In Our Interests

Submitted by Arlinda DeAngelis (United States), Jul 23, 2003 at 18:39

The Constitution makes explicit in the preamble that the government must
"provide for the common defense." There are no qualifications, limitations, rules and/or caveats that we must consult with other countries, honor the rules of warfare, fight fair and or limit our military might to fit the cultural anomalies of those who threaten the security of our nation. Thou shalt not blow up a church, mosque, temple, museum, archeological dig or holy rock appears nowhere in the Constitution.

Lee Harris is wonderfully correct. The government must use every means at its disposal to defend our interests. It is in our interest to change the politics of the Middle-East and the most efficient and expedient method is to impose liberal democratic governments to replace their corrupt theocratic tyrannical regimes, rearrange their oppressive society, at the point of a missle, if need be, and drag them kicking and screaming into the Twenty-First Century's liberal democratic community of nations. These despotic nations may resent freedom and prosperity but in time they will come to enjoy modernity.

World peace and prosperity among the great powers of Europe and Asia didn't evolve. The United States made it happen through all out war. That is the great lesson in modern geo-politics.

Thank you Dr. Pipes for your untiring efforts to bring to the forefront of this debate the voices, of such people as Lee Harris that encourage Americans to defend themselves and fight for democracy and freedom. We are the only nation with the capability and the might to establish world peace.

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