Essays

It is so easy to say WE should be at war.  WE should do something.  But is it ever that easy to sift out the pros and the cons of any conflict?  Jeremiah was cast into prison for telling Judah which side of the conflict God said they should stand on.  In our own Civil War there were ministers on both sides calling down the wrath of God on the other side and begging for victory for their side. 

No war has ever been popular with 100% of the people.  In the war in heaven one third of God's children fought against Him.  In the War of Independence one third of our country was Tory.  In the Civil War Lincoln had to resort to strong arm tactics to stay in office.  Popular history cuts all of that out.  We now look back at World War II and say that America stood united.  It wasn't so.  Only the draft put enough soldiers in the field. Almost half the people in the United States wanted to let Europe drown in its own battles and pour all our resources into the Pacific Theater.  Eisenhower and Patton were both heaped with calumny.  Harsh criticisms hounded them and Congress screamed constantly for their release right along with members of the media. 

Nor can you listen to the media for direction today.  First it thundered for MORE troops in Viet Nam, then it roared with indignation that our troops should be there at all.  Our first troops went off as heroes, though many of them were reluctant and concerned -- and our last troops came home despised for loyally following orders by the very people WE elected. 

There is no justice in that, only shame.  In a republic we get what we vote for and we are guilty of what we get especially if we would not vote.  To condemn our citizen army troops for being loyal is worse than cutting your throat to spite your face. 

Not only do our troops deserve our support, our national survival depends on it.  If you disagree with this war it is the people you elected that should be removed, not our fellow citizens out there on the battle lines.  Straighten your neighbors out with sound essays and vivid rhetoric, but leave the troops alone or cheer them on like they were engaged in a football game; their job is hard enough without fighting you too.

The essays you see posted here were accepted because they make valid points of an original nature and are not mindless chants or repetitions someone else originated.