It's Still a Post 9/11 World

September 12, 2008; seven years and a day since the attacks on our soil by Islamic fascists. People who hate us, hate our way of life, our freedom, our success, our Constitution, our history, our faith, our exceptionalism. There has never, in the history of the world, existed a greater country, exuding more goodness and compassion on more people in more countries, than the United States of America. And they hate us.

Wherever there is a natural or man-made disaster in the world, the USA is first to give aid and deliver comfort to our fellow man, even to those whose interests are contrary to ours. Where does this come from? I think Americans have a sense of our history and origins; we have a sense of the faith that is foundational to that history. Though we are not all believers, certainly, this sense of our national identity, like a Spirit, hovers over this country, and has a profound effect on most of its citizens. Most of its citizens, but not all.

There are some of my fellow citizens who are, seemingly, unaffected by the Spirit of this country. They do not believe in the exceptionalism of America. They do not believe, as I do, that God has put his hand on this country to use it for good in this time in history. They do believe in some twisted "moral equivalency" between us (U.S.) and those who attacked us on 9/11. In their hearts, they somehow believe that the Islamofascists have a valid point. They have worked tirelessly since that day to place the blame on us, saying "we did this to ourselves", and seek to give heretofore unknown and undeserved rights and privileges to those who seek to harm us. They have discounted the threat still posed in the world by the evil ideology of the Islamofascists and wish to treat it as a law enforcement issue and a crime to be prosecuted, rather than a war that has been declared on us.

They are known as Liberals, Progressives, Socialists, the Left and . . . Democrats. Their organizations include the ACLU, the NEA, NOW, Planned Parenthood, DNC, CAIR and many more. They hate the Spirit of America. In seeming concert with the Islamofascists, they declare their hatred for the traditions and institutions that have defined our goodness. Very often you cannot distinguish between the words spoken by the Left and those spoken by Osama Bin Laden. I think you can discern which side the Left is on when you hear whose candidates are endorsed by Hamas and Hezbollah. I think it is obvious, their positions are the same. They want to destroy America, and turn it into something of their own design. They want to kill the Spirit of America.

As it was in the days of the Revolution, we must fight on against all odds. We must defend against the evil in the world. It was Edmund Burke, the great English statesman who said, "All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing."