2001 Soap Box Archives

Peaceful Solution

Lately on television I have been seeing images of small demonstrations for a peaceful solution to the war against terrorism we’ve recently had thrust upon us. While I respectfully defend these people’s right to demonstrate for or against anything they want to, I think their collective cause is indefensible. In fact, it is something we have already tried. We didn’t provoke this bunch of monsters, if anything we have attempted to placate them, which was a terrible mistake on our part in the first place. They’ve bombed two of our Embassies and the U.S.S. Cole, killed our people, destroyed our property and so far all we’ve done is bomb a chemical factory in retaliation. Now they have struck at the very heart of this nation, killed thousands of people, disrupted countless lives, set back our economy and changed our lives forever. And you people think that these perverts will accept a peaceful solution. The only peaceful solution they would accept would be for all America to adopt radical Islamic religion and join them in the complete destruction of Israel. There is no peaceful solution to be had with this bunch of scum bags and the sooner the world is rid of them, the better off we’ll be. And I don’t mean bringing them to jail to face some protracted court trial and receive a life sentence by some lilly livered liberal judge who doesn't believe in the death penalty. I’m talking about completely destroying them, all of them. Every murdering terrorist in the world. What you people can’t seem to understand is that these people are dedicated to annihilating us and all who think like we do and they will not stop as long as there’s breath in their bodies. They don’t care about anything or anybody except their own insane cause. Even their own people suffer because of their evil. Innocent Middle Eastern citizens of this country and others will be scrutinized every time they board an airplane or even go out in public, and while I abhor the ill treatment of anybody because of their race, and passionately urge all Americans to refrain from unfair treatment of all races, it is a natural reaction when the bad guys live among the good guys and you can’t tell them apart. As I said, I defend your right to protest but in reality you make me sick. You are marching across the graves of over five thousand innocent citizens who did nothing more that try to go to work on a Tuesday morning. You desecrate the memories of the people who died in the Embassy bombings and the destruction of the U.S.S. Cole. You spit in America’s face when you say that she is not worth defending and you weaken the resolve of some people who don’t have the courage to think for themselves. I have a suggestion. Why don’t you form a delegation and go to the Middle East and just demand that these people cease and desist. Go and talk to Bin Ladin and Arafat and Saddam and all the rest of the monsters who make up the terrorist organizations which threaten the world. You can tell them of your concerns that the violence will beget more violence and that what this world needs is just a little more understanding. That if they will only lay down their arms that we can all live together in peace and harmony. Maybe you could even pin a flower in Bin Ladin’s beard. But let me also tell you this. After you have this fruitless conversation you’d better get the hell out of the way because the U.S. military is on the way and I wouldn’t want any of you non violent flower children to get caught in the crossfire.

What do you think?

God Bless America
Charlie Daniels