There was a time in this country... in days gone way, way by... when we were a principled nation; we knew what was right and we never wavered the perseverance of that right and justice in the country and in the world. Oh, we didn't go out of our way to pick a fight, but we surely let everyone know where we stand.
History usually has a way of repeating itself. Way back when, even before I was born, Hitler was marching across Europe and systematically burning Jews in ovens. We turned our backs on the atrocities being committed by the Nazi party and allowed Hitler to continue gaining strength and burning Jews. We had to wait for the Japanese to attack Pearl Harbor before we realized that we either had to do something or allow the forces of good to perish from the face of the earth.
From that, you would expect that we would have learned our lessons: don't allow evil to exist and take root in the world; don't allow human suffering at the hands of vicious, sadistic oppressors. Be prepared to stand up and fight to defend what is right and what is good.
But, here we are again and we forget those lessons while I.S.I.S. has taken root in the Middle East and foments the beheading of its enemies, sells women into slavery and rapes them repeatedly at will, destroys antiquities, tortures children and prisoners... and we are comfortable, once again turning our backs and dismissing the atrocities faster than we can change the channel on our televisions sets.
"We're tired of war and we simply don't give a damn what's going on with I.S.I.S. If you get in their way, that's your problem, not ours." Even if there IS another Pearl Harbor just around the corner, even if carnage and horror exists, even if a sea of humanity is being tortured...even as the heads of those unfortunate souls roll in streets soaked with blood... we can always change the channel and watch something else.
Sleep well tonight, America. And while you're at it... have a great Fourth of July.
That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.
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