General Stanley McChrystal resigned Wednesday from his position as commander in Afghanistan. His resignation was necessary because of his blatant insubordination toward the Obama administration.
First of all, his resignation was completely called for. What he said in his interview with Rolling Stone was overstepping his bounds, and he never should have done it.
That being said, how much more is this country going to turn to pacifism?
When President Obama was running for office, he said that he wanted to get our troops out of Iraq. I understand the sentiment, as I have had several friends that have served in Iraq.
One of my friends’ brothers died over there and another was hurt badly in an explosion. I can see the horrible consequences of the war, but I really believe Iraq still needs our help.
One of President Obama’s first acts in office was the closing of Guantanamo Bay — a U.S. detention camp in Cuba formerly used to hold terrorism suspects without rights provided by the Geneva Convention. I have to believe this was done as a way to stop violations of human rights.
For the lack of a better way to put this, anyone that tries to kill innocent Americans in our country in an act of terrorism deserves what they get. Would anyone that was alive on September 11, 2001 want to see one of those terrorists in a civilian court with the possibility of getting off?
Now, before you freak out, I know they would not get away with it, I am not that stupid. But enemy combatants are just that. And much more, they are terrorists. We should treat them as terrorists, not as U.S. citizens. If guilty, they do not deserve the right to a trial.
When the “Underwear Bomber” attempted to blow up a plane on Dec. 25 of last year, I was upset to say the least. It made me question whether flying anywhere was safe if a man on a no-fly list could not only board a plane, but board that plane with a bomb in his pants.
Now that man is going to be tried in a civilian court. The man tried to blow up a jetliner in a terrorist attack and he is being prosecuted in US courts. He is not even a US citizen by any means, so how does he deserve that?
Now that McChrystal is out of a job in Afghanistan, I wonder whether we will have any chance of staying there. He may have been replaced, but I doubt Petraeus will be as strong or as willing to do what is necessary as McChrystal. Osama Bin Laden seeks to kill Americans, and there is no way around that. Don’t you think it would be best to find that man and give him what is coming to him?
What happens if we leave Afghanistan? Will we ever find him? Will the frequency of terrorist attacks increase? I have to believe that they will.
This whole sequence of events our current administration has begun is leading toward indifference. It is almost beyond indifference — it almost seems as if they are encouraging terrorists to attack us. But don’t you worry; Janet Napolitano says that the system works. Who doesn’t trust her?
We are slowly but surely pulling out of Iraq, and there is still work to be done over there. I will not be surprised if we leave and the country regresses back to the way it was when Saddam Hussein was running things.
We have no where else but Gitmo to put the men that are being prosecuted for terrorist attacks. I have heard at one point that the men in Gitmo could wind up in prison in Ill. I really don’t know if that’s true, but if it is, I seriously doubt that our country would be for that.
We are prosecuting the underwear bomber in a civilian court. I think that is all that I need to say on that one.
What is next? Do we pull out of Afghanistan now that McChrystal is done? I don’t know what is going to happen but I really wish that I could feel that our government is trying to protect us from imminent threats. And terrorism is an imminent threat, don’t kid yourself.
I really hope that President Obama does not have to deal with a terrorist attack, but if he doesn’t start being proactive in defending this country, and above all what we stand for, I am afraid that is just what could happen.