A nation of cowards
I stumbled across The Violence Worker blog and this post in particular a couple of weeks ago, but am just now getting around to using it. It’s one of the best discussions I’ve seen recently on this nation as a whole and our lack of will to face our enemies and fight the good fight.
We are a nation of cowards.
We live in our sheltered little homes, with whatever passes for a family today. We go to our jobs and our drum circles and our kids play some form of non-competitive soccer. We drive our SUV and complain about oil prices.
We deify media stars and sports figures. We glamorize thugs and criminals.
More and more kids aren’t even graduating from high school. Probably half of those that do can’t read or write well enough to fill out a job application by themselves.
A kid today has to have a cell phone, a computer and a tricked out ride. They have to wear designer clothes and expensive shoes. They want a do-nothing job that will pay the freight.
We are a nation of cowards. We have no moral compass. Gangs are chic and increasingly violent. Many babies are born out of wedlock and Dad is the next guy shacking up with Mom.
We are a nation of cowards. People parade around in our streets in various stages of undress to show their “pride” or hatred for their elected leaders.
We are a nation of cowards. In the days after we were viciously attacked by Islamic terrorists, we were ready for revenge. Some of those same people now think it was our own government that attacked us.
We are a nation of cowards. Instead of securing our borders, our Congress is afraid to do what is necessary to secure our borders.
The Democrats have convinced us that the terrorists will be beaten by law enforcement methods.
We are weak. We are afraid. We have the best trained and best equipped armed forces in the world and we are so afraid that we might hurt the wrong person or destroy the wrong place; we might as well strip our troops of their weapons and armor.
It’s insane.
Wars are not fought nice and cleanly like some video game. It’s pure hell and anyone who’s been in combat will tell you it’s pure hell.
We do not have generals any more. We have administrators. We have managers. We have CEOs with stars on their shoulders.
There are no Pattons or MacArthurs, no Pershings or Shermans. We don’t have military people in charge; we have people who are in the military in charge. If there was a Patton or a MacArthur, they’d never be allowed to be in charge.
We are so afraid someone will hate us if we actually wage war. Instead, we adhere to dated rules of conduct and outmoded treaties that weaken us because our enemies don’t adhere to those rules…
…My point here is that no one we are probably going to actually go to war with is either a signer of the Geneva Convention, or has any intention of adhering to it.
It’s time we started fighting wars like we mean it, or just give up completely.
It’s no wonder North Korea and Iran laugh at us and if we quit Iraq, there will be absolutely nothing stopping them.
They will know we are a nation of cowards.
Unfortunately, much of what ViolenceWorker says here is true. We are so afraid to offend anyone - even when we are right, yet we will sit back and let our own culture and values to be spit and stomped on. I fear the march of militant Islam, unlimited open borders, and our own PC consciousness will someday undermine what was once this great nation.
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