Reply to Jared's post

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I agree and disagree with Jared about several things in this article. Although I do believe that torture is legitimate in certain circumstances, I don't believe that if a country stops using it completely it makes them soft. On the other hand it's easy to see today the weakening resolve in the Western World, more so in Europe and Canada than the U.S.A. An excellent example of this attitude is seen when looking at the "war on terror." When things were looking bad in Iraq a lot of Americans wanted, and still want the troops to be pulled out. They say that we're losing to many innocent lives and fighting for nothing. They forget that the "great generation" who fought the world wars, lost exponentially more soldiers and the public knew how important it was to defend our freedoms. I think that the public today doesn't have this resolve anymore. As long as we have our luxuries we can sit back and wait till our freedoms erode.

In Afghanistan this can also be seen. Canada has lost 80 soldiers and are thinking about pulling out. Are you kidding me? Each life is important, but don't they realize that the spreading of freedom is also an important goal. Other countries in Europe are also unwilling to put their soldiers in combat situations, in fear of causalities. This of course is what soldiers are for, they're not supposed to be doing nothing. It seems that nobody wants to do the dirty work anymore and stop terror.

In future wars how many deaths will be seen as to much. 10,5,1, or should we just give in because we don't want to lose our lives. This attitude is summed up perfectly by Ehud (Sleazebag) Olmert, who said, " We are tired of fighting, we are tired of being courageous, we are tired of winning, we are tired of defeating our enemies, we want that we will be able to live in an entirely different environment of relations with our enemies." Can you imagine if Churchill had said this during the Second World War. Instead, he said,"we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender".

This is all part of the Western World developing self-hatred towards itself. We are becoming ashamed of our history, by only looking at the bad. We see no value in our culture, and let others hijack ours. We give other religions and culture free reign as not to defend them. In Britain this week the Archbishop of Canterbury said it was inevitable that Sharia law would take hold in Britain, suggesting it can't be stopped. Where is the fight for our heritage, culture and our freedoms?

We can't get soft, we must stay proud.