Epic Destruction

In the strategy game “Rome, total war”, a general usually ends a battle with two options; let the enemy flee, or run them down and slaughter each of them. How the general chooses to end the fight will affect the next battle, and may be the difference between victory and defeat. Letting the enemy flee may allow the surviving enemy to join up with a larger battalion thereby increasing the possibility of casualties on the attacking general’s side. If the general runs them down, he eliminates the enemy and there is no chance at a surprise attack. The tactic is brutal, but the war is won one battle at a time.

This is where we find the modern Republican Party right now, in a rout. We have been beaten, and beaten soundly in two elections that lost us the congress, the White House, and the connection with the average American. We have so few allies now, and so few leaders that we appear to be running for our lives, desperately clinging to any possibility of leadership or hope.

The opposition has chosen to run us down, with the end goal of an epic annihilation. Carville and Begala, along with the leadership of Rahm Emanuel, have issued the final orders for the comprehensive destruction of conservatism, and by extension, the entire RNC. The media have been employed to make conservatives look like white haired throw backs from the late 1800’s, invoking this specter on issues such as abortion, stem cell research, spending, welfare, and soon talk radio. Obama’s overall plan of fear and desperation has worked the nation into such a frenzy that once free thinking citizens now believe the institute of government is their only savior. They are willing to give up personal autonomy in exchange for collective security. And conservatism, the last bastion of true freedom, is fleeing from the pounding hoof beats of enemy horses.

So it is time to stop running. It is time to rally around the core beliefs of conservatism and show the world that we are not finished. We need to stand up against old school Washington insiders who throw out principle at the first sign of trouble. We need to make sure that all congressmen and women who claim to be from the GOP, are held responsible for their actions. We must seek out the new leaders, true leaders, who are principle based and not mealy mouthed on tough issues. Only then can we re-group and form a skirmish line worthy of defense.

It is my belief that the new leaders of the GOP are right here, in social networking sites, blogs, and conservative groups. We are the new generation, and we must act accordingly. We must vigorously defend life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We must bring the standard of liberty to all those around us and be prepared to defend it at all costs in all environments. Because when the curtain finally falls on this disastrous liberal ideology, the only thing left standing will be conservative principles.

Love America? Free a terrorist.

A grass roots effort started about two years ago to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. The idea was that if the US closes the base it would start the long process of repairing the world’s view of the United States. The fact that the US military was holding slightly over 200 prisoners without trial was portrayed as a black eye on the face of democracy and human rights. The effort was given further legitimacy when leftists began comparing Abu Ghraib to Gitmo, and when then presidential nominee Obama promised he would close the prison.

This whole effort was based on a profound misunderstanding of world politics and terrorism. And what was not considered then, or now, was the impact closing the prison would have on the world. In an ironic turn of perspective those who fought most ardently to repair America’s image were actually preparing to tarnish it even more.

In mid 2008 President Bush ordered the prison to begin the disposition process on those prisoners who were deemed to no longer be a danger, or had been rehabilitated from their terrorist ways. The goal was to repatriate the prisoners in their own countries thereby avoiding further imprisonment or trials. Countries around the world were asked to take in former terrorist without any explanation on what to do with them. Some of the prisoners were let go and were immediately arrested in their countries of origin, some were tortured, and some were denied re-entry. Near sixty former inmates found their way back to the battlefield and brought with them a new hatred of America, a new list of victims.

The whole process was akin to releasing 100 rabid dogs from a pound into a neighborhood simply based on the reasoning that they hadn’t bit anyone since their incarceration. Foolish? Yes. Dangerous? Absolutely.

Time has shown that the fundamentalism needed to wage acts of terror does not dwindle with imprisonment, if anything it grows and festers like a diseased wound. The Russians found this to be true then they released several former terrorists in 2003. Some of them returned in 2004 and murdered over 180 school children in Beslan. And Beslan is not the exception; it is the rule, especially when dealing with Islamic terrorism. This is what happens when you pit an image against an ideology.

The question should not be how fast can we close Gitmo, it should be, how are we going to deal with the fall out when these prisoners go home and kill again? America will then become the “paper tiger” Osama Bin Laden described after Mogadishu. We will appear weak in the face of danger, and unprepared to deal with the new global jihad.