The Mask is Off

Now that the surge is raising the prospect that America’s Iraq project might succeed, the contradictions of the left’s “oppose the war, support the troops” position have become manifest, according to Bill Kristol. No longer can soldiers be pitied as other innocent victims of Bush’s War. They are the means to implement a policy that the left despises.

The left is now turning against the troops they claim still to support. They sense that history is progressing away from them--that these soldiers, fighting courageously in a just cause, could still win the war, that they are proud of their service, and that they will be future leaders of this country. They are not "Shock Troops." They are our best and bravest, fighting for all of us against a brutal enemy in a difficult and frustrating war. They are the 9/11 generation. The left slanders them. We support them. More than that, we admire them.

War is a crucible that separates unstable alloys into more basic elements. We hate our choices, but we must choose. Evil Stalin or greater-evil Hitler? Are you with us or against us? Do you want to win---then support the troops. If you want to lose, then go ahead and vilify them. At least you’re being honest. © 2007 Stephen Yuen