Nobody Plays to Lose
Fri, Jan 8, 2010
Last night’s national championship football game between Alabama and Texas was a fine example of adversarial opponents showing up to battle with one common goal: winning. No team ever enters a game with the intention of losing. Sometimes, teams and players understand that they may be underdogs and up against a formidable foe, but never does a team play to lose.
Al Qaida and similar extreme Muslim terror organizations didn’t start a war with the West to lose. They understand they are up against a formidable foe and their likelihood of eventual success is low, but they will not roll over. Their goal is to disrupt and alter the way of life for the West. Their goal is not acquisition of land or domination of economies or any other measure of empires, but rather to bring into awareness their ideals and to empower themselves through force.
After the Skid Mark bomber tried to blow up the Northwest airlines flight from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day (chosen specifically because of the religious significance) news stories regarding the missteps of security were abundant. President B. Hussein was on vacation at the time and did not leave the Great State of Hawaii to address the issue. After all, one would hate to ruin the fun of Sasha, Malia and the furless, sleeveless 8th Wonder of the World, Michelle to address the free world or the millions who put their stock in this President’s leadership. Thirteen days later, after the sun and the surf are only embodied by the 4X6 glossies in the photo album of the Oval Office, the President has stated that “ultimately, the buck stops with me.” Liberals will tout how excited they are that they “Finally have a President that will accept responsibility.” Of course, if accepting responsibility long after the news cycle is acceptable, President Bush still has time to appease them for everything he’s ever done: ever.
Credit is being overlooked for those responsible for keeping terror at bay every day. Emphasis is put in security agencies, airlines and politicians, but rarely do the vigilant Americans receive their just due. Each day, thousands of Americans board commercial airliners. Each day, Americans are copiously aware of their surroundings. Americans have watched enough of Jack Bauer and John McClain to at the very least have the bravado enough to smother a dangerous situation in the air. As happened with the Fruit of the Boom on Christmas Day, American citizens are heroes lying in wait for their opportunity to shine. The greatest adversary terror faces, and the contingency on which they lack planning, is the will and fortitude of the free thinking American people. It is this distinction that makes the war on terror an inevitable loss for those who wish harm to the West.
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