Current – #301 - #51 - What exactly do you want America to become?

Do you want America to become “the world’s policeman”?
Do you want America to become “the world’s answer to poverty and inhuman conditions”?
Do you want America to become “a world evangelist for Democracy”?
Do you want America to become “a world military power”?

Or…. Do you want America to try and protect its “standard of living”, its particular “values”, and its present “defensive posture”?

All of this requires a “price to pay”! Are you willing to give up something? Are you willing to “pay” some price?
If “it” requires you to give up some privacy, are you willing to do it? If “it” requires you to give up some of your Constitutional values, are you still willing to “pay”…. to give up?
How about some “freedom of speech”? If you can’t say “FIRE”! in a crowded theater, what is permissible in a state of war?

It is interesting to find those persons unwilling to do anything while we are at war! What do they “give up”?
Do those who love the Constitution so much, are they among those who won’t pay any price?

Do we abandon the Constitution? Do we forget about our cherished, hard won values? No!...but we modify , carefully, those that are inappropriate in a state of war. Do we have to attack our Constitution? No…the temporary modifications will be small and, we hope, in a short time span.

We don’t want to be the “world’s policeman”!
We cannot solve the world’s poverty problem with our own resources!
We don’t want everyone to love Democracy. We already know that some civilizations are not ready!
We understand the limitations of military power! After all, we don’t want anything from anybody. All we want is a way to preserve the American continent, with peace and justice for all!

What exactly do you want America to become?