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Immature protests ignore need to fight radical Islam

[F]or those who protested during Bush’s inauguration, they should realize they lost and stand behind the commander in chief. … If you want to help this country, stand behind it or move to Canada.

You are liberal in college. Then you graduate and grow up.

Phillip Sitges
UNM alumnus

I have been observing presidents since Kennedy. I have never seen any use the “Commander-in-Chief” title as much as George W. Bush, our War President. I have never seen another president strut in a flight suit. I have never seen another have a military-style jacket created just for him. I have never seen another use “crisis” to drive everything.

Even 35 years ago, in the days of “America – Love It or Leave It” and abundant flag-decals, no one so glorified the Presidency and wrapped it in the flag. Our fellow citizens tell the 48% who opposed Bush to shut up, move on, get over it, get in line or move to Canada.

We are not fighting “radical” Islam. We were surprised by a craven but tiny sect of “reactionary Islam.” We have thrown fuel on that small fire in over-reacting with our own home-grown and very dangerous reactionary conservatism.

“Commander-in-Chief”? Auf deutsch sagt man “der Fuehrer.”

Still a liberal American after all these many years, mjh

[printed 2/2/05 in the Daily Lobo]

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