Bruce Thornton "The paradigm of American neo-imperialist, neo-colonialist sins as the cause of our enemies’ aggression, one allegedly legitimized by the disaster of the Vietnam War, must be put to rest. We must take off the “kick me” sign the left has hung on America’s back for forty years, and develop a new paradigm: a foreign policy based on the unembarrassed assertion of American power in service to American goodness, backed up by a demonstrated willingness to stand by our allies and punish our enemies. If we do, we will find it much easier to pursue our global interests and defend our security."
Throughout the twentieth century evil men have dominated guilt-ridden peaceful populations because of the unearned guilt the pacifists had placed on themselves. That guilt still burdens the west while evil grows unabated and more murderous by the year. Courageous leaders who would face down this growing darkness are castigated by the left as war-mongers and racists. Meanwhile threats mount against civilization caused by forces of religious intolerance from the outside and anarchy from the inside. We see the former manifested in the ayatollahs and the Islamists; the latter is evident by forces within such as this, and this, and this.
