The world has never been without wars and conflicts - not for a minute. The newly appointed planetary peace patrols are composed of folks who have little grasp of history, philosophy or even human nature.

It has been perfectly fine when other nations war and wipe each other out or even when a thousand year war is waged on a particular group of people - but as soon as the most advanced, civilized and intelligent nation on Earth starts to defend it's interests - war suddenly becomes a great evil.

This quote you cited is full of that uneducated, moral relativism and small minded outlook wrapped up in pretentious, yet fallacious notions of global equality:

"We as a nation must stop thinking of ourselves as exceptional and worthy of special privileges above other nations and peoples. We must stop glorifying war. We must stop praising institutional murder." "Only when our nation behaves honorably and honestly with all other nations, giving respect as we wish to be respected, seeking only peace and justice for all nations and peoples, will we be worthy of the rigors our military veterans have endured in our name."

Let's take a good look at the fallacies and misconcepts - shall we?

"We as a nation must stop thinking of ourselves as exceptional and worthy of special privileges above other nations and peoples.

Sorry. We are exceptional, worthy not only of special privileges but make our own lives superior daily in thousands of ways. A man need not live like a savage or obey a savages religious tenets so as to support some fools notion of global equality. America has a superior Constitution, set of moral values, business infrastructure and the best medicine, foods, material goods and homes.

This is no accident. This is the byproduct of countless men and women's efforts to bring about this cornucopia of plenty we collectively partake of to varying degrees.

When you have saved much of the world from becoming a fascist empire, a communist cesspool or a socialist nightmare you also earn certain privileges in terms of global affairs. The UN is not a concept conceived in the middle east or China. The UN was a western idea that thrived under the moral values held by twentieth century westerners.

Civilization was not meant to stand still. When it does, as is exhibited in regions such as Afghanistan and the middle east, it is obvious that it is largely dysfunctional. When one region races ahead and becomes technocratic while others squander away their lives in the dark ages with dark ages morals and thinking processes - the superior region need not pretend there is equality or kowtow to barbaric outmoded concepts so as to appease some misguided, basically unintelligent individuals who have no ability to perceive the history and future of this world in any sort of totality.

"Only when our nation behaves honorably and honestly with all other nations, giving respect as we wish to be respected, seeking only peace and justice for all nations and peoples, will we be worthy of the rigors our military veterans have endured in our name."

Our nation behaves honorably all the time. Our nation is the role model for other nations governments and moral values. We don't seek or need the respect of inferior cultures and barbaric minds and in no way are we obligated to respect that which is obviously inferior and barbaric. Do we respect a murderer on death row? Do we seek his/her respect? Of course not! Such a notion is preposterous! Why should we respect or seek respect from folks whose values are three thousand years out of date? Indeed, any intelligent individual should realize that any new respect from an inferior culture, complete with bloodthirsty customs, violent underpinnings and a complete lack of moral development could only mean your society was in serious retrogression.

No, when one has achieved a level of civilization, one is no longer subject to pander to retrogressive nations or cultures. One need not pretend there is equality where there is not. One does not pretend a deaf person can hear, not only because it is dishonest, but it is harmful. Pretending these nations are not retrograde does not help them advance and if your position is that they do not need to advance then YOU are in a state of retrogression and will soon find yourself among others who are also in a moral and cultural free fall.

The US is the world's planetary leader - like it or not - and will continue to be as long as we hold to the advanced nature of our Constitution and our highly developed western morals. Human dignity and human rights as concepts were born elsewhere in the world but fluorished in America.

Our military veterans do what they do and our armies are volunteers who wanted to join and presumably understood the risks. This is not Vietnam. There are no draft call ups or people who did not volunteer for the jobs and difficulties and possible deadly conditions they face.

Our military is the best in the world and we have conducted the Iraq conflict in a manner meant to preserve the most lives. This is not good enough for many. Ironically many of these folks are enjoying any casualties in Iraq and have become exactly what they are emotional about - death revelers. This was documented on the Democratic Underground website and is demonstrated here by our own Don, whose denials are as meaningless as his reasons for posting any and all casualties in Iraq, indeed to the point of obsessive fixation.

Yes, the endless war is not desired by Bush or Rumsfeld or used as a method to increase personal power- but rather the left seeks it, craves it and revels in death and "quagmire" in the hopes that it will lead to their increased power.

Tom documented the activities of A.N.S.W.E.R and the other antiwar groups and how they use the Iraq war to bring the young and misguided under their Marxist umbrella. I documented the WMD which were in Iraq after the gulf war and how Iraq DID have a WMD program capable of killing billions. All of this is brushed off by the left in their blind pursuit of power.

Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden do not deserve our respect nor should we lament the passing of the Taliban or the bloody Baathist regime. Anyone who believes we were not justified in removing these individuals from their powerbases is completely wrong and their thinking is seriously flawed. Each posed a serious threat to our nation and the world, each demonstrated a hostility towards the US and a flagrant disrespect for human life, human rights and progress.

The war on terrorism is nothing new it is now just a larger operation which is funded by more money and is much more public. It is really just a war on ignorance and it will continue as long as mankind exists. When folks spoke out against the inquisition - they were waging a war on terror. When the US landed in Normandy - it was waging the war against terror. When our helicopters drop agents behind the lines in Kasmir or an agent infiltrates the North Korean gun running trade - we are fighting the war on terrorism and ignorance.

Equality doesn't exist. No two things are ever equal or identical. No snowflakes, sandgrains, atoms or waves are identical. When one realizes this and uses this advanced knowledge in societal development, one no longer need to suffer under false precepts that keep people living in darkness, dying unnecessarily because of the propagation of ignorance over intelligence.

Intelligence must prevail.

Ignorance must be abolished.

That is the BIG picture and what everyone must eventually realize when discussing mankind.

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