Pro-war Libertarian. This is what I consider myself I suppose. I didn’t think of it until I saw this article and it got me thinking about it. Which made me start thinking of the war and my views on it, so here they are.

I don’t think I’m “pro-war” per se, just not Cindy Sheehan style anti-war. For some reason, people want to think that civilization could ramble on for eternity without fighting another war ever again. That’s just unrealistic and flat out stupid. War is an unfortunate, but necessary part of world politics. There will never, and I repeat NEVER, be a time when the entire world thinks alike under one government. Or even multiple governements. There will always be that group that thinks socialism will work, it just hasn’t been done right. And the group that says the Bible, or Koran, or whichever religious text is “in” at the moment, is the only way to see the world. But this will never happen. So unfortunately, war is going to happen.

Nothing is really different about this point in time, except that technology is taking over. Weapons are more advanced, so anyone can now fight a war, even a 10-year old that doesn’t know what he’s fighting for. But the technology has also made it possible to severely limit the casualties of war. As of right now, over 3600 U.S. deaths have been confirmed in Iraq by the Department of Defense. Compare that to the 58,000+ who died in Vietnam. Or the 400,000+ who died in World War II. I’m by no means saying that they’re any less tragic, just saying that it’s not war that’s changed for the worse, or the reasons for it - it’s that the coverage and images of it make it more difficult to handle.

Because the liberals in this country have become so anti-war, this country is bound to be ruined by that mentality eventually. There will come a time when this country is legitimately threatened, and because of our inability to finish, or even start a previous war, we’ll be unable to defend ourselves the way we should. If there were no television cameras, the anti-war movement in this nation would be miniscule. It’s no coincidence that the anti-war movement came along at about the same time every house in America had a TV in it. Just because you don’t want to watch brave men and women defend your right to be an idiot, doesn’t mean that they shouldn’t be doing it or there is not a legitimate reason for it.

This country was founded by fighting a war, and has had to fight to defend it’s freedom several times since then. What do you think would have happened if this anti-war “fad” came along during the Civil War. I’ll tell you what, half of this country would live in the Confederate States of America amongst, or as part of, the slave population. When the north began to dislike the war, people wanted them to stop fighting. If Lincoln had listened to the (thankfully) small number of anti-war northerners, the Union would have lost that war. This nation being split into two would have likely spelt death for both nations eventually. Thankfully, there was no TV, so the people who wouldn’t have been able to stomach what was going on, never knew how bad it was. The C.S.A.’s goal during the end of the Civil War was to just survive long enough for the northerners to call for a “pull-out”. That’s exactly what the terrorists and Iranians are hoping for right now.

Ask yourself this, anti-war folks: what will this country be like in fifty years? Will we have fought a war in that time? Against who? If you think there won’t be another war because we’ll have become a peaceful nation, you’re wrong. If that’s the attitude this country takes, there will be no more USA in 50 years. If we have fought a war in that time, there is a 75% chance it is against Iran and/or some other Islamic Middle Eastern nation. There is about a 15% chance it’s against Russia, and about 5% that it is with China. There is also about a 5% chance that it is against Cuba or Venezuela or the other smaller socialist nations.

If this war that is being fought today is finished properly, meaning that a democratic ally is created safely in the heart of the Middle East, that will reduce the chance of a future war with someone in that region drastically. If Iraq and Iran can be “taken care of” in the same war, it will be better for the future of our nation. That is what wars are about. Protecting the current and future safety of a nation.

No matter what the liberals want to say, this is not an “illegal war”. Nothing could be further from the truth. Saddam Hussein was given plenty of options to avoid this war. His continual breaking of every rule set out for him by the United Nations is what started this war. There was plenty of legal justification for taking Hussein out of power. Instead of regurgitating liberal talking points, try to look at objective historical fact. Too many people are remembering what they’re told to remember, instead of what actually happened.

I am by no means a “blind supporter” of President Bush. I am a proud atheist and a registered libertarian, and I disagree with many things that have happened in the last six and a half years. But I am a student of history and feel that this war, like anything else, has to be judged objectively and fairly. I don’t think that is happening in this country right now.

And please, will you stop calling our troops children? Stop saying “bring our children out of Iraq”…”Congress is killing our kids”. These are men and women who have volunteered to fight to defend this nation. If you want to help them, respect them. Respect the choice that they made. We have an all volunteer army, and they do a damn good job. There is not a single soldier from this country who has been killed or injured that didn’t volunteer to take that risk to fight for their nation. Not a single one. I’m not trying to minimize the casualties, I’m saying that nobody should be twisting the facts the other way either. These men and women should be thanked and respected, but as they would likely just as soon tell you, not pitied.

So yes, I support this war in Iraq, and I don’t think we should be withdrawing our troops. I don’t want to just blindly send troops in either. Do I think the war has been mismanaged? Yes, no doubt. But pulling out doesn’t fix that. Managing it right does. Instead of plans to get our troops out, lets come up with a plan to acheive total victory. This is a war that needs to be WON, not abandaned. Ask yourself this, where will we be in ten years if we pull out? And where will we be in ten years if we finish our job? Personally, I’ll choose the latter, because it’s better for the United States, and the rest of our allies.

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