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Neocon Express: It's not just Afghanistan, Iraq and a "war on terror." It's the West vs. the Islamic world, a clash that has never abated.

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A point very well made

Still Holds True

September 20, 2006


Precisely! Why Not Victory?




This column has been brewing around in my head for the last week or so and is rather long overdue.

“ …there are still some Americans who do not understand that we have been at war…with an enemy who has never hidden his objective of destroying us and all other people who cherish freedom… there can no longer be any doubt about our situation in today’s world: we are at war; not a cold war but a real war…if we lose [it] will mean the end of freedom as we know it…but we need not lose this war…victory is the key to the whole problem; the only alternative is—obviously –defeat…as a people, through our government we must begin this effort by proclaiming that we intend victory as our lot and that we will shape our every move to accomplish it…once having made this decision, which should have been made long ago, we can design our national strategy to achieve it…Americans today must know their enemy…yet there are those among us who still suggest that we can co-exist…these people are the hard core of those who, whatever their reasons, will not and do not recognize the real threat of the enemy without…”

Dear reader, I am going to ask of you a favor, and that is to re-read the above quotation. Then I ask that you close your eyes and think about what is being said, take as long as you wish, I am right here and I am not going anywhere for a long time, then (hopefully if this works as well as I planned), scroll down and see as to who made this statement.

The statement was made by the late Senator from Arizona Barry Goldwater in a book written in 1962 and is entitled:

“Why Not Victory”

The former Senator was in his remarks referring to Communism. In particular he was speaking about the former evil empire the Soviet Union, and its cohorts.

IF, I had my way this would be required reading for all HS freshman. It is well known that the educational elite lean to the left, however IF I could insert one book it would be this one.

Little did the late Senator know that his words would become so chilling prophetic in this day and age. His words still hold true even to this day. It is amazing to me how it seems that the same people that were sitting with their heads in the sand are still doing so at this time.

Go ahead read the quote again and see if it does not apply to the current war on Islamo-facism.

The senator goes on to quote Clausewitz’ “On War” who says:

“…unity from one standpoint and it is only the keeping to one point of view that guards us from inconsistency…”

Translation:

The nation needs to behind this war 100%, and yet, we do not see this happening. There are, as the late senator said, those that chose to either ignore the reality, or appease those that would do us harm. They are in the words of Senator Goldwater hoping;

“to buy the world for our side rather than to gain its respect by strong action for freedom…we have rather proceeded on the assumption that virtue [is] its own reward and that our only real goal and to make the world love us and perceive our virtue…moreover, we entered this supposed contest for world approval with a kind of guilt complex. (Perhaps the dropping of the Atom bomb on Hiroshima had something to do with it.)…in order to prove that we were not selfish, ambitious, warlike…we [have begun] to lean over backwards and to gear our policies to the opinions of others…American policy has been primarily an exercise in self-ingratiation…because of the overriding importance of having the world think well of us. This sluggish sentimentality, this obsession for pleasing people has now become a matter of grand strategy…”

If this does not sound like the Librocrats, I do not know what else would. Who else but they would feel this way? And what is a marv to me is the fact that the senator saw all of this back in 1962, and his words still hold true today.

It is the suggestion of this writer that all of you, dear readers, put this book on your “wish list” for Christmas. Or better yet get it now. Let your children read it if they are of age, and prove to them that what was true then is true now.

As Solomon said in Ecclesiastes:

“There is nothing new under the sun”

Rich
Editor
TBCC

Ending the Hyphenated American

September 8, 2006


Just Call Me Average Joe American

By Richard Woitowitz
Op-Ed
The Bluecollar Conservative Website

Allow me to preface this commentary with a quote from President Theodore Roosevelt:

"It is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the man's becoming in very fact an American, and nothing but an American,"

Many times in my life I have had the following kind of conversation:

“What kind of American are you?”

To which I replied;

“Why I am native born in this country, I am just your average Joe American”

“No but I mean what KIND of American are you? Italian, Jewish, Spanish, you know like that?”

“I am just an American, period, that’s it nothing more nothing less”

Usually that leaves my inquisitor walking away and shaking his head in non-understanding. Or what is even worse they walk away, with this look of bewilderment as to why I just don’t get it, as EVERYONE is some KIND of American.

Too often in this politically correct environment we constantly hear or read about this type of American or that type of American. We never hear about any person unless it includes him or her as some type of American. That person is usually describe as African-American, Italian American, Arab-American, and so on until one is pretty much sick of hearing it.

The advent of multi-culturalism has made this a fact of reality. And it is one that is causing the fracturing of the original concept of the “Melting Pot” To often in this time that we live in we are constantly witnessing the non-assimilation of immigrants that are coming to our shores. It is now more natural to still identify with one’s point of origin instead of one’s choice of exit. (BTW, I would add here that this is not just a national problem here in the state, but it is fast becoming a European one as well, probably even faster that it is this country)

Why is this so?

Well for starters it is the opinion of this writer that the liberal left has made it a mainstay of their powerbase to constantly “define and pigeon-hole” all types of people into groups as to portray themselves as a diverse and excepting party, and to promote the concept of multi-culturalism to continually divide this nation into factions thereby always pitting one against the other. This divides and conquer strategy in turn yields a much more manageable way to create a dependency on government, which in the end is their goal.

In addition there is now seems to be no loyalty in today’s new naturalized American. Too often many come here for the blessings of this nation, but their alliances still lie with the mother country. Witness the immigrants from predominantly Spanish speaking nations and you will find that they are the most vocal opponents to any form of immigration legislation. Why is that? Again partly it is the left, that steers them in that direction, but to me it appears more of a mindset as why are you picking on my country? I work for the USPS, as some of you may know and many are the times that I have spoken to a naturalized American citizen that have referred to their original country as “my country”

The people that came to this country during the mass immigration period of the late 1880’s into the early 1900’s were of a different mindset. Their whole reason for being here was to; “become an American!” My grandmother once was asked the same question that I was asked above, and her response was, and I remember this clearly (in her accented English;

“I am an American! I come from Russia to BECOME American, and now I AM American!”

Such were the sentiments of many others that came over during that period.

Now fast forward a few years to the great World Wars of the twentieth century and we find that in BOTH instances the children of these “New” Americans were called Americans. In WWI they were nicknamed the “Yanks”, in WWII they were referred to as “GI JOE” but in all cases they were AMERICANS! There were no distinctions. All Americans of all colors, religions, ancestries, (or as the saying goes, race, creed and religion), all bleed the same, died the same and fought the same. [1] Even our enemies made little distinction. [2] If you were to ask them, the US service personal that is, who they were they would first and foremost classify themselves as Americans.

So here is what I suggest.

Let us do away with the Hyphenated American. Let us all go back to being just plain Americans. Let us encourage those that now come to our shores, that THIS is what is expected of them. That while they can look back to their homeland of origin it is only to do so with knowledge that there are those back there that are related to them. Certainly there is nothing that would say, they cannot dress in more traditional clothes of the land of their birth, but do so with the distinct knowledge that you are first and foremost and AMERICAN now.

Secondly, let us do away with terms such as;

African-American
Jewish-American
Spanish-American

There is no need to say or use these terms for any good reason as it only serves to divide us as a nation.

How about if you truly wish to describe yourself as some sort of American, you might say I am American, of Russian decent, which is what I am; native born, of Russian decent, no more no less but first AMERICAN

Richard
Editor
The BCC





[1] Yes I know the US military did have segregated units, but let us save that for another time.
[2] History however does record the separation of US POW’s when it came to Jews and Blacks. This was very true with the Germans. The Japanese treated all POW’s equally. That is to say that their worse treatment was not necessarily limited to one specific type of people as all were treated very inhumanely.

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