I will Question Your Patriotism if....
One of the mantras that we hear from the anti-war crowd (more accurately described as the anti-American/anti-Bush movment) is, “You can’t question my patriotism just because I don’t agree with you about the Iraq War.”
My first response is, “Why not? It’s a free country, isn’t it?” I am always leery of those who try to tell me what to think. But upon further examination, I have to agree with this statement; I CAN’T question someone’ patriotism toward America just because they may be against the war. However, there are several benchmarks in actions and beliefs that DO allow me to question their patriotism.
If your patriotism includes any of the following, it is more than legitimate to question your patriotism:
1 - defending Saddam Hussein as the more stable and less dangerous than George Bush, calling Bush Hitler-esque, then I can question your patriotism. President Bush has not gassed millions of people, has not sent out torture squads, has not perpetrated rape, pillage, murder and terror as Saddam has. To attack Bush as the Hitler in the situation is to show that you don’t really care about truth, lives or America. You just hate our President and his decisions. Your so-called anti-war stance is nothing more than a slap in our troops face to cover your political hatred.
2 - burning our flag during a time of war, then I can question your patriotism. Our troops are in the field, fighting for our country, and you are burning the symbol of their loyalty. I have no concern or care about that woman who was run over by the bulldozer, in Israel. One of the news services show a photo of her, taken a couple days before the bulldozer accident, in which she is burning a paper replica of the American flag amid a crowd of cheering Palestinians. I know it sounds hard, but "Tough!"
3 - teaching/believing that America should be under the dictates of the U.N. We are a sovereign nation, and to say that our government needs to get permission from the United Nations to act in defense of its citizens it traitorous, no matter how loudly you proclaim your patriotism.
4 - teaching/believing that other countries have better laws and government. We are the only nation whose founding documents say that the rights of individuals are not derived from government, but from God, and that it is not within the power of government to abrogate those rights. The United States began as an experiment in balancing Law and Liberty, and that experiement continues today. No other nation can make that claim.
5 - teaching/believing that America and its legal/government system are corrupt and unjust. If you think others systems are better, then just go, traitor.
6 - supporting Stalinist dictators over our leaders. I don’t care how loudly you claim that you are patriotic to this nation, if you think that Hussein and Kim Jong Il are to be preferred over our leadership, then you are not an American, you are a traitor.
7 - requiring evenhanded treatment of American interests and terrorist views. Wrong!!! American journalits should not be ‘even-handed.’ They are Americans, they should be behind our men and women on the battlefield. Can you imagine Ernie Pyle being even-handed in his reporting on our soldiers, giving the German point of view?
8 - calling our servicemen and women ‘baby-killers’ when they are sent to deal with the likes of the followers of Saddam Hussein. When the likes of Saddam’s Fedayeen take positions behind daycare centers when they make women and children stand in front of them as they shoot at our troops, don’t even have the gall to attack our men and women as callous about civilians! To call our troops names means that you are a traitor, pure and simple. You are not a patriot, you are a traitor.
One of the mantras that we hear from the anti-war crowd (more accurately described as the anti-American/anti-Bush movment) is, “You can’t question my patriotism just because I don’t agree with you about the Iraq War.”
My first response is, “Why not? It’s a free country, isn’t it?” I am always leery of those who try to tell me what to think. But upon further examination, I have to agree with this statement; I CAN’T question someone’ patriotism toward America just because they may be against the war. However, there are several benchmarks in actions and beliefs that DO allow me to question their patriotism.
If your patriotism includes any of the following, it is more than legitimate to question your patriotism:
1 - defending Saddam Hussein as the more stable and less dangerous than George Bush, calling Bush Hitler-esque, then I can question your patriotism. President Bush has not gassed millions of people, has not sent out torture squads, has not perpetrated rape, pillage, murder and terror as Saddam has. To attack Bush as the Hitler in the situation is to show that you don’t really care about truth, lives or America. You just hate our President and his decisions. Your so-called anti-war stance is nothing more than a slap in our troops face to cover your political hatred.
2 - burning our flag during a time of war, then I can question your patriotism. Our troops are in the field, fighting for our country, and you are burning the symbol of their loyalty. I have no concern or care about that woman who was run over by the bulldozer, in Israel. One of the news services show a photo of her, taken a couple days before the bulldozer accident, in which she is burning a paper replica of the American flag amid a crowd of cheering Palestinians. I know it sounds hard, but "Tough!"
3 - teaching/believing that America should be under the dictates of the U.N. We are a sovereign nation, and to say that our government needs to get permission from the United Nations to act in defense of its citizens it traitorous, no matter how loudly you proclaim your patriotism.
4 - teaching/believing that other countries have better laws and government. We are the only nation whose founding documents say that the rights of individuals are not derived from government, but from God, and that it is not within the power of government to abrogate those rights. The United States began as an experiment in balancing Law and Liberty, and that experiement continues today. No other nation can make that claim.
5 - teaching/believing that America and its legal/government system are corrupt and unjust. If you think others systems are better, then just go, traitor.
6 - supporting Stalinist dictators over our leaders. I don’t care how loudly you claim that you are patriotic to this nation, if you think that Hussein and Kim Jong Il are to be preferred over our leadership, then you are not an American, you are a traitor.
7 - requiring evenhanded treatment of American interests and terrorist views. Wrong!!! American journalits should not be ‘even-handed.’ They are Americans, they should be behind our men and women on the battlefield. Can you imagine Ernie Pyle being even-handed in his reporting on our soldiers, giving the German point of view?
8 - calling our servicemen and women ‘baby-killers’ when they are sent to deal with the likes of the followers of Saddam Hussein. When the likes of Saddam’s Fedayeen take positions behind daycare centers when they make women and children stand in front of them as they shoot at our troops, don’t even have the gall to attack our men and women as callous about civilians! To call our troops names means that you are a traitor, pure and simple. You are not a patriot, you are a traitor.
posted by Bro. Pelajus @ 6:18 AM
