Government’s prompt response to terrorism appropriate

By Jason Mount

It is surprising to me that a significant portion of our
country’s citizens believe every action taken by our government and
its presidents are selfish, money-driven, power-hungry,
scandal-evading, or perhaps even personal vendettas. This is
even more surprising considering their enemies slammed four of our
airplanes filled with men, women and children into three of our
buildings. Does it ever enter the minds of people that the
president might actually be doing something to prevent such
occurrences from happening again?

Immediately after the tragedies last September, I was shocked to
hear a loud voice advocating the “peaceful” response to
these radical murderers. I could not believe they actually
blamed America for what happened. Doesn’t history teach these
people anything? I only wish Hitler had so openly killed 3,000
individuals on our national news prior to firing up the ovens that
destroyed millions. Perhaps then some prevention would have
occurred.

Dismantling the well-financed organization and the tyrannical
government which supported it was necessary to prevent further
attacks which had the potential to be much worse These people
hate our very culture. They hate the idea our girls attend
school, that many of us believe in Christianity, and that our
women’s faces show in public Those who advocated
diplomacy over the military assault that scattered this
organization to the wind would have talked and talked until the
nuclear decimation of a major city took place.

No. I do not believe that George W. Bush and the last two
presidents have fought terrorists to avoid public scandals or to
obtain personal fame.

On the contrary, I think that countries such as Iraq, who have
or soon will have nuclear capability, need to be stopped. It’s
time for an ounce of prevention. It’s time for the whiners of
this country to realize that their security is being seriously
threatened by radicals who have no qualms about killing innocent
people.

What will all the naysayers proclaim if Saddam Hussein funded
murderers ignite a nuclear weapon off the coast of Los
Angeles? Will they blame the president for not eradicating the
threat or will they advocate peace talks complete with Evian water
and dinner mints? 

The time to act is now. The time to prevent destruction is
now.  The time to open your eyes is now … not after the next
deadly attack on our country.