I don't know who the author is but he makes some very good points......
President Bush did make a bad mistake in the war on terrorism.
But the mistake was not his decision to go to war in Iraq. Bush's mistake
came in his belief that this country is the same one his father fought for
in WWII. It is not. Back then, they had just come out of a vicious
depression. The country was steeled by the hardship of that depression.
But they still believed fervently in this country. They knew that the
people had elected their leaders, so it was the people's duty to back those
leaders.
Therefore, when the war broke out the people came together, rallied
behind, and stuck with their leaders, whether they had voted for them or not
or whether the war was going badly or not. And war was just as distasteful
and the anguish just as great then as it is today. Often there were more
casualties in one day in WWII than we have had in the entire Iraq war. But
that did not matter. The people stuck with the President because it was
their patriotic duty. Americans put aside their differences in WWII and
worked together to win that war. Everyone from every strata of society, from
young to old pitched in. Small children ! pulled little wagons around to
gather scrap metal for the war effort. Grade school students saved their
pennies to buy stamps for war bonds to help the effort.
Men who were too old or medically 4F lied about their age or condition
trying their best to join the military. Women doubled their work to keep
things going at home. Harsh rationing of everything from gasoline to soap,
to butter was imposed, yet there was very little complaining.
You never heard prominent people on the radio belittling the President.
Interestingly enough in those days there were no fat cat actors and
entertainers who ran off to visit and fawn over dictators of hostile
countries and complain to them about our President. Instead, they made
upbeat films and entertained our troops to help the troops' morale. And a
bunch even enlisted. And imagine this: Teachers in schools actually started
the day off with a pledge of allegiance, and with prayers for our country
and our troops!
Back then, no newspaper would have dared point out certain weak
spots in our cities where bombs could be set off to cause the maximum
damage. No newspaper would have dared complain about what we were doing to
catch spies. A newspaper would have been laughed out of existence if it had
complained that German or Japanese soldiers were being "tortured" by being
forced to wear women's underwear, or subjected to interrogation by a woman,
or being scared by a dog or did not have air conditioning.
There were a lot of things different back then. We were not subjected
to a constant bombardment of pornography, perversion and promiscuity in
movies or on radio. We did not have legions of crackheads, dope pushers and
armed gangs roaming our streets.
No, President Bush did not make a mistake in his handling of terrorism.
He made the mistake of believing that we still had the courage and fortitude
of our fathers. He believed that this was still the country that our fathers
fought so dearly to preserve. It is not the same country. It is now a cross
between Sodom and Gomorra and the land of Oz.
We did unite for a short while after 911, but our attitude changed
when we found out that defending our country would require some sacrifices.
NOW HEAR THIS! We are in great danger. The terrorists are fanatical
Muslims. They believe that it is okay, even their duty, to kill anyone who
will not convert to Islam. It has been estimated that about one third or
over three hundred million Muslims are sympathetic to the terrorists'
cause
Hitler and Tojo combined did not have nearly that many potential
recruits.
We either win it - or lose it - and you ain't gonna like losing.