No war? Really?

A couple of weeks ago I was having a beer with a like minded right-minded friend and brought up my theory of halves on the Iraq war. The abridged version of that theory is contained in the post below. When I got the first point – only half of America believes we’re even at war – my friend asked, why is that? How can that be?

Well the stock market continues hum along, unemployment is at near all time lows, consumer spending continues to go up, there have been no attacks on the homeland since 9/11 – at least none that the MSM are willing to focus on, the war is contained to a little understood far away corner of the earth and except for the friends and family of those killed and the anti-war for political purposes crowd, that war has no affect on life in the USA. There are no sacrifices asked of the population - no rationing, or rubber and tin drives, not even a bond drive to help pay for the war.

Republicans ask only that we go about our lives as if there were no war, and we’re happy to that. Democrats demand higher taxes to exact some sacrifice from the American people - as if wrecking the economy with higher taxes to pay for every social program under the sun – not the war – will shock us into the reality that we’re at war with a clever, ruthless and patient enemy whose goal is to burn the White House. Also, the only talk about Iraq is couched in terms of how to get out not how win. So how important can it be if all our efforts are focused on getting out and not winning? If it were a real war, we’d be focused on winning – right?

Well sadly it seems, it’ll take another disaster for us to unite, focus on the war and commit to winning it. In the meantime, if you’re a Lib pining for higher taxes so you can feel the war, take the money you want to give the government and give it to the Wounded Warrior Project instead. I guarantee you it’ll be better spent. And if you support the war, or the troops as the Libs claim, support the people who have sacrificed more than most and need the help. Come on it’s Christmas – DONATE.