War! What is it Good For?

We would probably all agree that war is not a fun concept. Preventing it should be a priority. Despite that, we are still bombarded by messages that America is a war mongering imperialist country that should feel guilty for its sins. There may be something to that sometimes, but I pray this isn't the case, and that we are more or less misunderstood by those who would destroy our way of life. But there are even those among us that would seem to be on the side of our enemies.

Who doesn't love a good comedian? Here's one. Rev. Jeremiah Wright, the preacher at Obama's church, (you know the guy who thinks "go$d@mn America' is in the Bible). His biggest joke was on Obama. He was somehow able to go off on his racist, anti-American performances for years without Obama noticing. You'd think after 20 years in the church, having Wright baptize his kids and marry he and his wife, that Barrack Obama would have noticed something, but maybe all the whooping and hollering from the audience was too distracting. Wright once said, "Fighting for freedom is like raping for virginity!" Stop and think about that. It almost makes sense. It's a witty quip that kind of seems to follow a logical pattern of analogy. But that's the problem with liberal thought. It usually almost makes sense. I stress the word, "almost". When you keep thinking, you'll hopefully realize that fighting is not like rape. Fighting often involves defense or even rescue; it is sometimes a necessity of survival, even in the animal kingdom. Rape is never virtuous under any circumstance. It is never required. You can watch the reverend speaking about that here (along with some other "funny" things):

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Who can argue with that logic? Well, maybe both the black and the white soldiers lying in the ground in Gettysburg would have something to say about that. I wonder what they would think about his rantings about the Evil White Man. But I especially wonder what they would think about modern day entertainers chanting anti-war speech at such a time and place.

Also, you may remember Yoko Ono being given an opportunity to speak at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Italy. You can watch that here (it's about 5 1/2 minutes into the video):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDxlEVG_huw

I wish you could simply visualize peace and that the message would simply spread through the minds of every human being. And there's probably something to that to some degree for what starts in the mind is often carried out in action. I remember when I saw her on tv, I couldn't help but think, "You know Yoko... You seem real sweet and all that. But what about the guys we've got over in Iraq? If they think 'peace' does it keep them from getting their heads cut off by violent extremists?" "We shouldn't be there," she might say, "it has only stirred up more hate."

A problem that remains unseen and therefore out of mind is a problem still. With time, termites, though unseen and unheard, will devour the house around you. Those guys are out there, and they mean business. We have a couple of large blank slots in the sky in New York to prove it. Whether or not everything regarding the current war is perfect or not, I thank the Lord there are men and women willing to do something about it when our nation is attacked.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, everyone loves peace, and everyone wants to do more than just imagine peace. They want to live it. But sometimes it comes at a very high cost. And what is really disconcerting is to see a group of code-pink people, acting like hoodlums, going on about how Condi Rice is a murderer when it's the military that has probably sustained that person's existence longer than he/she even knows. You know what's great about our country though? Those people have every right to go out and display what they think, and I support their right to do it.

To summarize: war bad, freedom good. But can you always choose just one?