Perhaps one of the most difficult concessions for we, the people to accept is the conclusion that our great United States can be, and one day might be, a helpless and insignificant wasteland of total devastation. We do not even allow ourselves to think of such a horrible occurrence. Here might lie an extreme handicap on our part. For instance, if we compare the United States' position today with that of 1945, all facts and figures would clearly indicate that there is no contest whatsoever. You see, in 1945, at the moment preceding the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the United States laid claim to a dominance never before held by any nation on earth. It could have dispatched troops or civilian personnel to countries everywhere and proceed to dictate an authority of its choice, maybe something similar to what General Douglas MacArthur wanted to do in Japan, throughout the world. No opposing power could have prevented such a feat.
Today? We will address that question a little later...
Our United States, continued...
Take any one of our large cities in this great United States of America and you will find huge structures reaching skyward, seemingly without any intent but to go higher and higher and higher, resembling some sort of endless magnificent architecture. And consider how at one time it was so simple a task to get in an automobile, to board a train, to hop on a plane, to do anything necessary to get us to one of these glamorous and most attractive metropolitan sites. Well, today the structures are still there, provided you can stand far off and be pleased with a partial view of what once was. That's because at ground level, extending great distances outward from the base of the buildings, you have concrete pillars and metal barriers being used as a means to protect the building and the people within from an outside menace or attack by a person or persons with an act of revenge. Does this sound like that great United States we had come to know? Does this in any way measure up to those magnificent days and nights when we cherished, honored, and with great pride laughed and promenaded our streets with the freedom of window-shopping with a great sigh at the lights and the glamor of the big city? You see, all we have to do is just be reasonable and look - just look - and our eyes will tell us what we see is not some sort of joke - it is not a sudden appearance of a make-believe, short-lived experience, but rather, this is the reality that has come upon our great America. And how do we know this? The very simple appearance of 9/11. And may I say again, as I have said before, what a pity it is that 9/11 was ever permitted to come to be.
However, let's not get away from the subject of America's greatness. It is one thing to be in a position to be ready and willing to defend your nation against some sort of external threat, but to do so without an examination of whether that threat is real or questionable is not only premature but can bring about an undesired problem. Consider our involvement in Yugoslavia during the William Jefferson Clinton administration... (To be continued)
Our Great United States?
There are at least two profound areas where somebody at some point and time should have been wise to our great United States as being simply too vulnerable; that is, too relaxed of the strong and steady hand necessary to guide, guard, and protect our national interest. One of those areas is the office of president and vice-president. We allow the presidential candidate to 'throw his hat in the ring' and then to choose his running mate. Such was the case in the Franklin Roosevelt - Harry Truman election. Here we had an indisputably powerful political leader as President, skillfully gaining control of the national budget, having as his Vice-president one of the most skillful administrators available. Had President Roosevelt lived for the next thousand years, he would have retained his presidency of our great United States, but such was not to be. So, with the death of President Roosevelt and our country coming under the leadership of Vice-president Harry S Truman, we have the pure and simple dramatization of our country's vulnerability. You see, President Truman possessed many wonderful skills and was an excellent administrator, but he was not, nor could he ever have been, a prescribed leader for our great United States. 'Everybody,' including the Congress, began their attack on this 'vulnerability' at the outset, and continue to this day. Thus even 9/11 awaited its turn to take center stage. Continued>>
