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On September 11, 2001, the United States entered the darkest period of its history since World War II. On that fateful day, America was plunged into a contest, which has no parallel in human history. This is not the first time America has been forced to defend freedom, but it is, perhaps the first time she has had to do so while facing great resistance - not only from those whom she is fighting, but also from those she is fighting for. Despite what the
ultra-liberals in our nation and the rest of the world choose to believe,
Americans hae alwys been reluctant warriors. We are not easily stirred
to war, but when we are provoked to a point where there is no other
alternative, we are fierce in our resolve. Liberals in this nation say
that we went to war for oil, or that we just wanted to flex our military
muscles. They conveniently forget the sucker punch on 9-11 that brought
our nation out of dreaming and back into the real world. But long before
that, they ignore the acts of war that our enemy carried out against
us, and that we let slip past unjustified. President Bush said it best
when he spole to the 9-11 council. He simply said, "Before 9-11
our enemy was at war with us, but we were not at war with our enemy."
The following is a brief list of some of those attacks: |
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- US Embassy in Beirut, 17 killed 1982 - USMC barracks in Beirut, 241 killed 1983 - US Embassy in Kuwait, 7 killed 1984 - US Airbase in Spain, 18 killed 1984 - Second bombing of the US Embassy in Beirut, 16 killed 1995 - 5 Americans killed in Saudi Arabia 1996 - 19 Americans killed in Saudi Arabia 1998 - Attack on the US Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, 224 killed 1999 - Egypt Air flight attacked near New York City 2000 - USS Cole bombed off the coast of Yemen, 17 killed |
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Any one of those incidents classifies as an act of war and would have justified a military retaliation, yet no such action took place. Many of these attacks (and others that were not mentioned) were planned, organized, trained, or funded by men like Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein. It is completely unfounded and unreasonable to say the United States is not justified in its involvement in the Middle East. If we are to triumph
in this conflict, America and the world must understand 3 things: |
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First, America is at war and death is an unwelcone, but inseparable part of war. We must prepare ourselves for a long and arduous road ahead. Many more freedom-loving Americans must make the ultimate sacrifice, if liberty is to be defended. Second, our enemy is a ruthless and barbaric coward, with no regard for human life. The time of great armies opposing each other on the field of honor is long past. This is an enemy that springs our of the darkness to murder a few innocent women and children, then quickly cowers back into the shadows. This will be a war fought in our midst, and our enemy may likely be our neighbor. Lastly, this war is not solely for the safety of America, nor is it simply for the sustenance of a free world. This is a fight for the freedom of mankind. If we withdraw from our current contest, we not only doom ourselves and our posterity to slavery under a ruthless taskmaster, but we in the same stroke doom mankind itself. Either we shall rise to the challenge and utterly vanquish our foe, or we shall be damned to the fate of lesser empires. There can be no other outcome. WE MUST PREVAIL! Tyger Lyons |
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