So Many Things I Want to Say...

There are far too many issues and events taking place in my fields of interest right now that to write about it all I would have to retire from actual work and make blogging my full-time job. Some days, such a proposal would sound very tempting, actually. I can easily picture myself as one of those bloggers or political commentators who contribute to the media's show prep everyday. But unfortunately, I don't believe there would be many people who care about what I have to say.

Last week, I had been reading one of George Washington's speeches (his first annual address to Congress, to be exact) when I came across the following line: "To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace"1. This is the very theory that Reagan employed to help defeat the Soviet Union--or rather, the Soviet oppression of its people along with its oppression of the people of other nations. Washington's statement also exposes the duplicity of a majority of left-wing politicians and activists at home and abroad. The most effectual means of preserving peace means that a well-trained, well-equipped standing military is a better practical, diplomatic option to ensure peace than any other method.

These liberal politicians and the activists that influence them declare their affection for this country as they belittle it. Revisions of history are common among these groups, and the history they fabricate is that the United States are oppressive, while governments like those in China, Russia, Cuba and Venezuela are progressive, open-minded, and the ideal end of all political development. They are wrong.

Beyond the violent, inexcusable molestation of a sovereign nation, Russia's aggression in Georgia does little more than provide evidence that what most adherents of the ideology of democracy have been saying regarding Russia is true. The leadership at the Kremlin consists of Soviet militants, spies, and enforcers set on regaining complete domination in their region and beyond. To think that all the world needs for peace to reign is diplomacy is the thought of a naive child or a delusional adult. Neville Chamberlain and one of the first Kennedy's our country knew--not the president, but the ambassador--found an up-and-coming German leader to be charming and hospitable after hard talks. That little man went on to use non-sensical "science" to advance an agenda that resulted in the oppression and death of millions of people across the globe--just after Neville Chamberlain made his (in)famous declaration: "Peace in our time!"

Simply sitting down and talking to a leader or regime that is willing to kill civilians, damage private homes and businesses, and/or occupy a region merely because the inhabitants of that region look differently, speak differently or believe differently has never resulted in peace. The Russians need to be dealt with firmly via action, not through ineffective U.N. resolutions. Such resolutions, historically, have been even less effective than diplomatic talks.

When the Cold War ended "without a bullet being fired" it wasn't Reagan's enjoyable chats with Gorbachev that brought the USSR to its knees, but the preparation of our national defense the Soviets couldn't match that got the job done.

As I ponder all that is going on worldwide, it has occurred to me that the same people who want peace, but abhor the best means for preserving it are the people who have it backward on energy. Russia has had an economic resurgence because of the oil they secure domestically. The Middle East, Russia, China and Venezuela are mostly all antagonistic of America and all have uninhibited access to their natural resources, such as oil. The one consistent string tying left-wing individuals and organizations together around the world is their disdain for the ideals of America. They seek power for their ideology by forcing everyone else to the level of the lowest common denominator.

Looking at the world with the lowest common denominator mindset, the US and its allies should be brought down to the same economic and living conditions as third-world nations (i.e. the Kyoto Treaty), conservative principles founded in the ideal of freedom give birth to unilateral arrogance (it is unilateral when more than 20 nations enter Iraq after 12 years of U.N. resolutions failing), but the high-minded Russians entering Georgia is noble, as they are protecting Russian nationals (i.e. Soviets). It also can be seen in such places as the public school system. I will explain that in a later post. I love education, but I don't really care for a system that would rather an advanced student slow down to the pace of a not-so-advanced student--again, the lowest common denominator equals equality.