March 15, 2004

Shoulder to shoulder

Generally, Ara and I have disagreed just a tad on the '04 elections. :)

But I'm with him 100% on this:

"...the Spanish people overthrew the incumbent ruling party in reaction to this terror attack.

Bottom line? If, God forbid, the same thing happened here three days before the election, regardless of who was ahead or behind, I would hope that the people of the US would not lose their resolve. If we do, the terrorists win. "

Amen.

I want to take a moment to point out (and many liberal/Democrats may find this hard to believe) that quite a few conservative/Republicans oppose Kerry not just because he's a Democrat, but that they think he'll revert to a "talk about it, don't do anything" policy like the one that gave us a bombed-out asperin factory in Sudan and "Blackhawk Down" in Somalia, but not much else.

Before anyone pops a rivet, I'll admit that things are different, now. Even Slick Willie might have pursued a more "warhawk"-like foreign policy after 9/11, and many intelligent commentators believe that Gore would have at least executed something similar to Bush's Afghanistan operation.

But, many observers hear what Kerry is saying, and interpret it to mean that he really will return to policy that views terrorism more as a police-enforcement matter, than a military one. In other words: have a lot of conferences, publish press releases, but don't spend any blood or treasure defending our society.

If Kerry is elected, I hope he doesn't follow that path. And if he does choose the path of courage and righteousness, I'll be behind him 100% as well. As Churchill once said: "God willing, we can do no other."

Or cite another Churchill quote, especially the first line:

In War: Resolution
In Defeat: Defiance
In Victory: Magnanimity
In Peace: Good Will

Posted by Casey at March 15, 2004 2:03 AM | TrackBack
Comments

Casey:

Of course you know my main beef with POTUS is that he has gone soft on his own Bush Doctrine; giving a free pass to Arafat, the Saudis, Musharref, Kadaffi, etc.

I have confidence that the very first time President Kerry walks into the Sit Room, he'll be fully prepared to do what is necessary to protect the interests of the US.

Posted by: Ara Rubyan at March 15, 2004 6:31 AM

And if you think that the Asprin factory and Somolia are then only things that Happend in the 90's you need to do some more digging.

Posted by: Rick DeMent at March 17, 2004 6:30 PM