The ANTI-Communist Manifesto

The situation today with the USA militarily involved in Iraq and Afghanistan is often lately and frequently compared to Vietnam. The most tragic and heartrending comparison is that of parents that may think that their child died ‘for nothing’. In the last 60 years, as now, nothing could be further from the truth.

When addressing the Cold War, it is often referred to as the war that was won “without firing a shot”. It is nothing like that. While the superpowers did not directly face off against each other, their “proxy” armies DID fight. Two conflicts particularly stand out.

In the Korean War, the first major conflict of the Cold War, western forces repelled the Communist invaders. Even as the war stalemated and innumerable soldiers from both sides died, the free South was protected from Communist domination. The mere existence of South Korea and its economic superiority prove that we WON that war.

The Vietnam ‘conflict’ is often called a lost war. While tragic and divisive, the fact that we stood up to the Communist monolith for all those years made them reconsider the will of the free world. No American life was lost in vain; the conflict was bigger than what happened on the ground. Had we allowed the Communists to take over countries at will, THAT would have been the loss.

Quite frankly, and stated somewhat parochially, our determination to fight in those conflicts are directly responsible for our continued freedom; reasons why we are NOT ruled by Soviets or Communist China.

The same applies today. Terrorists that would love nothing more than to destroy our way of life continue to stream into Iraq and Afghanistan to fight us. How simple is that? Let’s kill them over there, before they come over here. Because they WILL come over here. NO American life is “wasted” over there; the fight is the good fight for freedom. Our will to stand up to the Communists ended the Cold War; our will to stand up to the terrorists will preserve our freedom.