Posted by
Greggpj on Friday, October 27, 2006 11:38:35 AM
It is with much disdain that most of us on the right hear the word racism. Most of the time it is a term that is spitted at us with venom and vitriol. The cause of the lobbing of a word grenade is usually due to our attempts to debate the topic of race relations and subsequent political policies with a subject of the left. Our attempts at rational thought and argument are so overwhelming that the subject from the left is only left with a defense of name calling. Thus, we are left to defend the baseless label, continue the debate regardless of the nonsense coming from the other side, or just walk away in familiar frustration.
It is with this background that I tackle the new face of racism, which on deeper examination is not so new. I do not want to launch a word grenade in order to extinguish argument that I have hopelessly lost. No, I want to examine this word because it has been damaged by the left’s misuse of the term. The term is an important one and should not be thrown away by Conservatives just because we have been wrongly on the other end of the poking stick.
Although I could look at this with historical eyes and see racism through out the Left’s agenda, I would like to make an observation of our friends who have had their tantrums in Crawford last Summer. Cindy Sheehan, the mother who is shamefully exploiting her son’s death for political gain, and company want an immediate withdrawal of our troops in Iraq. The demand for this is made without regard for the consequences. This, in my mind, is the new face of racism.
Let’s ignore, for now, the clearly anti-Semitic statements that have been made by this group, for that would make my point to easily, but let’s look deeper in to the actual position that is being proposed. Taking this position seriously, let’s say the Congress and the President do an immediate withdrawal of our troops. All experts, right and left, agree that an immediate withdrawal of our troops would cause a tidal rise of violence. Yes, the Iraqi forces could stem the tide of the violence for a while. However because their training would be incomplete, there would be no way to stem the tide of civil war. Insurgents from all sides would engage in violent struggle. Thousands, maybe tens of thousands, would loose their lives. This struggle would cross national borders; Iraq would be a destabilizing force in the Middle East.
But that’s all OK. Why? Because our troops would be home and safe. Yes, many of those of Arabic and Persian decent would be thrown into chaos, but our American troops are more important then them. They can all die in the violent flames of Islamo-fascist revolution., as long as our young people are home.
This is the new face of racism. Those that are not Americans can easily be discarded. This is the argument that needs to be made: Immediate withdrawal means the deaths of tens of thousands of humans of Arabic and Persian decent. Yes, we have lost over 2,000 of our best and brightest, but in comparison to the size of the force involved, the number of troops who have moved through the region, and the immensity of the success in hand, it is a very small price. I, in no way want to diminish the sacrifice of those who have died in the struggle. In fact my argument leads to the opposite. Those who gave their lives for the betterment of others are making the supreme sacrifice. They have made this sacrifice regardless of ethnicity, religion, or political persuasion. Instead of cutting an running for safety, they have given their all, so that others may live in freedom. Even Cindy Sheehan’s son could understand this.