While Democrats always seem to be in favor of equality, and "fairness", these two things are not the true legacy of the United States. "Equality" is not truly fair. "Equality"puts concrete boots on those born with wings. Liberty is the only thing that can allow the common man to live up to his potential, regardless of birth. Liberty is what has made our nation a "City on a Hill."
In the year that the Berlin Wall came down, I witnessed with great excitement an event that was decades in the making. I also witnessed the fall of the Soviet Union. Though the creeping shadow of socialism and communism always find their way into the free world, only liberty can resist and strike down tyranny. Fearlessness in the face of terror and oppression make our country the best place to come to in the world.
Things have gotten a bit cushy here though. We long for comfort sometimes over freedom. Freedom can be uncomfortable. Sometimes freedom means standing up as a lone voice, going places one wishes not to go, suffering under oppressive acts no one wishes to suffer under.
The people of Iran live in tyranny. Our current president for all his talk of "hope" and "change" seems to lack a bit in the courage department. He should be speaking out on the side of the people of Iran. After all, it is "the people" in our nation who elected him president. Or was it the government machine, placing him up to be the "people's" tyrant, a man who has become our arrogant and "enlightened" despot? I don't fully believe that last sentence, but his lack of courage in the face of Iran's tyranny really makes me wonder. His shoving of government healthcare down our throats, his failure to truly stand up for those oppressed by the heavy hand of taxes and unruly and unyielding government, most significantly, his failure to stand up for the unborn, and yes, even his failure to stand up for the rights of even those who speak out against him, and more, all gravely disappoint me; these things should also gravely disappoint you.
Mr. President, now is your time to stand up for the people of Iran and those all over the Middle East. This is your "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down that wall!" moment. If you do not stand with the people, your lack of courage and "unwillingness to meddle" will make you one of history's greatest "fence-sitters", rather than one of history's greatest presidents. Now is your moment. We are the "City on the Hill" not the "City that is Still." Tyranny is always marching; only liberty can stand against it.
Links:
Article on Iran Protests
McCain's Response to Obama's lack of Courage
Bush Gets "Back in the Saddle"
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