Oliver North: Courage during the holidays

Washington Times ^ | November 27, 2005 | Lt. Colonel Oliver North

[RWR8189]

Of the many things for which we should be thankful this holiday season, we should be most grateful for young Americans who have been willing to serve in our Armed Forces.

Since our War of Independence, ours has been the only nation on Earth consistently willing to send its youth into harm's way -- not for gold or resources or colonial conquest -- but to support an idea: individual liberty.

Sad to say, the courage and determination of our soldiers, sailors, airmen, Guardsmen and Marines is no longer matched with similar resolve by many of our political leaders. Though President Bush has used this holiday to remind us of their sacrifices, given the nature of the enemy facing us today, the lack of political perseverance elsewhere in the capital is a potential disaster. For that, we can offer no thanksgiving.

Only once before has the United States had to confront a brutal foreign adversary in the midst of such divisive political discord -- during the Vietnam War. The evaporation of public support and political will resulted in the loss of 58,178 of our countrymen and the only war our nation has ever lost.

[stm]

As always, Ollie hits the nail squarely on the head, God bless him.

[brivette]

This is so true.

[stm]

It would be a rough ride to be sure, but I really wish he would run in 08

[cgk]

Ollie ping!

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[sr4402]

Only once before has the United States had to confront a brutal foreign adversary in the midst of such divisive political discord -- during the Vietnam War. The evaporation of public support and political will resulted in the loss of 58,178 of our countrymen and the only war our nation has ever lost.

And a bloodbath in the region thanks to the democrats, RINOs, the anti-american press and John Kerry.

[Watery Tart]

Ollie Bump!

[winner3000]

(The White House speechwriters need to borrow a page from Winston Churchill and start reminding the American people our real enemies aren't mean-spirited, self-serving Democrats -- our real adversaries are bloodthirsty terrorists who mean to hunt Americans down and kill us here at home.)

Once Hitler invaded France and kicked the Brits from it, Churchill didn't need to tell his political opponents "I told you so". They at that point got it.

After 9/11 George W didn't think he had to fight Democrats as anyone surely should have gotten that as long as the Middle East kept the status quo, terrorist attacks wouldn't end. The problem is that even after 9/11, Democrats either didn't get it or they coldly and calculatingly didn't care as long as they got power.
These Democrats ARE the enemy.

[The Right Stuff]

I AGREE. Today's Democrats and the Left are the enemy as surely as Germany was in WW II. The days of the Truman, FDR and JFK Democrat are gone - since the DNC rally in '68 when Tom Hayden et.al took over. Today's Dems are diehard radicals who hate the US and all of our traditional values.

It really is up to the traditional Dems - will they continue to let the radicals rule, or will they retake their party of the "working man"?