Love of American Freedoms Lost for the Lack of Their Defense

Submitted by M. Tovey (United States), Oct 3, 2007 at 17:52

Maybe America's record of foreign relations is not as pristine as, say Britannia's in the Indian Subcontinent or the Soviet's administration of Afghanistan or East Germany, but it can truly be said that the significant difference in World One and World War Two depended on America's involvement. More importantly, America has managed to provide a certain amount of national defense for its citizens. Whether America's interventions in other parts of the world have been in the best interests of others or not can be debated for as the longs as the sun shines, but one thing is sure, America must always have a defensive posture for those who would see America eliminated from the world scene.

America was brought forth in defense of sought after liberties, and America will go down if defense of those liberties, either anticipated due to threats or proactive through intelligence, is not maintained. Many are scoffers at the way America moves to protect her liberties and many within America abuse those liberties to achieve less than admirable objectives. One thing is certain, though, as objectionable as America and the life provided by the American existence may be viewed by some, try to view life in this world if America had been defeated by the British, French, Spanish, German or Soviet world powers. Now comes Islam with its extreme followers with their promises, threats and completed acts. For the critics of America, what is your world going to be like if America shrinks from dealing with that? Think about it.

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