March 19th Rally

Anti-war protesters were surprised to find some rational opposition to their march to the federal building on Sunday. First, I must hand it to the organizers of the protest. They maintained control and we were able to have a peaceful, civil protest with opposing viewpoints standing side by side. With that being said, I found it at least mildly ironic that that the very right the liberals were exercising would be lost in Iraq should they get their way. There was no such thing as a right to a peaceful demonstration under the rule of Saddam Hussein. One must turn on the nightly news for only a few minutes to hear the latest doom and gloom news from Iraq. The country currently requires the help of many thousands of US troops to maintain the level security it currently enjoys. How would an immediate withdrawal of troops solve the problems the Iraqi people face? No rational person would disagree that an immediate withdrawal of troops would leave Iraq in a state of civil war. This would not be a civil war in the sense we Americans are familiar with. This would not be a war of opposing viewpoints fighting against what they believe is an injustice. This will not be a war of army versus army. This will be a war of terrorists against civilians. This will be a war of rape and intimidation. It will be a war of suicide bombings and dead women and children. It will be a war of mass murder and genocide. Is this a war we are ready to let loose on unprepared civilians? Have we become so selfish as a society that we would offer not help to a nation in need?
The Iraqi government is in a very sensitive stage in its very young existence. There are terrorists crawling in every corner of Iraq who would jump at the chance to insert corrupt, murderous leaders to every office in the country. It would not be too long after that the rights our liberal friends like to exercise so much would be stripped from the Iraqi citizens.
One argument our anti-war counterparts favor is that we brought the attacks of terrorists upon ourselves with our foreign policy. I can agree with that, but that is where our agreement ends. We brought attacks upon ourselves through appeasement of terrorism and our cut and run stratagies of previous administrations. This strategy is not party specific and has proven to the world that the moment we begin loosing lives, we prefer to pack up and head home. Enter the Bush administration. Enter a President who has the fortitude to stay until the job is done. Exit terrorism on US soil. I am by no means saying that we will not see another terrorist attacked. What I am saying is that we are slowly winning the war on terror and our dedication to finishing the job deserves a lot of the credit. Since 9/11 there has not been a major attack on US soil. Europe is not able to say the same. Of course, many on the left would suggest that the terrorist attacks in Europe are our fault. Who's in charge of our national security? That's right. We are. And who is in charge of Europe's national security? That's right. They are. It is the duty of each individual nation to provide their own national security. If every nation would take a serious, pro-active stance on terrorism, we would see an international decline in terrorism. Terrorists thrive on fear and weakness. We should all be thankful this administration and displayed neither fear nor weakness to the terrorists or the international community.