When I was 14 years old, the biggest tragedy hit
American soil since Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. At the time, my parents were homeschooling my
brother and I, and the morning of September 11, 2001, I woke up to the news of
the first plane hitting the first tower.
My mom decided we were going to still go on our morning walk, and when
we returned there was the second plane hitting the second tower. We knew America was under attack.
As I continued to watch the news, another plane flew
into the Pentagon. The terrorists had
just flown a plane into the symbol of the strongest military in the world. America was in this state of gloom and
despair. However, the terrorists
couldn’t keep Americans down long. The
American spirit in defense of freedom and liberty showed her face when the
first American heroes sacrificed their lives in defense of their country on
United Flight 93.
It became very clear to me that those radical
Islamic terrorists were declaring an official war on the greatest country in
the world. It’s okay to have a
disagreement with President Bush’s policy decisions concerning the Global War
on Terror and foreign policy. However,
the fact is that President Bush was one of the first to recognize that 9/11 was
an act of war, and had the strong leadership capability to treat it as a war
instead of as a law enforcement matter. President Bush
protected Americans from other terrorist attacks, and put in place policies
and infrastructure that allowed President Obama to be able to make the call to
kill Usama bin Laden.
The Global War on Terrorism isn’t a conventional
war. We’re fighting an enemy that is
committed to finding ways to kill anyone who supports the spread of freedom and
liberty, and an enemy willing to use innocent civilians as shields.
America is the biggest and the strongest country
militarily and economically in the world.
We are the only country in the position to take a strong leadership
position in this ideological fight for freedom and liberty. However, right now we have leadership in
Washington that is pushing policies that is crippling our economic and military
strength at a time when no other country is strong enough to fill the void that
would happen if America were to collapse.
A stronger and freer economy can and will lead to a
stronger defense and military. America
needs leaders in Washington who understand that a free economy is needed to
build a strong defense. If our economy
continues to weaken, we won’t be able to continue sustaining the strongest
military in the world. We will no longer
be in a leadership position to defend freedom and liberty abroad. America needs leaders who will renew American
leadership if we are going to win this ideological war for the survival of
freedom and liberty everywhere.
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