2007 Soap Box Archives

America's Next President

I don't know who will be America's next president but I do know they will be coming to power at one of the most dangerous and crucial times in American history.

When I think about the left wing baggage some of the Democrat candidates would carry into office it seriously worries me. The last two Democrat administrations seriously depleted the military, even to the point that we couldn't even get a helicopter in the air to attempt a rescue of the Iranian hostages.

Ronald Reagan and George Bush the Elder built the military and intelligence agencies back up to the point that the Berlin Wall came down and we later chased Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait.

Bill Clinton then again depleted the military and intelligence services and George W. Bush again painstakingly built them up.

Having nothing but past history and the congressional Democrats disdain for the military and the fact that they are beholden to a bunch of short sighted left wing kooks I can't imagine them doing anything but depleting it once
again.

If this happens it will be one of the most foolhardy moves these people have made in their long history of foolhardy moves.

The world has changed in the last ten years. We are faced in 360 degrees by fanatical Islamic terrorists who want to kill us, we have been deserted by most of the people who were supposed to be our allies, Russia is again
rattling their sabers and they have been developing a close relationship with communist China.

If we ever needed a strong and well equipped military it will be in the days to come.

The world has never been more dangerous. We have never faced an enemy who has been promised paradise complete with scores of virgins if they just strap on some explosives and blow up a bunch of innocent people.

We have learned a lot in the last few years and to shove aside these lessons in the name of political expediency would be nothing less than foolhardy.

Nobody loves their personal freedom more than I do but if it takes wiretaps to protect America so be it. If we need to maintain a military prison for terrorists in Guantanamo, out of the reach of Ninth Circuit type judges and headline seeking lawyers that's alright with me.

If we need to spend massive amounts of money on building and maintaining the most technologically advanced and best armed military force in the world I'm willing to pay my share.

There is a myth which has been expanded and proliferated by those on the left that our intelligence services are a bunch of dumb, bumbling fools who can't find their posterior with both hands.

While they have had their problems in the past that is a far cry from the truth. They've had to play catch up, but they're getting the job done.

Thanks to George W. and some of the sensible members of Congress our military is the finest in the world, bar none.

We cannot afford to let our intelligence and military get broken again, because folks the way things are we just won't have time to fix it again before the sky falls in.

Pray for our troops.

What do you think?

God Bless America

Charlie Daniels

October 19, 2007