American Soldiers Show True Heroism

American Soldiers Show True Heroism


On March 5 in Baghdad, a suicide bomber detonated a car bomb killing himself and at least twenty-eight other people. Dozens more people were wounded, and human flesh was scattered around the area. Other suicide bombers in Iraq and Afghanistan blew themselves up along with at least forty other people last month. These Muslims were killing other Muslims, and the silence was deafening. Neither Muslims, nor the European press, nor the Western press publicized or condemned the killings.

NBC reported a story a couple of weeks ago that shows a difference in the worldviews of terrorists and American soldiers. Wounded terrorist insurgents were brought into a U.S. medical facility near Tikrit. Two insurgents had been caught in the act of placing a roadside bomb that was intended to kill American soldiers. An American helicopter fired on the terrorists to stop them, and a U.S. medical team risked their own lives bringing the wounded terrorists in for medical treatment.

One of the terrorists needed thirty pints of blood to survive, but the base was already low on blood. The request went out for blood donors, and within minutes, American soldiers were lined up by the dozens to donate blood. Brian Suam was at the head of the line. He was asked if he minded that his blood was going to save the life of a terrorist. Suam smiled and said, “A human life is a human life.”

On the radical Muslim side, people are taught to kill themselves if infidels (that would be any non-Muslim) will also die. Our Christian heritage teaches that human life is sacred, whether the life is that of an enemy or that of a friend. Most Americans believe in the sanctity of human life, whether or not they are Christians.

Don’t let anyone tell you that all religious people are the same. Don’t let anyone say to you that there is no difference between a Christian and a radical Muslim terrorist. Muslims will continue to blow themselves up until their leaders condemn the action. Peace-loving Muslims have no leaders who are teaching them anything contrary to what the radicals are espousing. We cannot afford to ignore the situation and come home.

I would love to be an isolationist, to close the borders, to bring all the troops home, and to produce everything we need right here in the good old U.S.A., but that is a pipe dream. There is no way to shut out the rest of the world. As long as there is terrorism and tyranny, we must fight it. We must support those who are literally giving their blood to promote freedom.

You Go, Joe!

You Go, Joe!

After President Bush outlined his plan for the Iraqi War, which included a troop surge, the House couldn’t wait to pass a “non-binding resolution” against the plan. While the Democratic leadership did allow some debate on the measure, they would not allow Republicans to introduce any opposing resolution.

Senator Harry Reid had similar plans for a resolution in the Senate, but he was stopped. The Republicans have been blamed, but the Democrats are in the majority. The Republicans could not stop the Democrats from introducing and voting on a resolution if the Democrats chose to do so. The one man who could stop the resolution was Sen. Joe Lieberman.

During the last election, the Democrats chose to support Ned Lamont for Connecticut’s Senate seat instead of supporting the incumbent and former vice-presidential candidate Joe Lieberman. Lieberman ran as an Independent and won, but he has caucused with the Democrats, giving them a slim majority of one. When Reid decided to push for a resolution against Bush’s plan, Lieberman demurred. He said, “I have no desire to change parties. If that ever happens, it is because I feel the majority of Democrats have gone in a direction that I don’t feel comfortable with.” He also said that the fight over funding the war could induce him to switch parties. If Lieberman leaves the Democratic caucus, the Republicans gain the majority in the Senate, and all the committee chairmanships change to Republicans. Republicans, not Democrats, would decide which legislation would make it out of committee and to the floor for a vote.

Only five Senate Democrats campaigned for him against Lamont, and Lieberman was elected by Republicans. In the past, Lieberman called Sen. Dodd (D, CT) his best friend. Recently he was asked if that was still the case. Lieberman replied, “I have so many good friends in the Senate. John McCain is a very good friend.” Ouch. Lieberman has been isolated. He is a Democrat on social policy but a Republican on defense.

I think Lieberman’s main concern is Israel. If we leave Iraq and it crumbles, the Middle East will further destabilize and Israel will be more of a target for terrorists. Lieberman will never vote for anything that might hurt Israel.
I guess he who laughs last laughs best.