In light of people losing faith...

In light of people losing faith in the struggle between our forces and the forces of evil in Iraq, a friend mentioned the following website where Isaac Asimov wrote about the entire Star Spangled Banner. There have been more than one instance where our country (usually it's armed forces) have face tough situations that looked bleak and it's worth noting that the anthem of our country asks the question that essentially asks, "Oh friend, do you see if we have a country to return to or are we now subjects of the crown or prisoners. It was a violent fight last night, with rockets and all, but our flag was still flying so our boys must have stuck with the fight." Every other time I read (sing) the anthem I tear up some as there is no worse feeling as wondering and hanging on a prayer if putting your life on the line was worth it.

I have seen the war protesters on the street corner outside the CNN Center and though I know they are looking for a fight I keep walking, holding my tongue. It is sad and disturbing that such pitiful beings God has blessed with freedom and luxury. Personally I do know enough about how things got started in Iraq due to the 41st President (the GHW Bush) of our nation not continuing the strategy of the 40th President (Reagan) of our nation and allowing himself to be manipulated by the Saudi muslims into a war for whatever reasons that now they have to sweat over. But unfortunately the sequence of events since our "freeing" of Kuwait have made it so that we had to "reset" the leadership in Iraq to a more "trusted" ally. If the Shah of Iran was a "bad" man, then Saddam was the devil himself. His sons did enough bad deeds to warrant being killed and they, in my opinion, knew more about the terrorist groups than their father. We are giving the Iraqi people an incredible opportunity to become as modern as possible in today's world. I don't think we should abandon them just because Iran and Saudi Arabia don't want them to succeed.

http://www.purewatergazette.net/asimov.htm