Posted on 06/13/2005 8:36:03 AM PDT by ParsifalCA
What do our students understand about the war we’re in and how we are fighting it? With all the condemnations from political groups, the media and the Blame America First crowd, what do our young adults believe about our nation? That question is second only to the question of what we have to do to win the war, and not only because our young adults are called on to fight it. This war will outlast our generation and eventually it will be they who have to reckon with our enemies and decide our course. We – and they -- are awash in a flood of news that usually fails to distinguish fact from opinion and elevates the importance of the Michael Jackson trial above that of Syrian missile tests. Less jaded than we, young adults are more susceptible of being influenced by the constant barrage of reports of prisoner abuses at Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo Bay and in Afghanistan. It is only a very few of them – and, truthfully, too few of us – who pay attention to the endless investigations that show again and again that though some abuses do happen, both their frequency and their seriousness is horrifically exaggerated.
Will those now in high school and college believe America is worth defending if all they hear is that our soldiers torture prisoners, that our people flush the Koran down the toilet just for fun? How will they learn the nature of the terrorists and the nations that support them, their ideology and their goals? Who is going to make them think about what their lives – or their deaths -- will be like if we lose?... [more]
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At some point, America will not be worth defending. I wonder when that day will come.
I'm believing less and less that it is worth defending. We aren't the America we started out to be.
Freedom is worth fighting for ~ Bump!
Be Ever Vigilant!
America will always be worth defending. It's just that more and more of the people here aren't.
I was teaching in a public high school a few years ago, and it happened to be Pearl Harbor Day. I told the class how my father and all his friends from school went to the recruiting office the next day to sign up (they told him to come back when he was 18). The students reacted with amazement: "What did he do that for?" I told them, "You kids are the guinea pigs in a unique social experiment. For the first time in history, the immense resources of the state--in this case, the school system, teachers and administrators, textbooks, building, etc.--are being used to convince a whole generation that the state is not worthy of being defended from its enemies. One out of 30 later confessed that she really had to think about that. It does make you wonder if certain people in this country really want it to survive.
>>America will always be worth defending. It's just that more and more of the people here aren't.<<
Well said. It may come to a point when this kind of scenario plays out, when it no longer becomes possible to defend America against the criminal/suicidal stupidity and depravity that is flooding the nation, and a Stand has to be made, whether geographical in nature, or otherwise.
The USSC killed the Second Amendment with the Commerce clause.
At some point, America will not be worth defending. I wonder when that day will come.
Don't ever say that. America will always be the greatest country on this planet. Just because there is a progressive movement to remove everything decent out of our society doesn't mean that America will no longer be worthy of defending. We still have freedoms here that we can enjoy that elsewhere others would be persecuted for it. I love this country, and we HAVE to continue to teach our children that it's a wonderful country and that FREEDOM IS NEVER FREE...otherwise, if we give in, we will lose everything our forefathers fought for and brave men and women are fighting for now.
I believe that the average American is very much willing to fight and defend his country. However, it is important that he knows that the country supports him in his efforts.
The reason that recruitment has been down recently is that the young men and women, contemplating volunteering to join the armed forces, notice how little real support our armed forces get from the populace (e.g. Abu Ghraib, Gitmo, etc.) and from their leaders including their commander in chief.
An especially galling example is that our troops are warned to be cautious in returning fire when it originates from a mosque. Compare this how we were willing to destroy numerous churches in Europe during WWII.
Our political leaders seem to be afraid of a vigorous pursuit of the war against muslim terrorism because they understand that we are not only fighting Islamic fundamentalism but all one billion Muslims throughout the world.
Many potential recruits are hesitant to join the armed forces when they see that they are expected to fight overseas while the backdoor to the country (our borders) is kept wide open for terrorists to enter. Are we planning to totally defeat the enemy or are we merely buying time?
Ever since the bomb on Nagasaki we have fought wars with one hand tied behind our backs and have often tried to appease the enemy. This is not conducive to a high morale of the average fighting man.
To put it in the vernacular; either $hit or get off the pot.
You would not say that if you were in a conquered country such as Korea under the Japanese. The conquerors take over the media, the schools, the religions, and the banks. Usually the intelligent class is just murdered. Women are more than abused....they are made into breeders for the conquerors. The history of the conquered nation is re-written by the conqueror. It will not be something to wish for.
It's important to keep a historical perspective on this, too. During the period of time after the American Revolution and before the establishment of the U.S. Constitution, supporters of the war made a practice of chasing their neighbors who had supported the British (the Tories) off their lands, burning their homes to the ground, etc. Nobody likes to admit it, but this kind of "cleansing" process is probably vital to the long-term viability of a free nation.
If your enemy is willing to die for his belief that he should kill you, and you are not willing to die defending yourself, your family, or your nation....all is lost already. Just raise your hands now.
"America will always be worth defending. It's just that more and more of the people here aren't."
Bingo.
Who wants to defend laws that are selectively applied to legal immigrants and citizens, while others get a pass?
We need to get back to the notion that American Citizenship has value and is, (if in no other place)defended in our own country, or like it or not, it will not be defended as a whole.
Obviously, I hope you're right. But, being the "greatest country on this planet" at any given time does not necessarily mean it's worth defending. If the entire world is mired in outright socialism (and worse), I can't see getting too enthused about defending the greatest socialist country on this planet.
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The day is coming. It's simply a matter of when. Nothing lasts forever.
It's approaching more quickly than many or most of us are willing to admit.
Is America's future worth defending? Ask a Mexican, that is all that will be here.
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