I was watching Battle rattle on National Geographic; which is a good show. But anyway this "fake reporter" was asking the soldier to "Name a functioning Islamic democracy". The problem with that question I think is that even when America formed none existed. We based a large part of our government on the Iroquois and other Native Americans. That's right, those "savages" are where we got our government; surprise, surprise, surprise. They even gave women rights long before even America thought about it...but I digress. I am not going to give a complete history lesson here because you should have paid attention in class.
Then I hear on another show about how Iraq still doesn't have a constitution yet, blah blah. I suppose the media never took history so here is a quick reminder for those of you reading this. The 13 colonies with proper and educated leadership; all with the same goal in mind; after the revolution, took from 1776 to 1787...11 years of peaceful effort to come up with a paper that all 13 colonies would sign. This is our present constitution that we all love and enjoy today. We did not have a constitution when the revolution ended, it took us 11 years to write one; 11 years after the war ended before we came up with our constitution. Yet Americans expect the Iraqi's who have had different ideologies that go back thousands of years to have this drawn up in just a few years while a war is still going on? We couldn't do it, so why do you expect someone else to do it? Give these people time guys, give them time to understand what freedom is about.
No other Islamic country in the world exist with a free and proper democracy, not a single one so let Iraqi's and Afghan's show the world they can do it. But you have to give them time, and support. When did America become a country of quitters? Why does everyone expect these people to instantly accept the idea of freedom? We are a country of "can do" not a country of "can't" so let our soldiers do their job so that the Iraqi and Afgani learn to be free for the first time in thier history. Give these people a few years to understand what we have in America that has been 200 years + in the making. It took us a long time to get to the place we are today so you can't expect these people to just one day wake up and understand democracy.
"I support the troops but not the war" is the next bullshit line I hear from you liberal assholes. Bullshit, didn't catch that? Bullshit! Bullshit! Bullshit! You do not support our troops, you are just playing the PC game which is a bunch of pussy ass bullshit. Ranger up and say what the fuck you mean instead of playing games. At least those commie loving assholes during Vietnam were honest; they spat on our boys when they come home but at least they did not pretend to support our men and women in uniform while they disagreed with the war. The war may not be justified but we are there now and we need to support our soldiers and the job they are doing. So you either support them or you don't but do not half ass it.
The job they are doing is important and if we half ass this then we do not deserve the privilege and honor we have right now. We might have screwed up going into Iraq or maybe not but that is beside the point. We are there now and the job our men and women are doing needs to be finished. We need to make sure they have the support they need to get the job done and to support the Iraqi and Afgani people while they rebuild and learn from us.
Let me put this a different way so maybe you liberals will understand since you seem slower than most. Do you expect a child to suddenly change his behavior simply because you change the rules they are used to? If you adopt a child that has been abused do you expect him to instantly change over night because he is in a safe environment? How about a dog that has been beaten his entire life? Well that is all these people have known their entire lives; they do not know or understand what it means to be free. So how about you cut them some fucking slack and let our soldiers do their jobs and remember that it takes more than a few days, months or even years to form a "functioning democracy".
