2002 Soap Box Archives

Ok I’ve Had Enough

Enough nonsense about Saddam Huessein. For you who are saying that it’
a bad idea to go into Iraq and take Saddam out of power I say that you
are short sighted and naive.
Now before you get your poison keyboards out and start firing off your
vitriolic e-mails let me explain why I’m saying that.

Some of you say that it’s not about taking Saddam out of power but about
the oil. Just what percentage of oil do you think we get from Iraq?
From the entire Middle East for that matter? Well it may surprise you
to know that a fraction of the oil consumed by the U.S.A. comes from the
Middle East.

Most of our petroleum comes from Canada, Mexico, South America and most
recently Russia is starting to export oil.

Our allies in Europe and Asia are the ones who are all but totally
dependent on oil from the Middle East. If the the Middle Eastern
petroleum exports would suddenly end it would slow America down but
certainly not stop us. But our European and Asian allies would be in a
big fat mess and that big fat mess would trigger a deep worldwide
recession.
When I say this I am not defending the oil companies. I think they use
any excuse to raise the price of gasoline as they did in the seventies
creating lines at our gas stations and raising the price of heating oil
causing unnecessary suffering for all America. I have no pity on the
oil companies.

I have been accused of blindly following our leaders and I can
straighten that out right now. I don’t blindly follow anybody except
Jesus Christ. I don’t approve of everything the Republicans, the
Democrats or the Independents do and it might surprise some of you to
know that I don’t vote just one side of the ticket. I vote for the man
or woman who I feel will be best for this nation regardless of their
party affiliation.

My assessment of the Iraqi situation has nothing to do with George Bush,
the Congress, the Senate, the United Nations or the YMCA for that
matter. I have come to these conclusions strictly on my own after
weighing the facts.

Let’s weigh some more facts. The major reason we need to take Saddam
out is simply because every day that we wait is another day he moves
closer to developing some nasty weapons and anybody naive enough to
believe that he won’t use them should seriously consider moving into a
rest home.

And who would he use them on? Who does he hate more than he hates
America? Who is literally in his back yard? Israel of course.

Now any thinking person knows that Israel has atomic weapons
and any thinking person knows that israel is not going to sit idly by
and let this madman lob nuclear or biological missiles into the midst of
their cities. They are going to retaliate in kind and what we have on
our hands then is a full blown Middle Eastern atomic war and the Middle
East is a very small place.

By taking Saddam out with conventional means we could well be averting a
nuclear war.

Lastly, the people who suffer worse than anybody else under Saddam are
the citizens of Iraq. They’ve been deprived, lied to and
doused with poison gas by a monster who doesn't even mind putting his
own family to death. This man is a loose cannon, a danger to all
mankind and needs to be taken out by whatever means necessary.

Let’s take him out. The sooner the better.

Pray for our troops.

What do you think?

God Bless America

Charlie Daniels

 

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