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Thursday, June 17, 2004

America's diminishing Resolve

Boots on the Ground (US Army soldier soon returning to Iraq)
To me, it seems alot of the resolve the American people have is starting to run out. After 9-11, everyone was willing to sacrifice almost anything to ensure their safety. Now, people are in like complete denial that Al-Qaeda even remains a threat. Just like Former Mayor Giuliani said the enemy is not each other, the enemy are the terrorists. We Americans need to understand that there is a very serious threat that Al-Qaeda poses and we can not just call it even and quit. How can we live with ourselves if we allow the terrorists to come here and bring down buildings full of men, woman and children who have COMPLETELY NOTHING to do with what is going on politically. It disgusts me to think these terrorists could somehow justify killing completely innocent people. Men and Woman going to their office so they can feed their families. This just makes me sick.

Iraq finally has a President, this is a nice step forward in Iraq, and being away from Iraq, it is a breath of fresh air instead of hearing about all the car bombs. I must admit, I've been becoming victim of the media, and I of all the people should know better than to believe everything the news says. So, I'm trying hard not to do get pessimistic when I read or watch the news.
I believe that Kevin underestimates the hysteria of the reaction just after the attack. While understandable, it was a bit excessive.

But, chastened by their previous overreaction, the media now seems to be filled with knee-jerk anti-anti-terrorism. This type of skepticism by the media, when applied to the budget or national moral or religious policies is not only appropriate it is essential to accurately informing the public.

Unfortunately, the media's reflexive anti-anti-terrorism has taken to poo-pooing any serious discussion of security issues, and portraying everyone who has concerns in this area as a "unilateral imperialist warmonger". This caricature is just as inappropriate as the one portraying the existence of an omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent terrorist threat.

I will say it again. Sometimes a policy is correct, even if George Bush agrees with it.
Posted by: Zayphar / 6/17/2004 10:19:00 AM
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