Tuesday, June 28, 2005
The President's Speech
The President delivered a good speech at Fort Bragg, NC tonight, but like with songs I have heard too often, I was not into it until the end, until his voice cracked and he was overwhelmed with emotion. I love our President.
I can't imagine that happening to Clinton for real.
I also read on Hugh Hewitt's site the letter MoveOn.org wants its lefty hords to send in to news-papers across the nation. What a contrast. The gist of the MoveOn complaint that is that things are getting worse there and the President has no plan for Iraq. Let's take those in order.
Because the terrorists have no agenda other than to kill people somewhat randomly, they are tough to stop; so the actual fighting against suicide car bombers is pretty much a lopsided draw (they're getting the worst of it). Worse? I guess there is none so blind as he who will not see. But the political solution is advancing as the constitution is being drafted, the Sunnis are wanting in on the political process, and the Iraqi citizens are getting sick to death of foreign terrorists killing there friends and family. Meanwhile, that small percentage (of almost any population) who have the ability and desire to be good, effective soldiers are getting the skills to do the hard things it takes to win against terrorists. Worse? All I see is slow (agonizingly slow, I'll grant you) steady progress. We are training our replacements. When they stand up, we'll stand down. Great line.
Doesn't have a plan (as if a plan is all that helpful in war)? All I see is that President Bush has the same plan regarding Iraq and the broader Global War against Islamofacism as President Roosevelt had regarding Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. We will do what it takes to win. Now if we could only get the less than loyal opposition on board with that plan. Right now, I can't see that happening. It's also tough for them to sell to the public that they support and love our troops when the #2 in the Senate is comparing the troops unfavorably to Nazis, et al., and only one Democrat (and a back bencher at that) criticizes him.
I can't imagine that happening to Clinton for real.
I also read on Hugh Hewitt's site the letter MoveOn.org wants its lefty hords to send in to news-papers across the nation. What a contrast. The gist of the MoveOn complaint that is that things are getting worse there and the President has no plan for Iraq. Let's take those in order.
Because the terrorists have no agenda other than to kill people somewhat randomly, they are tough to stop; so the actual fighting against suicide car bombers is pretty much a lopsided draw (they're getting the worst of it). Worse? I guess there is none so blind as he who will not see. But the political solution is advancing as the constitution is being drafted, the Sunnis are wanting in on the political process, and the Iraqi citizens are getting sick to death of foreign terrorists killing there friends and family. Meanwhile, that small percentage (of almost any population) who have the ability and desire to be good, effective soldiers are getting the skills to do the hard things it takes to win against terrorists. Worse? All I see is slow (agonizingly slow, I'll grant you) steady progress. We are training our replacements. When they stand up, we'll stand down. Great line.
Doesn't have a plan (as if a plan is all that helpful in war)? All I see is that President Bush has the same plan regarding Iraq and the broader Global War against Islamofacism as President Roosevelt had regarding Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. We will do what it takes to win. Now if we could only get the less than loyal opposition on board with that plan. Right now, I can't see that happening. It's also tough for them to sell to the public that they support and love our troops when the #2 in the Senate is comparing the troops unfavorably to Nazis, et al., and only one Democrat (and a back bencher at that) criticizes him.
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 9:12 PM 
