Dec 07 2008
Infamy?
December 7, 1941–Pearl Harbor Day. Commonly referred to as the day that will live forever in infamy. I agree completely with that description but today, over 60 years later…for a different reason.
I had the great pleasure of living on Pearl Harbor in the late ’80’s and early ’90’s. I visited the Arizona Memorial and frequently would see the bullet holes left from that day at various sites around the island. I wasn’t a history scholar (a scholar of any kind for that matter??!! LOL) but I knew what that war was about. We were attacked by a foreign enemy who was attacking us and other countries in somewhat of a frenzy. We declared war, fought back and kicked butt.
That’s what makes Pearl Harbor and December 7 infamous to me. It was the last time this country engaged in a war for a clear and precise reason with a crystal clear enemy and an undeniable victory.
Since then our wars have been ‘conflicts’ and our victories have been anything but….victories. Sad, but true.
The brave men and women that lost their lives that day, all 2390 of them….their deaths were avenged and the loss of their lives, while more than tragic–lead this nation into a war that it emerged clearly as a World Class Superpower from…! Our economy was strong, our morale was high and the respect for this nation was palpable anywhere in the world!
What about now? Our death toll stands at 4,523. Are we sure we attacked this country for clear and precise reasons? Are we kicking butt? I am sure you all can answer that for yourselves….and as the mother of a United States Soldier deployed in Iraq, I can answer it with far more conviction than you’re interested in hearing.
If you feel like me, I would much rather be infamous for kicking butt and defending the constitution than the fiasco we are on the worldwide stage with right now. It’s time to do your civil duty, educate yourselves on foreign and domestic affairs and do your part to ensure our elected leaders restore our country to what she was as a result of December 7, 1941……infamous for kicking butt!
You are so right in how you say thing. There is no real victory in any war really. Like Master Sun from the Art of War quoted ‘ The best General is the one that can prevent the War’. Great blog.