Tony Blankley gets it. His commentary, A Bloody March To Peace, reminds us that the Islamafacists and terrorists continue to struggle against the most powerful nation on earth because the terrorists and others doubt our staying power:
They remember Vietnam, where we lost the will to fight.They remember Beirut in 1983, where we turned tail and ran after they killed our Marines in their barracks.
They remember the first World Trade Center bombing in February 1993, when we turned to our lawyers instead of our soldiers.
They remember Mogadishu in October 1993, where we left our dead and skedaddled out of country.
They remember the attack on the USS Cole in 2000, where we ordered our ships to sea rather than our Marines to shore.
I agree with Blankley that this record of tolerant inaction in the face of danger is the functional equivalent of appeasement. We are no more able to successfully appease our enemies, the Islamafacist terrorists, than Chamberlain was able to successfully appease Hitler.
As president Bush continues to tell us, we are involved in a long struggle. We didn't choose this fight, but we must not loose it. We can’t afford to be seen, or even perceived, to falter in our determination to prevail. If we are, it will encourage our enemies and prolong the war.
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