November 20, 2013

Evil Is Evil

By Tammy Derouin

America no longer sets the standard for the world to follow.  There was a time when we defended the weak, stood by our allies, sent aid to those in need and provided shelter to those fleeing oppression.  We’ve destroyed our moral compass causing us to wander aimlessly with no sense of direction.  We wait to be led, thereby giving up control and freedom.   

Vladimir Putin and Russia appear to have taken the lead role on the world stage.  France is the only country willing to question the nuclear intentions of Iran.  The world no longer respects the United States.  The Middle East, the land of our enemies, no longer fears our presence.  Our reaction to world events is no longer predictable.  We’ve surrendered the soul of our nation to evil.  We’ve become weak and quite frankly, it’s pathetic. 

Back when America was strong and Americans were free, we not only stood for what was right, we announced it to the world.  We actually knew who our enemies were, and get this; we confronted and fought them when necessary.  What a novel concept; identified, confronted and vilify ones enemies. 

I recently watched music videos from a bye-gone area.  Back when artists could think for themselves, they told a story as they wished to tell it.  Freedom of speech wasn’t limited to the agenda of the ruling party.   They choreographed words and music with a visual theme that became a music video.  Sometimes creativity spawned love of country or pride in the American way of life.  A video could illustrate struggles that we’ve overcome as well as the pride and courage it took to achieve the desired goal.  The United States was a friend to those who valued individual freedom and foe to those who wished to oppress others.  We didn’t hide our convictions.  We knew where we stood.  Our enemies knew if they pushed us, there would be consequences.

I can’t even begin to imagine the consequences of a video where our present day enemies are depicted as our enemies.  I think the American people know who they are but the federal government refuses to acknowledge them.  Can you imagine the backlash of even hinting that a radical Islamic group or individual could be the “bad guy” in a video?  Our president might get a nasty note about racist American citizens openly using their freedoms as guaranteed in our Bill of Rights.  He might even feel pressure to apologize for our freedoms and blame a video for insighting violence in a country on the other side of the...  Oh wait, that actually happened.

We knew Hitler was our enemy during WW II.  What if the government would have thought it insensitive to depict Nazis as just misguided individuals who didn’t get enough hugs or some ridiculous thing?  What if members of the Nazi Party began to visit the White House as guests while we were fighting them in Europe?  What if they began to appear on the president’s staff?  How about letting them change our training manuals, the ones American troops use for fighting the Nazis?  What if our troops were denied their weapons in the presence of other Nazis, because we wouldn’t want to appear intimidating?  The list goes on.  It’s really quite incriminating.  All you need to do is look at what our president has done with our current enemies and apply it to history.  I wonder, what would have happened?  

Evil is evil.  Our government refuses to identify it.  Apparently we don’t have any enemies because terrorism doesn’t exist.  If we don’t recognize terrorism, the easier it will be for our enemies to make sure Israel doesn’t exist. 

If we, as a nation don’t stop this political correct nonsense and call our enemy our enemy, we will be destroyed.  We will be destroyed from within.  The seeds have not only been planted, they have taken root. 

We have allowed fear of our own government to control our logic and common sense.  Our press is terrified and too weak to report the real news.  Our entertainment industry is falling in lock-step with the president.  Story lines will validate the ruling party and its propaganda. If we really have become a socialist country, the next logical step is communism.

The most evil and ruthless rulers used fear to gain control.  They also knew they had to disarm the people.  The Nazis promised to protect the Jewish population and we know how that ended; that is, if you believe the holocaust took place.  Our president has turned his back on Israel. He’s friendly or non-aggressive with those who question the holocaust as well as those who openly call for the destruction of Israel and the United States.  

“The system of domination is founded on depriving nations of their true identity. It seeks to deprive nations of their culture, identity, self-confidence and in this way dominate them.”

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad