Monday, September 12, 2011

BloggeRhythms 9/12/2011

One of yesterday's many shows included former Vice President Dick Cheney, then Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and now retired U.S. Air Force General Richard Myers, then Chairman of the Joint Chefs, all of whom were integrally involved in the aftermath of the September 11th terrorist attacks.

As they watched replays of the day's horrendous events, each explained how and why their immediate responses were what they were and went on to state that that fateful day reshaped their beliefs about what was needed to protect the nation and its citizens in the future because the world had just changed right before their eyes.

Cheney and Rumsfeld were especially firm in their beliefs that the U.S. had to demonstrate that it would not only not be cowed by the attacks, but instead would pursue George Bush's vow to seek out and crush the enemies behind the disaster and that, in fact, the attacks themselves were acts of war.

All of them agreed that when the intelligence and feedback regarding the attacks was analyzed, and the dangers fully understood, it became imperative to not back down but to face our enemies as best we could full-front. And that included fighting on foreign soil, such as Iraq and Afghanistan, to insure that we wouldn't be attacked at home again.

It also involved gathering as much information as possible, however it could be done, including interrogating captured enemies in Guantanamo Bay. Because the object was to find out how, when and where we might be struck again, not to insure that we were setting examples of the virtues of human rights. And the key words here were -our nation was attacked without provocation- we didn't start this particular fight.

I use this preamble because as I watched and listened I realized, once again, the full impact of September 11th, and that what followed in retaliation had nothing to do with politics at all regarding our decision making. What actually happened was a group of well-informed, quite intelligent folks got together and planned out what was best to insure that we never went through such attacks on our nation again.

Yet today we still have naive, immature theoreticians living in the image of a world that doesn't exist. They somehow believe that if you ignore your enemies, leave them alone and don't involved, they'll act similarly. But I'm pretty sure it was this guy named Hitler that proved how absolutely wrong that approach is. In fact, if we hadn't stepped up as we did with him, I'd be writing this blog in German, providing my family avoided the ovens that would've been built here.

So, if far leftists want to close their eyes to warfare, and if they choose not to respect or join the military, or think our captured enemies should have counsel to help them avoid mistreatment, that's all fine with me. And if they think extending an olive branch to terrorists makes sense, that's okay as well. But if they truly believe the majority of the American public are really going to let that become lasting policy, leftists better go find another crate of Kool-Aid. Because the one they're drinking from now is quickly running out.

That's it for today folks.

Adios

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