All those suddenly going wobbly on the war reminded me of something:
These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman…
Thomas Paine
These are trying times, with the press hyping up the admittedly horrible abuses at Abu Ghraib while ignoring the discovery of WMDs and the UN’s shameful Oil for Food scandal.
At the same time, it’s important to remember why we’re fighting – because the only way to win this war is to sever the Gordian knot of hatred, autocracy, and terrorism that has grown like a cancer in the Middle East. The only way that the terrorists can defeat us is if we allow ourselves to be defeated.
Now is not the time to be the summer soldier.
