Wednesday, December 17, 2003
Ten Lessons from Saddam's Capture
From the Wall Street Journal:
1. America is the greatest force for good on the planet. America, with the support of Britain and some other countries, and against the rest of "world opinion," liberated Iraq from evil. If it were up to the U.N. or the EU, or the editorial boards of most major American newspapers, Saddam would still be happily making palaces for himself and torture dungeons for his people.
2. The positive effect on humanity of good vanquishing evil cannot be overstated. When evil people get away with what they have done, it has a dispiriting effect.
3. No Muslim or Arab country lifted a finger to help the Iraqi people.
4. Not everyone is happy about Saddam's capture. . . . Saddam's capture is a victory for American force and for George W. Bush, and the Left hates both more than it hates Saddam.
5. The Left seeks power, but is incapable of leading because leadership and wanting to be loved are mutually exclusive. . . . Much of the Left's criticism of Mr. Bush revolves around this issue: "Look at how popular we were right after 9/11 and how unpopular we are now."
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10. The reason the president is shaping history is that he has as strong a set of beliefs -- in America's moral mission and in Judeo-Christian religious values -- as those he is fighting. Those who hold bad beliefs can only be defeated by those have equally strong good beliefs.
Here's the rest of the article.
1. America is the greatest force for good on the planet. America, with the support of Britain and some other countries, and against the rest of "world opinion," liberated Iraq from evil. If it were up to the U.N. or the EU, or the editorial boards of most major American newspapers, Saddam would still be happily making palaces for himself and torture dungeons for his people.
2. The positive effect on humanity of good vanquishing evil cannot be overstated. When evil people get away with what they have done, it has a dispiriting effect.
3. No Muslim or Arab country lifted a finger to help the Iraqi people.
4. Not everyone is happy about Saddam's capture. . . . Saddam's capture is a victory for American force and for George W. Bush, and the Left hates both more than it hates Saddam.
5. The Left seeks power, but is incapable of leading because leadership and wanting to be loved are mutually exclusive. . . . Much of the Left's criticism of Mr. Bush revolves around this issue: "Look at how popular we were right after 9/11 and how unpopular we are now."
. . .
10. The reason the president is shaping history is that he has as strong a set of beliefs -- in America's moral mission and in Judeo-Christian religious values -- as those he is fighting. Those who hold bad beliefs can only be defeated by those have equally strong good beliefs.
Here's the rest of the article.
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