Saturday, July 01, 2006

The latest from VDH

As always, it's well worth reading.

Noteworthy passages:

"For all the propaganda of al Jazeera, the wounded pride of the Arab Street, or the vitriol of the Western Left, years from now the truth will remain that our soldiers did not come to plunder or colonize, but were willing to die for others’ freedom when few others would. Neither Michael Moore nor Noam Chomsky can change that, because it is not opinion, but truth — something that the Greeks rightly defined as “not forgetting” or “something that cannot be forgotten ” (alĂȘtheia).

Note also that after the hysteria over body armor and unarmored humvees, the Democratic opposition offers no real concrete alternatives to the present policy .

Why not? Because there are none."



"......our problem lies in two more abstract but just as important struggles over Iraq. Either we did not communicate well the noble purposes of sacrifices abroad, or, after Vietnam, an influential elite has made it impossible for any president to do so.

We can correct that first lapse, but I am not so sure about the second."



The Iraqi government is taking intelligent measures to thwart the insurgency. The Left has, so far, chosen not to make significant comment on the progress made militarily and politically against the Sunni insurgents.

Why?

Because the Left is already starting to dread the full weight of the embarrassment and and the political disenfranchisement they will suffer when they are proven totally wrong about the Iraq War, and the greater War on Terror.

2 comments:

  1. Bubba, I spent years at universities and almost an equal number on military bases and I can tell you that the "cream of the crop" of our young men are to be found on the military bases. Our military is the finest and we should be so very proud of them all. BB

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  2. Show me that declaration of war and prove me wrong.

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