There are a lot of people talking out of their asses against the war in Iraq:
- You can listen to Sen. Harry Reid (d-NV) and believe that our war Generals are “incompetent” and that we should retreat to defeat from Iraq as quickly as possible.
- Or you can listen to The Voice of the Democratic Partyâ„¢ (MoveOn.org) and believe that General David Petraeus has “betrayed” his country (after a lifetime of distinguished and dedicated service to his country).
- Or you can listen to the collective hippie and protester communities (yeah, they’re mostly one-and-the-same) and believe that “war never solved anything”.
- Or you can listen to the MSM reporting on the failures and misdeeds of our military in Iraq andAfhanistan — despite getting their stories mostly from dubious “stringers” while they themselves never leave the fortification and security of the Green Zone.
Or you can listen to true heroes like Marco Martinez, a former Marine who offers his 5 Things I Saw that Make Me Support the War:
Liberals often like to say that “violence is senseless.”
That’s wrong.
Violence isn’t senseless. Senseless violence is senseless. And I should know. Before being awarded the Navy Cross and having the privilege of becoming a Marine, I was a gang member. Sometimes it takes having used violence for both evil as well as good to know that there’s a profound moral difference between the two.
People often ask me whether I still support the war. I never hesitate when answering: “Absolutely I support completing the mission,” I tell them, “Now more than ever.”
I was honored to have been given the opportunity to fight in Iraq on our country’s behalf. And it was that experience—and five things I saw firsthand—that illustrate the foolishness of those who would equate American military power to that used by thugs and tyrants.
You are often judged by those whom you choose to align yourself with — you can choose to stand with cowards like John Kerry, Jack Murtha, Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid.
I’ll stand with Marines like Marco Martinez.
His conclusion:
When I think about my gang member past I shudder in shame. But if there was one lesson I learned from my past it is that there is a profound moral difference between using violence to destroy lives and using violence to save lives. Terrorists do the former; soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines do the latter.
Antimilitary liberals need to learn the difference between the two.
Perfectly said. Violence for a reason is just. Gang violence, robbery, drug dealings, murder on city streets, all completely unjust. But when we fought in the revolutionary war, WWI, WWII, we had to defend ourselves..we had to fight and kill, or be killed. People that see no distinction between this kind of violence are mentally corrupt. Something or someone has gotten to these people and warped their perspective on right and wrong. This war, conflict, clash of civilizations, war of religions, clash of ideologies, whatever you want to call it, is a fight for our way of life. now granted our way of life is far from perfect…but it’s sure better than that of our enemy. One side in this conflict has to lose. There is no way that the west and the taliban can ever live in peace. Impossible. That’s why we better get the job done this time or our children will be dealing with this all over again, and again. just like in the crusades, they only stopped when they were too beaten down to continue. (germany and japan anyone?)
Left by Marc on October 2nd, 2007 at 12:31 pm