted on 11/18/2003 1:51:15 PM PST by Texaggie79
Dear Indepentent News,
I reside in the United States of America and I am submitting this letter in hopes of having some questions answered. Questions that I am sure many fellow Americans also share. It is our President's visit to the UK and the reaction of many British citizens to his coming that motivates me to write this.
I have noticed that hatred towards President Bush is felt by the vast majority of the British population, as well as the rest of Europe (or so the media reports it as such). Let's focus on the UK for now though. Apparently, the mayor of London has called Bush the "greatest threat to life on planet". I would assume that most of the Bush haters feel the same way. My question is, how could any rational human being believe this? Now, I can understand how those who are a bit timid and have a hard time thinking on their own can get pulled into the lie that President Bush is this racist, money hungry, monster who is simply trying to take over the oil supply and control the world, or some other outlandish plot. It is sometimes fun to imagine that there are such conspiracies in the world, however, when one comes back to the real world and pursues these questions with logic, it is quite clear that what is taking place in Iraq, what took place in Afghanistan, is self defense and compassion.
Let us single out what has happened in Iraq. First question I would like to ask any British Native would be, are the people of Iraq better or worse off? Second, is the free world better or worse off? I would guess that most "anti-war" folks would like to ignore that first question. Apparently NO good can come from war (of course, WWII is an exception to the rule, since America wasn't the FIRST to fight), so they HAVE to be worse off, otherwise, war would have done a good thing, which is the complete opposite of their ideology. Despite the fact that no longer to any Iraqis suffer under inhuman torture or death. Nor do they have to watch their children be tortured in front of them. No more Iraqis are being gassed. Iraqis can freely live as they choose now, however, we could leave to appease all the anti-war crowd and let Iraqis suffer once again under worse conditions as another regime takes hold. As for the second question, I am quite sure that they would say that the free world is worse off. This is because, according to them, we are under greater threat because we have "picked a fight" with a Muslim nation. Problem is, the largest terrorist attack that the world has seen took place BEFORE Iraq, BEFORE Afghanistan.... why not after? It would stand to reason that we should suffer much worse, after "preemptively attacking" Iraq.
Allow me to propose a hypothesis on why we have not seen worse terrorist activity since Afghanistan. Perhaps, when terrorists see that their bad deeds will not go unpunished; when they see that they have no chance against the strength of freedom loving nations, they must reconsider their approach. Perhaps, had we have done as the anti-war/BushHater crowd would have wanted us to, which would be to sit back and apologize for all perceived wrong we have done, the terrorists would have seen their actions as successful, and would have increased their activity worldwide. Not to say that terrorism has stopped in the West, but one cannot argue that it is worse now than before 9-11.
Back to Iraq; why don't we just ignore the recent findings that Saddam was likely in cohorts with Osama. The recent Iraq invasion was nothing but following through on a threat. We made that threat at the end of the first Gulf War. We finally came through, giving America back its respect from our enemies. All who witnessed the fall of Saddam knew that America would always follow through on a promise. It took us 12 years and 1 president that lacked the courage to follow through, but we kept our word.
Of course the anti-war crowd will insist that Saddam was "obeying" the guidelines of the treaty, even though it is fact that inspectors were not allowed in. Even though Saddam openly defied our demands. To this day, Bush-Bashers will defend Saddam and overlook his murderous regime.
Truth is, this is all a charade perpetrated by the left because of one simple rule of theirs, that Bush did not follow. All this would be moot, had Bush waited for the UN's ok. That is what this is all about, globalization. Leftists hate the word when speaking business, but government wise, it's all just great to them. Even your article presses this issue with the quote; "A lot of people here are very angry with the way the US administration is putting itself above the law.". "Above WHAT law?" I ask. Who suddenly made anti-war leftists lawmakers? Iraq and America were engaged in a war that begun when Iraq invaded Kuwait. From there a treaty was signed, wherein Saddam agreed to follow certain guidlines or be taken out. It was not mandated that the UN must decide when these guidelines were broken. Why would one think that the UN had any say in the matter? It was between our two countries.
Is it just that Europe feels insignificant if they cannot have a say in what America does? Is this the reason the majority of Europeans despise our President who acts in our best interest without asking permission from other nations? Is sovereignty a dying concept to the anti-war crowd? Has the "Borg mentality" (refer to Star Trek) taken over Europe? It certainly appears so with the popularity of the EU. Do Europeans really want a more centralized government so that their lives can be under even more control? Is liberty just a convenience that should be readily sacrificed for the good of the many? Mao would say so...
I pray that this is the case in Europe. I pray that all this anti-americanism, all this Bush-bashing is simply because of jealousy because the alternative is a scary thought; Europe has gone the way of the French and has taken up the religion of appeasement. If that is the case, America is the last true defender of freedom.
I should send 'em this a letter, too. But I'm no good with words, so this would have to do... ; )
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