Wise Words From The WSJ
Two great op-eds from the Wall Street Journal. Worth reading. And sharing.
Cheer Up, Conservatives!
You’re still winning.
by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge
“The biggest advantage of all for conservatives is that they have a lock on the American dream. America is famously an idea more than a geographical expression, and that idea seems to be the province of the right. A recent Pew Research Center Survey, “Beyond Red Versus Blue,” shows that the Republicans are more optimistic, convinced that the future will be better than the past and that they can determine their own futures. Democrats, on the other hand, have a European belief that “fate,” or, in modern parlance, social circumstances, determines people’s lot in life. (And judging by some recent series in newspapers on the subject, the party appears to have staunch allies in American newsrooms at least.)If the American dream means anything, it means finding a plot of land where you can shape your destiny and raise your children. Those pragmatic dreamers look ever more Republican. Mr. Bush walloped Mr. Kerry among people who were married with children. He also carried 25 of the top 26 cities in terms of white fertility. Mr. Kerry carried the bottom 16. San Francisco, the citadel of liberalism, has the lowest proportion of people under 18 in the country (14.5%)
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The article here.
No Time to Go Wobbly
The goal in Iraq is victory, not withdrawal.
by Brendan Miniter
“The last thing we need in Iraq is a timeline for withdrawal. Victory sets its own schedule, and it’s not contingent on the U.S. election calendar. Arbitrarily forcing a timetable on the battlefield will only aid the enemy. Yet a growing number of politicians are now calling for just that–or, at least, a better (read more negative) official accounting of what’s happening in Iraq. With polls showing less support for the war and pols parroting that public opinion, we’re in danger of losing sight of how to defeat the enemy.This is a war of civil society versus the agents of anarchy. We don’t need to set a schedule to accept defeat. We need more civil societies to help us keep a lid on the violence that will otherwise creep into our lives. That’s what the war in Iraq is about and why winning it remains in our nation’s vital interests
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The article here.
June 21st, 2005 at 4:57 pm
CIVIL WAR BREAKS OUT IN IRAQ
Well…not really. Just a little red-on-red, military parlance for enemy-on-enemy. The neat thing about this is that our warriors get to sit and watch it. That has to be an, um, enjoyable experience.