How Do We Want This to End Up?

I never thought I’d see it….Off the “top of my head” I realize that over the past two months we have had our President insidiously badmouthed by an extremist dictator on our soil, an extremely dangerous rogue regime test a nuclear weapon in the face of the international community, we have had a high level US politician flagrantly insult our fighting men and women for all the world to see, an enemy desperately escalating violence in an attempt to influence our national election, and as recent as this morning we have had another rogue state arrogantly launch a barrage of missiles perfectly capable of transporting a nuclear warhead and striking Israel or US forces in theater. If you do not say it, I will: the world thinks we are weak and is defiantly challenging us for all to see. The Machiavellian tactics of leftist politicians and their mainstream media mouth piece in trying to wrest power from the Republican Party have severely damaged the international prestige of the United State, perhaps irreparably.

By choosing the convenient tactic of battling the current administration through mocking, ill-informed barrages that grotesquely emphasize soldier casualties, defeatist outlooks, and anti-war or anti-anything Bush rhetoric, the Left has effectively weakened the image of the United States for all to see. In doing so and not engaging in a meaningful debate over what the policy should be, they have created a divided front and exposed us to a weakness that is unmatched in the post-9/11. Why else would North Korea and Iran categorically defy any and all internal efforts at disarmament? Both Kim and the Mullahs know that the United States will stand by and do nothing, both from a unilateral and multilateral perspective….what they see is country that is so constrained by internal divisions that it is effectively crippled in any response to hostile action by a rogue state. How can Hugo Chavez refer to our President “the Devil” while standing in New York City? He can spit in the face a proverbial symbol of American power because he knows that he will get a laugh from half of the country and a pat on the back from half of our elected officials without any legitimate retribution. Why is the insurgency in Iraq escalating their campaign of civil unrest and terror over the past month or so? Because they know we are going into an election and that the American media is at the beck and call of any and all jihadists…in other words their holy war has always been fought in the living rooms of the United States and they know that by spilling untold amounts of blood they can influence the very political processes we hold dear. Contrary to popular belief our enemies are not stupid, rather they are very adaptive and intelligent adversaries who quite obviously have a better understanding of our political nature than we do….while it seems to be quite difficult for the American public to get a good metric of our successes in the war against hostile regimes and terror, our adversaries simply have to turn on the television to know where they stand. We can thank the Left for this.

Having played organized sports my entire life; I have had the luxury of being able to draw many rich analogies between the real world and the playing field. From this I have learned three things: 1) There is never any place on a team for member (or members) who are not committed to the goal of winning. 2) The opponent will exploit and adapt to your every weakness and finally, the most inspiring and profound contests are won within the last minute of play as that is when the champions truly shine. While the forum should always be open for constructive debate, there is no room for defeatism in American politics. Our enemies will meticulously monitor and adapt to our political landscape in order to prevail against us and as a beacon to future strategic action. This is the fourth quarter, let’s pull out a win come Tuesday because that is when the true champions in the United States need to come out and vote.