Interesting and thought provoking article. Our modern day struggles and outlooks are much like the post revolutionary French who saw their liberty to be fragile and vulnerable to attacks. We are continuing the struggle and once again, not as a war of conquest but one to see what will rule at the end of the day, tyranny or liberty.
Liberty is founded upon the courage and hopes of a population who would choose to live free from the coercion of an oppressive regime. But it doesn’t present itself within the constraints of tyranny. It must be encouraged, supported, and if need be fought for.
If , as some people seem to believe, there is no hope within the populations of the Middle East that these mutually beneficial results are achievable, then we should ask what we are fighting for? As in a previous period, simple submission to an agenda is unacceptable... “And its 123 what are we fighting for, don’t ask me I don’t give a damn, Next stop is Vietnam, 567 open up the pearly gates, aint no time to wonder why, whoopee we’re all gonna die" (Country Joe McDonald).
But that isn’t the position our Government is taking. Our government believes the struggle against extremists and tyrannical regimes is worth it and that the people living under those conditions want for their children, what the mothers of American children want for their children… peaceful coexistence and autonomy in their lives. At least that is what George Bush has said, and I am convinced he believes it. |
