The Discerning Texan
All that is necessary for evil to triumph, is for good men to do nothing.
-- Edmund Burke
-- Edmund Burke
Monday, July 19, 2004
Parallels between 1944 and 2004
Victor Davis Hanson's latest column offers an excellent perspective on "mistakes made in war", particularly when viewed in the light of the "mistakes" that the Bush Administration is being criticized for. In an age where a suitcase nuke or catastrophic bioterror attack can kill hundreds of thousands of Americans while taking the rest of the world into an economic depression like it has never seen, it is good to remember the lessons of history. Only those generations who have an understanding of the real meaning of the word "sacrifice" and have chosen to step up when the going got tough (e.g. when Europeans would not...) have prevented the United States from ceasing to exist. We very well may be at a juncture in our history every bit as critical as 1944, or 1864, or even 1776. And with a not insignificant number of Islamist radicals actively seeking to wreak great death and devastation upon the United States and its people (even those who hate our President because it is European "chic" or fashionable in Hollywood to do so...), we ignore history at our own peril.
