Alive to History
Just watched the President's very fine speech aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln and it reminded me of just how much more alive to History Bush the Younger is than is his father. GWB has a sense of symbolism that his father would probably think imprudent, but that's something to love about the man, not find improper or presumptuous.

A year and a half ago, our country went to war to preserve our way of life, whether we accept or realize that or not. We have imposed our will upon some part of the world, but that is for the good of all mankind and not for ourselves as imperialists or vandals. The Left (i.e., anti-Semitic Europhiles, wretchedly embittered anti-American natives, the underemployed, et al.) will not see this, of course, but that's just part of their illness. They are wracked by a kind of self-loathing that poisons their lives and the hopes of others. What to do? Cut them off and recognize, against the cynicism of these wankers who "know better," that it's okay to be patriotic and it's okay to be grateful for a decent man in the White House and it's high time that the American people stand up and support our military when it's time to go in and lay waste to the bad guys.

It all comes down to making a judgement call. Why do we say it's a good thing that we have invaded such a country as Iraq? Because they and we both know that our way of life and our political system is better than what they have known. If it weren't so, we'd just be something like France.