"A War to Be Proud Of"
Christopher Hitchens is the author of this eloquent statement of the compelling moral case for the war in Iraq the Left is too obtuse to comprehend.
I've linked to the second page of the article because the first is basically an overlong introduction to his argument. Those who are interested in reading the article in its entirely can easily access the first page from the one linked to.
This three-year long war has lasted for a shorter time than nearly any war in America's history. Yet without the slightest self-consciousness about the inherent absurdity of using this word, its critics call it "quagmire" (and have, nearly since the moment it began. Wishful thinking?). If the media were believed, we are in the midst of a catastrophic defeat- despite the overthrow of Saddam and the ongoing miracle of the development what is only the Middle East's second democracy on soil where that particular flower was never expected to bloom. Comparisons are being drawn to Vietnam despite the fact that at present levels American casualties will not approach those sustained in that conflict for over a century!
One thing is certain: no honest person, upon reading what Hitchens has to say, will be able question the moral imperative behind this war- or its connection to the death-struggle between Western liberal democracy and Islamofascism.
Of course, no honest person could argue that Saddam's WMD's comprised the sole rationale for this war to begin with. But that hasn't stopped the war's critics from doing precisely that.
I've linked to the second page of the article because the first is basically an overlong introduction to his argument. Those who are interested in reading the article in its entirely can easily access the first page from the one linked to.
This three-year long war has lasted for a shorter time than nearly any war in America's history. Yet without the slightest self-consciousness about the inherent absurdity of using this word, its critics call it "quagmire" (and have, nearly since the moment it began. Wishful thinking?). If the media were believed, we are in the midst of a catastrophic defeat- despite the overthrow of Saddam and the ongoing miracle of the development what is only the Middle East's second democracy on soil where that particular flower was never expected to bloom. Comparisons are being drawn to Vietnam despite the fact that at present levels American casualties will not approach those sustained in that conflict for over a century!
One thing is certain: no honest person, upon reading what Hitchens has to say, will be able question the moral imperative behind this war- or its connection to the death-struggle between Western liberal democracy and Islamofascism.
Of course, no honest person could argue that Saddam's WMD's comprised the sole rationale for this war to begin with. But that hasn't stopped the war's critics from doing precisely that.
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