Is America’s Future worth Fighting For?
Posted on 08. Jul, 2011 by Tommy Newberry in The War on Success
America is an exceptional country and Americans are a special people. We have become the world’s preeminent military and economic power, its chief guarantor of free trade and international security, and its biggest advocate for democracy. We have gotten where we are not through luck or coincidence, but by adhering to a system of law, economy, and government founded more than 200 years ago on Judeo-Christian values.
Those values are now under attack. With the War on Success, longstanding American freedoms are at risk of compromise and dilution. And as John Adams wrote, “Liberty once lost is lost forever.” So we must decide: is success worth fighting for? Is America’s future worth the fight?
If we are defeated, we will lose the liberty that we have come to take for granted. We will lose the opportunity that inspired us. We will lose our dreams of success. And so will our children and their children. As a nation, we will lose our very identity. And the unmatched attractiveness, distinctiveness, and effectiveness of this nation will fade into a blended and commoditized world culture.
Our patriotic duty is to intelligently confront, debate, and defeat bad ideas. That is not the vision for which countless Americans veterans have sacrificed. From the Revolutionary War to the present day, Americans soldiers put their lives on the line to defend liberty and to keep Americans safe from tyranny. Our brave soldiers have not fought throughout history for statist and socialist dogma – they have fought against it. They have not risked their lives on far-away battlefields so they could return home to a listless, regimented nation crushed by the overwhelming demands and diktats of a leviathan government. As veteran after veteran from across the country has passionately told me, “I did not risk my life for socialism.” Our great military has fought for our founding ideals: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, not life liberty, and government-guaranteed happiness.
The War on Success is a war we can win. It is a war we must win. Now is the time to get out of the stands!
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