Wednesday, March 7, 2012

BloggeRhythms 3/7/2012

According to the Washington Post, Dennis J. Kucinich, a high profile Ohio Democrat representative and two-time presidential candidate lost his House seat in yesterday's election. He was a major liberal icon, especially for the antiwar left. And that's what got me to thinking, because I simply don't understand their position.

While I'm certainly not a war-monger myself, and don't believe our nation should specifically create any kind of trouble, I'm nonetheless aware of what goes on in the world regarding international military action and threats. Consequently, I don't think it matters that there are people who don't want to get involved in any kind of warfare at all when it comes to other nations that do. Because appeasement, negotiation and sanctions simply aren't going to stop marauders and zealots whose goal is to do you, and/or your allies, in militarily, whatever the cost to them.

And far more basic than the preceding, is the fact that our nation was founded by warriors who won our freedom in the Revolution which gave us our start. And how would we feel, and what would our country look like, if we’d simply ignored World War's One and Two?

So, while trying to stay above it all and trying to remain pure and pristine sounds wonderful and wins the adoration of peace-loving folks who don’t wish to get involved, unfortunately in taking that approach, both logic and our own history say we’ll likely get overrun.

But far beyond any of that is the simple fact that one of the results, perhaps the most important one, of our prior military actions and our global strength at present, is that without them, those who are so strongly anti-war wouldn’t have the protections needed to so loudly voice those opinions in public at all.

That’s it for today folks.

Adios

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