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AMERICA at the Mall
Author Unknown
I know everyone has a different opinion on the war and our current President.
But, this article makes a lot of sense, and I hope you will take 2 minutes and
read it and give it some thought. I have never seen the 'situation' expressed
any better in words! Recently I was talking to a friend about the upcoming
election and the candidates. As we ended our discussion he said 'the only
decision you have to make is who you want sitting in that seat in the White
House when - not if - when we get hit again and millions of American lives are
put at risk!'
This is from : 'You ain't gonna like losing.' Author unknown.
President Bush did make a bad mistake in the war on terrorism. But the mistake
was not his decision to go to war in Iraq
Bush's mistake came in his belief that this country is the same one his father
fought for in WWII. It is not.
Back then, they had just come out of a vicious depression. The country was
steeled by the hardship of that depression, but they still believed fervently in
this country. They knew that the people had elected their leaders, so it was the
people's duty to back those leaders.
Therefore, when the war broke out the people came together, rallied behind, and
stuck with their leaders, whether they had voted for them or not or whether the
war was going badly or not.
And war was just as distasteful and the anguish just as great then as it is
today. Often there were more casualties in one day in WWII than we have had in
the entire Iraq war. But that did not matter. The people stuck with the
President because it was their patriotic duty. Americans put aside their
differences in WWII and worked together to win that war.
Everyone from every strata of society, from young to old pitched in. Small
children pulled little wagons around to gather scrap metal for the war effort.
Grade school students saved their pennies to buy stamps for war bonds to help
the effort.
Men who were too old or medically 4F lied about their age or condition trying
their best to join the military. Women doubled their work to keep things going
at home. Harsh rationing of everything from gasoline to soap, to butter was
imposed, yet there was very little complaining.
You never heard prominent people on the radio belittling the President.
Interestingly enough in those days there were no fat cat actors and entertainers
who ran off to visit and fawn over dictators of hostile countries and complain
to them about our President Instead, they made upbeat films and entertained our
troops to help the troops' morale. And a bunch even enlisted.
And imagine this: Teachers in schools actually started the day off with a Pledge
of Allegiance, and with prayers for our country and our troops!
Back then, no newspaper would have dared point out certain weak spots in our
cities where bombs could be set off to cause the maximum damage. No newspaper
would have dared complain about what we were doing to catch spies.
A newspaper would have been laughed out of existence if it had complained that
German or Japanese soldiers were being 'tortured' by being forced to wear
women's underwear, or subjected to interrogation by a woman, or being scared by
a dog or did not have air conditioning.
There were a lot of things different back then. We were not subjected to a
constant bombardment of pornography, perversion and promiscuity in movies or on
radio. We did not have legions of crack heads, dope pushers and armed gangs
roaming our streets.
No, President Bush did not make a mistake in his handling of terrorism. He made
the mistake of believing that we still had the courage and fortitude of our
fathers. He believed that this was still the country that our fathers fought so
dearly to preserve.
It is not the same country. It is now a cross between Sodom and Gomorra and the
land of Oz. We did unite for a short while after 9/11, but our attitude changed
when we found out that defending our country would require some sacrifices.
We are in great danger. The terrorists are fanatic Muslims. They believe that it
is okay, even their duty, to kill anyone who will not convert to Islam. It has
been estimated that about one third or over three hundred million Muslims are
sympathetic to the terrorists cause... Hitler and Tojo combined did not have
nearly that many potential recruits. So... We either win it - or lose it - and
you ain't gonna like losing.
America is not at war. The military is at war. America is at the mall.
At The Mall
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