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I consider myself an American by every twist of the word. I
believe in the God-given freedoms, I am well-versed in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution as well as
American history. I fully support the troops abroad, and I cede that war is innevitable.
However, I do not believe
that our freedom is clippable. We CANNOT sacrifice freedom for security. I am not an opponent of George Bush, though many
who know me may claim otherwise. I supported him during the aftermath of 9/11–I felt he brought unity at a pivotal time
when unity was a vague idea. I supported the invasion of Afghanistan in order to find Al Qaeda and Bin Laden. I did not
support the invasion of Iraq, though I support the remove of Hussein. None of this gives anyone the right to spy on
Americans. If there are foreign nationals within America who are up to no good, boot ‘em. If there are Americans who have
betrayed the state in exchange for patrotism to a foreign war, boot ‘em. However, we do not have to cede liberties to
accomplish this.
It seems that the Democrats
have remembered a key politcal ideal that Republicans have forgotten:
Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts
absolutely
What is worse is that Bush supporters continue to hold their ground, justifying Bush’s actions and
href="http://www.blogsforbush.com/">praising him! I know that they believe it is better to stand your ground than to
back down, to support at all costs, but even to the point of dismantling American rights? How far will they follow Bush,
even when his own party has begun to distance themselves from the new allegations? I merely want Americans to stand up and
be Americans, to hold their ground for what is right, now what they have always believed to be right.
I released my
support of Bush during the last election due to a number of issues that he always ignored and his supporters shrug off. He
allowed false CIA information to enter the Iraqi situation in order to support the invasion, he made jokes when now WMDs
were found, and he has repeatedly claimed that finding Bin Laden was not a high priority! I simply don’t get how so many
Americans can be so blind. Of course we should stay the course in Iraq, but this does not justify, or require continued
justification for Bush regarding our presence there in the first place!
- Quote of the Day:
"Security at
the expense of freedom is slavery"
"Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security, will not have, nor do
they deserve, either one."
--Benjamin Franklin
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