War Protestors
Dissention during a war is nothing new, every war or conflict has seen it's fair share of dissenters or protesters, most of whom can't seem to see the benefits or necessity of winning.
In our own American Revolution, a war in which it would be assumed there would be unanimous support, General Washington faced criticism from almost every corner.
It must have been hard for General Washington and his troops to see their own countrymen support the Redcoats and give them food , shelter and clothing when our own troops, who were fighting for our freedom ,were starving and at times, nearly naked.
A lot of politicians of the time were more interested in their own agenda than the good of the Republic.(sound familiar?)
Any student of history will discover that most of the people didn't want independence, only about a third actually supported the fact that we were trying to become an independent country.
What would have happened to our young country if General Washington would have been influenced by the dissenters and political opportunists?
The civil war,probably one of the darkest times in our history, drew many protests and riots from the liberals in New York. President Lincoln was probably the most criticized president ever.
What if Lincoln had listened?
World War 11 also saw many people who didn't want to see us go to war against Germany,a country who threatened the whole world,and had executed millions of people, but hadn't attacked us.
What would have happened if we had listened?
Vietnam probably saw the most protesters, as we were in the turbulent 60's and many people would rebel against anything, just to be rebelling.
Look what happened when we listened to the protesters, millions of people were executed when we left.
The protest in Iraq got off to a real slow start and failed to gain much traction until later on.
Even then, most of the rhetoric comes from people who would oppose Bush on anything that he did, and politicians who are more concerned about which way the political winds are blowing, rather than have a backbone and stand up for what they believe to be right.
The main stream media is only concerned as to how they can spin the story to get the most advertising bang for the buck.
They fail to realize what would happen if the U.S. would pull out of Iraq. Do we really want to see millions of people slaughtered like they were in Vietnam?
The ramifications of us losing are tremendous,we would lose all credibility and it would be extremely hard for any country to trust us ever again.
Even the Democrats know that we aren't leaving Iraq anytime in the far distant future, to do so would be a disaster to not only Iraq, but the whole middle east, as well as ourselves.
In reality, our armed forces will always be in Iraq, we still have troops in Europe, Japan, Bosnia, and almost everywhere else we have fought for freedom.
In spite of it all, even though no one likes war, every conflict has brought about positive change and freed millions of people from oppression.
We are now just seeing positive effects from Vietnam,even though they have a communist form of government, golf courses are being built in Hanoi by American companies, cruise lines have regular Ports of Call in Saigon and Hanoi. The Vietnamese can't get enough of our American way of life, for the most part rejecting their neighbors, the Chinese and Japanese.
People speak of how the rest of the world doesn't like us, I can remember the 60's, we weren't very well liked then either, how about the 70's when our people were being kidnapped and held for days, weeks and months on end, and our government did absolutely nothing to free them?
I believe things aren't much different now in the terms of how the rest of the world feels about us than it ever has been , there will always be people who criticize what we do, isn't it more important to do what we feel is right than to worry about what someone thinks?
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In our own American Revolution, a war in which it would be assumed there would be unanimous support, General Washington faced criticism from almost every corner.
It must have been hard for General Washington and his troops to see their own countrymen support the Redcoats and give them food , shelter and clothing when our own troops, who were fighting for our freedom ,were starving and at times, nearly naked.
A lot of politicians of the time were more interested in their own agenda than the good of the Republic.(sound familiar?)
Any student of history will discover that most of the people didn't want independence, only about a third actually supported the fact that we were trying to become an independent country.
What would have happened to our young country if General Washington would have been influenced by the dissenters and political opportunists?
The civil war,probably one of the darkest times in our history, drew many protests and riots from the liberals in New York. President Lincoln was probably the most criticized president ever.
What if Lincoln had listened?
World War 11 also saw many people who didn't want to see us go to war against Germany,a country who threatened the whole world,and had executed millions of people, but hadn't attacked us.
What would have happened if we had listened?
Vietnam probably saw the most protesters, as we were in the turbulent 60's and many people would rebel against anything, just to be rebelling.
Look what happened when we listened to the protesters, millions of people were executed when we left.
The protest in Iraq got off to a real slow start and failed to gain much traction until later on.
Even then, most of the rhetoric comes from people who would oppose Bush on anything that he did, and politicians who are more concerned about which way the political winds are blowing, rather than have a backbone and stand up for what they believe to be right.
The main stream media is only concerned as to how they can spin the story to get the most advertising bang for the buck.
They fail to realize what would happen if the U.S. would pull out of Iraq. Do we really want to see millions of people slaughtered like they were in Vietnam?
The ramifications of us losing are tremendous,we would lose all credibility and it would be extremely hard for any country to trust us ever again.
Even the Democrats know that we aren't leaving Iraq anytime in the far distant future, to do so would be a disaster to not only Iraq, but the whole middle east, as well as ourselves.
In reality, our armed forces will always be in Iraq, we still have troops in Europe, Japan, Bosnia, and almost everywhere else we have fought for freedom.
In spite of it all, even though no one likes war, every conflict has brought about positive change and freed millions of people from oppression.
We are now just seeing positive effects from Vietnam,even though they have a communist form of government, golf courses are being built in Hanoi by American companies, cruise lines have regular Ports of Call in Saigon and Hanoi. The Vietnamese can't get enough of our American way of life, for the most part rejecting their neighbors, the Chinese and Japanese.
People speak of how the rest of the world doesn't like us, I can remember the 60's, we weren't very well liked then either, how about the 70's when our people were being kidnapped and held for days, weeks and months on end, and our government did absolutely nothing to free them?
I believe things aren't much different now in the terms of how the rest of the world feels about us than it ever has been , there will always be people who criticize what we do, isn't it more important to do what we feel is right than to worry about what someone thinks?
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