Desperate Stand in Fallujah

And in Washington, DC.

We've been taking a beating in Fallujah and elsewhere in the Sunni Triangle. I don't think it's been a revolutionary uprising: I think it's a desperate stand of desperate men resorting now to the tactics of the near- but not-quite-impotent. Their desperation isn't a sign we did the wrong thing in warring against Saddam Hussein: it's a sign we did the right thing.

Similarly, the recent outbursts from the socialist senior senator from Gaymarriagechusetts Massachusetts and the senior ancient senator from West (By God) Virginia are the desperate stand of desperate men.

Not by mere coincidence did these diatribles come from the oldest-serving (serving?) members of that august (guffaw) body. Nor were those old farts distinguished gentlemen chosen (oh, yes, chosen) to vent their spleens because they are so highly respected; indeed, it can be well argued that each has become a living caricature of a thinking, feeling human being himself.

No. They were chosen because they have nothing to lose. Kennedy & Byrd have more money (Kennedy, at the least) and more power than most wealthy, powerful people dream of. Even if each was sent packing home tomorrow, they would still have more money, and wield more influence, than most people dream of.

They need to be sent a message, loud and clear: they need to be put quite resoundingly into the distinct minority in that august (guffaw) body come next January. Likewise, the terrorists still operating in Iraq need to be put firmly in their rightful place. In the ground.

I am confident that America will do both.

For what little it's worth, I stand with George W. Bush, our military establishment, and our fighting men and women. It may very well be a generation or more — especially with so many enemies of America in mainstream media — it may very well be decades before it's widely acknowledged that our nation has done the right thing, and is continuing to do the right thing, the thing that must be done: taking the war on terrorism to the terrorists rather than waiting for them to continue to bring it to us — which they would most certainly do.

In the meantime, pray with me for our leaders, for our warriors, for the innocent who suffer, and for those who have given their lives in the advancing cause of freedom for everyone, everywhere.

Vide.

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Tue. 04/13/04 06:54:54 AM
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