Carry a Big Stick!
I read an extremely troubling story last night and it has been weighing heavily on my mind. For the first time since World War II, the rest of the world considers the United States unable to win a major war. The complete story can be found in Insight Mag. The most frightening part of the story can be found in the quote from the Governor of Tokyo, Mr. Ishihara, when he says:
"In any case, if tension between the United States and China heightens, if each side pulls the trigger, though it may not be stretched to nuclear weapons, and the wider hostilities expand, I believe America cannot win as it has a civic society that must adhere to the value of respecting lives."
He goes on to say that the United States ground forces, with the exception of the Marines, are incompetent and incapable of stemming a Chinese attack. So much for Roosevelt’s “speak softly and carry a big stick” type of foreign policy.
The most frightening part, however, is that the entire world knows the citizens of the United States are soft. We hate death. We hate killing. We hate the thought of torture. We hate suffering, even of the most insignificant animal. We hate these things because we are a good-hearted people. But a good-hearted people cannot be naïve, or apathetic, of the fact that there are evil people who want us to experience death and suffering. We must be tough and ready to fight, kill, and die to protect our freedom and our country.
People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. --George Orwell
"In any case, if tension between the United States and China heightens, if each side pulls the trigger, though it may not be stretched to nuclear weapons, and the wider hostilities expand, I believe America cannot win as it has a civic society that must adhere to the value of respecting lives."
He goes on to say that the United States ground forces, with the exception of the Marines, are incompetent and incapable of stemming a Chinese attack. So much for Roosevelt’s “speak softly and carry a big stick” type of foreign policy.
The most frightening part, however, is that the entire world knows the citizens of the United States are soft. We hate death. We hate killing. We hate the thought of torture. We hate suffering, even of the most insignificant animal. We hate these things because we are a good-hearted people. But a good-hearted people cannot be naïve, or apathetic, of the fact that there are evil people who want us to experience death and suffering. We must be tough and ready to fight, kill, and die to protect our freedom and our country.
People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. --George Orwell
posted by Mike at 10:28 PM
1 Comments:
It is true that a substantial part of the US population is soft, but there is also a warrior culture in this country, and I suggest that those who doubt it look back at how many troops the Communists lost during the Marines' Chosin Reservoir retreat, and then realize that our warriors today are, if anything, tougher.
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