Terri
03-11-2003, 01:25 PM
Why We Must Fight
By William J. Bennett
National Review Online
March 11, 2003
Last month, millions of demonstrators across the globe protested on behalf of "human rights." Their marches, slogans, placards, and speeches did not declaim against Saddam Hussein, did not cite the human-rights reports detailing his tyranny and torture, did not take account the plaints of Iraqis fortunate enough to live in exile. Rather, they protested the U.S. and the U.K. and their efforts to topple Hussein and liberate Iraq. Now, we are seeing more television advertisements along these lines, and even a "virtual march on Washington."
Just after the celebration of Abraham Lincoln's birthday, it is appropriate to remember his lament: "The world has never had a good definition of the word 'liberty.'" With Hussein flouting international law, and President Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair attempting to enforce it, portrayals of Bush as Adolf Hitler — as we saw and heard in the "human-rights" protests — betray an ignorance of liberty, an ignorance of right and wrong, an ignorance of commonsense. Because Bush and Blair are putting together a coalition of countries to oust Hussein, they are labeled the warmongers and tyrants. We live in a confusing time indeed.
Full Story (http://www.nationalreview.c om/comment/comment-bennett031103.asp)
Bennett always writes such good common sense. It's too bad that goodness and sense are things that most of the peaceniks just don't understand.
By William J. Bennett
National Review Online
March 11, 2003
Last month, millions of demonstrators across the globe protested on behalf of "human rights." Their marches, slogans, placards, and speeches did not declaim against Saddam Hussein, did not cite the human-rights reports detailing his tyranny and torture, did not take account the plaints of Iraqis fortunate enough to live in exile. Rather, they protested the U.S. and the U.K. and their efforts to topple Hussein and liberate Iraq. Now, we are seeing more television advertisements along these lines, and even a "virtual march on Washington."
Just after the celebration of Abraham Lincoln's birthday, it is appropriate to remember his lament: "The world has never had a good definition of the word 'liberty.'" With Hussein flouting international law, and President Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair attempting to enforce it, portrayals of Bush as Adolf Hitler — as we saw and heard in the "human-rights" protests — betray an ignorance of liberty, an ignorance of right and wrong, an ignorance of commonsense. Because Bush and Blair are putting together a coalition of countries to oust Hussein, they are labeled the warmongers and tyrants. We live in a confusing time indeed.
Full Story (http://www.nationalreview.c om/comment/comment-bennett031103.asp)
Bennett always writes such good common sense. It's too bad that goodness and sense are things that most of the peaceniks just don't understand.