War Never Solved Anything

"War is an ugly thing but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feelings which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." -- John Stuart Mill

I'm not pro-war. War IS an ugly thing, but as long as nations and leaders exist that detest freedom, sometimes it is the only way to secure a lasting peace. Most leftist anti-war protesters and pundits don't understand this. They state that this use of force is always unnecessary -- that war, ANY war, is never good. Some of them, born into the luxury of American freedom, believe that liberty can exist passively, that somehow the world's natural state will always settle into utopian harmony.

Here's excerpts from President Bush's speech on the 5th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq:

"No one would argue that this war has not come at a high cost in lives and treasure – but those costs are necessary when we consider the cost of a strategic victory for our enemies in Iraq. If we were to allow our enemies to prevail in Iraq, the violence that is now declining would accelerate – and Iraq could descend into chaos. Al Qaida would regain its lost sanctuaries and establish new ones – fomenting violence and terror that could spread beyond Iraq’s borders, with serious consequences to the world economy.”

I have no ill will towards those who do not support the war. I've suffered from "war" weariness and questioned policies, tactics, etc. But the "leftists" who usually carry the loudest megaphones; left unchallenged, voices heard disproportionately, demoralizing the troops, and emboldening dictators around the world need to be confronted with the truth of history and reality.

And stop harassing the men and women in our armed forces who are just doing their job.