Yep. Around these parts, the local paper prints the writings of fans of the Apocalypse:
'Difficulties in the Middle East'
Star-Telegram
I was having lunch last week with one of my two liberal friends. I have only two because even that number tests the limits of my patience.
I won't embrace their global view of a socialist utopia (like the one in Cuba), so we don't discuss economics -- it confuses them, and it wastes my energy. It's also difficult to discuss the war on terror.
Recently, over hamburgers at Kincaid's, my friend was all abuzz with talk of the "difficulties in the Middle East." Her level of puzzlement was announced the moment that she framed the war in these terms. This mental malady is deeply embedded in the fantasy world where "understanding the root cause of bad actions," while linking arms and singing Kumbaya, cures the world's problems of hatred and capitalism.
I had finally heard enough. "What America must do, and the only way we can win this war, is to send a 20-megaton nuke to the middle of Tehran and then ask the world, 'Who's next?' The world will tremble, and there will be no volunteers."
This evoked what I expected: wailin' and gnashin'.
She tried to stay calm but couldn't. In a shrill tone, she told me that America would lose the "hearts and minds" of the rest of the world.
My retort: "To which 'hearts and minds' are you referring? Those who hate us now aren't going to stop. We tried sending them money, medicine, food and good will. What did we get in return? Murdered Americans."
If our nation doesn't use its nuclear power to end this war soon, we'll lose our way of life. The sorrow that this circumstance would bring to us all will eclipse our ability to imagine.
XXXXX XXXXXXX, Fort Worth
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