Posted by
Jay Noble on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 10:22:44 AM
President Bush is the first president in American history to be fighting simultaneous wars abroad against and foreign enemy and at home against a domestic one. Abroad the enemy is Islamic fascism; at home it is the combination of the defeatist media, ultra leftist academia and entertainment industry, and the bulk of the Democrat party. What these enemies have in common is a desire for American defeat and disgrace in Iraq and around the world.
About the media, what more can be said? The media reports from and about Iraq have been filtered through the prism of sedition and defeat virtually from the beginning. And these reports have inevitably taken a toll on the morale of the public and the support for the effort in Iraq. I have personally heard comments from individuals whom I know to be solid conservatives, who have become convinced that Iraq is another Vietnam and we are should expend no more lives or treasure there.
The Democrat Party has been relentless in undermining the administration. Far from being the loyal opposition, Democrats are invested in American defeat. Leading Democrat politicians have compared our military’s conduct to the worst of Sadam’s regime. Part of the opposition can be attributed to Bush hatred but it is primarily motivated by an article of faith among leftists, that the United States is a force of oppression and evil in the world and deserves to be defeated. For these people, American defeat in Iraq is to be desired for its own sake and in order to discourage future administrations from being proactive in defending American interests abroad. Perversely, the American people have elected a Congress whose liberal leadership shares many of the feelings and beliefs of those who wish the United States defeated.
The Islamic fascists have openly stated their desire to force the United States to cut and run from Iraq and the entire Middle East. At this juncture in history that goal is shared by the Russians and Chinese, who have their own fish to fry in the region, as well France and most members of the European Union, our so-called allies, who simply wish to see the United Stated humbled. It is a remarkable collection, former communists turned totalitarians, communists turned capitalists, dying socialist societies and socialist wannabes, along with seventh century Moslem fanatics, united only in a common desire to humiliate and defeat the United States of America. If they are successful in destroying the American will to win, not just in Iraq but anywhere, the consequences will be calamitous.
President Bush has one final chance to turn the tide of defeatism and retreat taking hold in this country. What is at stake is more than simply winning in Iraq; it is the soul of America. If he fails, if we fail in Iraq, the United States is finished as the preeminent power in the world.