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Withdrawal Recalled

Submitted by Gershon Ben Daniel, Aug 30, 2007 04:15

At the beginnings of our country, in the year 1786, our fledgling United States had reached a turning point. Men would either advance toward self-government or go back in political history to the easy solution of a supreme ruler.

It was touch and go, and the scales could be tipped in either direction. That was our country with leaders of the like of Washington, Franklin, Hamilton, Madison.

George W. Bush and apparently Mark Steyn have not learned this history. These two believe that the country of Iraq which has lived under tyranny and now under warlords, is able to make the giant leap that America made in 1787 when our great Constitution was born.

However, men of the ability of the framers of our Constitution do not live in Iraq. How is Iraq to make it without them? Is the goal to be an Iraq which mirrors the United States?

The vision of our founding fathers recognized that every individual requires two things: personal security and personal dignity. It is the second of these two requirements that makes the difference between security provided by a supreme authority and that offered by the founding fathers of the United States.

George W. Bush and Mark Steyn either forgot this history, or perhaps never knew it. But the people of Iraq understand this concept very well. And that is why they choose dictators and warlords over our way of life. We waste our soldiers who die in this failed attempt to stuff our democracy down the throats of an unwilling Iraqi people.

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At the beginnings of our country, in the year 1786, our fledgling United States had reached a turning point. Men...	Gershon Ben Daniel	Aug 30, 2007 04:15
Excellent article. The same sort of claptrap that Steyn refers to is constantly spouted here amongst my academic colleagues. After... [MORE]	greykangaroo	Aug 30, 2007 01:01
Having lived through the Vietnam era and having received my draft notice in 1970,I can tell the difference between then... [MORE]	Howard Yagerman	Aug 29, 2007 14:35
Just a quick note to thank you for the excellent article, "Withdrawal Recalled." I have recommended it to visitors at... [MORE]	Denny Hartford	Aug 29, 2007 12:24
I often wonder what kind of a United States, indeed, what kind of a world do these liberal, anti war... [MORE]	Ron	Aug 29, 2007 10:43
I've often marveled at the Left's insistence on "owning" a war they supposedly hated, but that's because I committed the... [MORE]	Vincent Zinno	Aug 28, 2007 14:36
Mr Steyn is frightfully accurate yet again. I suspect however liberals will argue that this was only part of what... [MORE]	Mihael McCoy	Aug 28, 2007 03:31
Vietnam was won twice in 68 and 72 and lost once, in 75. The successes were then fritted away politically.... [MORE]	kevin Lofgren	Aug 27, 2007 21:54
This article is sadly indicative of the "if we wish them no harm, they wish us no harm" Hollywood mentality... [MORE]	Jackie Klunk	Aug 27, 2007 12:45
Wow! Great piece! I have nothing more to add. [MORE]	Tessa	Aug 27, 2007 10:50
. . . is not being well conducted. Nothing succeeds like success, of course. After trillions in taxes for defense... [MORE]	Maine's Michael	Aug 27, 2007 09:02
Mark Steyn is right about how pulling out of Iran as hastily as Vietnam would be a betrayal and death... [MORE]	Bryan Leed	Aug 27, 2007 08:11