Gingrich says it's World War III
Seattle Times ^ | July 15, 2006 | David Postman
Posted on 07/15/2006 10:32:36 PM CDT by West Coast Conservative
Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich says America is in World War III and President Bush should say so. In an interview in Bellevue this morning Gingrich said Bush should call a joint session of Congress the first week of September and talk about global military conflicts in much starker terms than have been heard from the president.
"We need to have the militancy that says 'We're not going to lose a city,' " Gingrich said. He talks about the need to recognize World War III as important for military strategy and political strategy.
Newt's staking out what I think is the right position, but I find this significant beyond his potential candidacy. This is what the '08 Presidential race will be about and, increasingly, it looks like this may be what the '06 midterms will be about. The liberals (read that as "extreme leftists"), who now own the Democrat party, want to return to the notion of all of these "troubles" being manageable as "crimes" and something we can take to courts or the UN. Conservatives have declared that this point of view is not only BS, but criminally insane and dangerous to the continued survival of civilization. How well the Republicans do this fall may depend on how well they understand that dichotomy and respond to it.
Newt may just save us for '06, even if he doesn't win in '08. If he does save us in '06 by making this a top issue then he may deserve our support in '08.