Posted by
Playful Walrus on Thursday, August 10, 2006 7:54:25 PM
Is anything more important that defeating terrorists? I doubt that we will prevent all terrorist actions this side of the Second Coming, but what can possibly be a higher priority than countering terrorist actions, degrading the organizational effectiveness of terrorist groups, and thwarting terrorist plots? To this end, we must have effective intelligence gathering, military capabilities, and popular resolve to be defiant against such attacks instead of cowering in surrender.
The leftist and the right-winger should be able to agree on this, or none of their other topics of debate matter. How much taxpayer money we should be spending and on what; where to draw the line on what we do with "extra" embryos; what constitutes "marriage"; if we can and should do anything about global warming; changing minimum wage laws; organizing labor; - none of this... NONE OF IT matters if our society is destroyed by terrorists.
Really now... you think it is horrible that your child's religious expression is stifled in public schools? How would you like it if they were forced to bow to Mecca five times a day? You think you have it rough in this country because you are gay? It's nothing compared to what the Islamofacists will do to you. Drilling in ANWAR frighten you? These people drill EVERYWHERE, and if you get in their way with your protests, you're going to get a lot worse than a knock on the noggin with a police officer's flashlight.
Thankfully, some Democrats recognize this. It's too bad the fringe, cynical, moral relativist, ultrapartisan, opportunistic element is leading that party down a destructive path.