Saturday, October 16, 2004
Another Red State Letter to the NY Times
Now here's an analogy for you:
Oh, and converted us all to Catholicism.
To the Editor:Gosh darn it, Steven is right. Why, where would we be if back in 1776 the French hadn't invaded the British colonies in America, wiped out the Red Coats, and appointed the Marquis de Lafayette President?
Thomas L. Friedman decries President Bush's focus on 9/11 and the fight against terrorism. He wants to "put terrorism back into perspective," and not allow Sept. 11 to "become a day that defines us." It's about "the bad guys," he says, but "we're about the Fourth of July."
Has Mr. Friedman forgotten what the Fourth of July is about? It commemorates the fight for the same principles as those President Bush is leading the fight for today: freedom from oppression; an end to the powers of tyranny; the rights of self-government, life and liberty for all people.
The people of Afghanistan and Iraq, long crushed under murderous tyrannies, are now being set free and are beginning to taste those same cherished values that we fought for in 1776 and that we fight to bring to them today.
No doubt there have been and will be failures and setbacks. But it is a noble fight.
Steven Sittser
Ballwin, Mo., Oct. 15, 2004
Oh, and converted us all to Catholicism.
