This post is in response to some of the comments made about Paul Johnson, who was decapitated by terrorists.

I never claimed that war was either civilized, or for the good of civilization. I’m an American, and the cold hard truth is that the only way we will maintain our way of life, our freedom, and our safety is through war.

You asked the question “does anyone really win”. I can only assure you that, yes, there is a winner and a looser. The reason the fighting takes place is to decide whom those titles go to.

I am neither stupid nor arrogant enough to say that there are no sacrifices, or that there are no loses that come with victory. There are. In any war, the horror of the loss of life alone is beyond my ability with words to describe.

But we go to war only to avert an even greater horror.

The question you have to ask yourself is: would your life be different right now if the Communists had won the Cold War? What about if Germany had won World War II? Do you think you would be better off?

Roll

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