By Mark David Blum, Esq.
In the wake of recent elections here in the United States, certain “folks” out there in the rest of the world see this is as a win for them and an opportunity to change us as a People. Consider this a warning: Dissent here at home means nothing to our enemies abroad. United we will always be against common enemies and though we may show them mercy, we will just as quickly end their miserable lives should we be challenged. Right now, Americans are angry and it is a dangerous time for our enemies should they think we are to be provoked.
Throughout all of our history, from the Civil War to the great World Wars, through Viet Nam and now in Iraq, America has always held Her elections despite great internal upheaval. We have changed Presidents, Congresses, and made major shifts in policy during war time election cycles. Not once, however, have these political shifts made us more vulnerable to our enemies. Each time an enemy made that mistake, they suffered painfully.
Yesterday the news was filled was grandiose boasts by the gaggle of maggot infested swine feces known as Al Qaeda that they have amassed 12,000 troops and are calling us out because their streets are not yet sufficiently stained with American blood. They taunted my Defense Secretary and called him a coward. One cruise missile resolves their force of 12,000 and despite his shortcomings, Don Rumsfeld causes Chuck Norris apprehension.
I am not impressed by a bunch of paranoid little cowards who fear women and freedom and who lack the courage to stand up against soldiers and men and instead slaughter the helpless, women, and little children. Let them boast and cheer and make all the fart noises they want in celebration of our election outcome. To a citizen, we are all soldiers ready to stand up and defend this nation. If our enemies will not rest until they blow up the White House, then many generations of Arabs, Muslims, and fanatical Islamists are going to die. Remember also that back in 1812, the British burned the White House and most of Washington, and yet they lost here we still are. The Japanese burned Pearl Harbor and most of our Pacific fleet. We responded and Nagasaki and Hiroshima are no more.
We may be a nation seriously divided here at home. Many are our internal disputes and there may even be criminal prosecutions and significant civil unrest as a result of our change in direction. We may resort to name calling, threats, government gridlock, and outright hostilities between various branches of our government and sectors of our society,
Our bickering in our own home is not a sign of weakness. It is the one strength that we have as a nation that sets us aside and above the cheap whorehouse political structures sought by Muslim extremists. We choose our politics and government by ballots, not bullets and despite the outcome, we agree to live with the results and to defend those results with our lives. It is the power of the ballot and the People having a voice that makes our fist the one you don’t want crashing into your face. Whether it is a left hook or a right jab, it will be a solid American punch our enemies feel should they err in judgment.
Whether our government continues to keep Iraq militarized with our troops or whether our soldiers leave instantly or over time, is neither a sign of weakness or surrender. It is a dramatic example of the true power of the People as envisioned by Thomas Jefferson. The wonder and uniqueness of the ‘American experiment’ was that we were the first state that actually recognized that power and authority flowed up from the People to their government and that government only had that power and authority specifically given to it.
Should we change our approach and leave Iraq; consider it failed policy, not surrender. It is recognition that some nations on this earth are just not intellectually and morally mature sufficient to accept the burden of freedom. There are those who despite everybody’s best efforts, insist on living miserable pathetic, abused lives and serve no God but the one of Death and destruction.
I strongly disagree that ours is a nation destined to be the world’s cop. Thomas Jefferson saw us as vocal advocates but never politically involved in disputes between nations. He wanted America to be isolationist on military conflicts. We were to be friends to all and a threat to none; provided we were left alone. That policy is one I still support and advocate as best as is possible in a 21st century world.
Leaving Iraq is not failure on America’s part. It is failure in Iraq’s part. Millions of citizens and they cannot root out a couple thousand gangsters? As for those catcalls and challenges from the coward Jihadis should we leave, pay them no nevermind. From where I sit, they are no different from internet flamers. Dangerous though they may be, ultimately they hide in anonymity and behind skirts and hijabs and only attack the weak and defenseless. Yet, all they have is talk; blah blah blah.
Right now, America is engaged in a great internal debate that will decide our future. There is going to be conflict and strife. We have great issues to resolve and much damage to undo. America’s enemies should not confuse our cleaning house with disarray. Our enemies should never forget this very simple message: Stay out of our face right now or you will learn quickly the fatal lesson learned by others, namely that every single American stands with our President. So, “bring it on” or shut the hell up.
