Fireside Chat, good ole boy style…
I was sitting around my fire pit last eve with family and a neighbor and the discussion of the state of the world came up. In our neck of the woods it’s a general consensus that Americans have become afraid of war and don’t have the stomach for it any more.
I hold the “greatest generation” in high regard, in fact I tend to set them on a pedestal because of what they were able to accomplish and the sacrifice they were able, but more important, willing to make. The most major influence in my life was my granddaddy, who was part of this generation. He made that sacrifice and entered the Marine Corps in 1942 and was in the south pacific shortly thereafter. He came from a very meager upbringing and yet he understood what was happening. I find it disheartening that in this “age of enlightenment” that we as a society can’t see the same thing happening. Do enough people actually think that we are not in the same type of struggle that our grandfathers faced down 50+ years ago? Natzism and fanitical Islam? Please don’t tell me that the ideas, principals, and good common sense that prevailed during that time are being buried with that generation. I pray that it’s still out here in the everyday guy on the street but after this past run at the elections I am beginning to worry. We need a Patton right now, a man that will stand on the nuts of the enemy while holding their throat.
People don’t change, the times may but human spirits don’t. Their have always been and always will be people who strive for personal freedom and those that strive to conquer those seeking it. Isn’t that what we see as the primary struggle in this world right now? In Iraq we saw a dictator that made a life of conquering those that did not agree with him. We see that in their society now. We saw that on 9/11 when we were attacked for our way of life. In Iran we see a neighboring country, striving to conquer, but they do it in a more subtle way. Instead of coming across the border with their tanks and troops they are sending “martyrs” in the name of Islam. Blah, Blah, Blah. That’s a load of crap. These people are trying to conquer. If we leave they will be in there immediatly. Once they have done that they will see weakness in us and point their sights towards us and don’t think they won’t. If they acquire nukes the game changes exponentially.
Now is the time to stand on some nuts and grab some throats, not tuck tail and look for a way out.
I hold the “greatest generation” in high regard, in fact I tend to set them on a pedestal because of what they were able to accomplish and the sacrifice they were able, but more important, willing to make. The most major influence in my life was my granddaddy, who was part of this generation. He made that sacrifice and entered the Marine Corps in 1942 and was in the south pacific shortly thereafter. He came from a very meager upbringing and yet he understood what was happening. I find it disheartening that in this “age of enlightenment” that we as a society can’t see the same thing happening. Do enough people actually think that we are not in the same type of struggle that our grandfathers faced down 50+ years ago? Natzism and fanitical Islam? Please don’t tell me that the ideas, principals, and good common sense that prevailed during that time are being buried with that generation. I pray that it’s still out here in the everyday guy on the street but after this past run at the elections I am beginning to worry. We need a Patton right now, a man that will stand on the nuts of the enemy while holding their throat.
People don’t change, the times may but human spirits don’t. Their have always been and always will be people who strive for personal freedom and those that strive to conquer those seeking it. Isn’t that what we see as the primary struggle in this world right now? In Iraq we saw a dictator that made a life of conquering those that did not agree with him. We see that in their society now. We saw that on 9/11 when we were attacked for our way of life. In Iran we see a neighboring country, striving to conquer, but they do it in a more subtle way. Instead of coming across the border with their tanks and troops they are sending “martyrs” in the name of Islam. Blah, Blah, Blah. That’s a load of crap. These people are trying to conquer. If we leave they will be in there immediatly. Once they have done that they will see weakness in us and point their sights towards us and don’t think they won’t. If they acquire nukes the game changes exponentially.
Now is the time to stand on some nuts and grab some throats, not tuck tail and look for a way out.
posted by jasona117 at 4:08 PM
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