what happened to us?

Last night I was watching the excellant documentary on the History Channel, "World War 2 in HD" (poor name but good film). While showing film clips of the invasion of Tarawa by the marines, they explained that the marines were coming to the beaches in landing craft that needed four feet of water, but that the coral reef around the island had only three feet of water above it. As a result, the 5000 marines had to jump into the water and wade over 700 yards to the shore while carrying their equipment and being sprayed with machine gun fire from Japanese pill boxes on the shore. By the end of the day, 30% of the marines were dead or wounded. Nevertheless, more marines were landed on the second day, and they went on to take the island from the Japanese defenders.

The idea that men would brave intolerable conditions under fire and go on to victory is a testament to the bravery and grit of the marines. It made me wonder, however, what happened to us as a country. I believe that the marines could still carry out an operation like this, but I doubt that our political leaders could even imagine such an event. Right now, Obama is dithering about whether or not to send additional troops to Afghanistan, all the while leaving those already there is ever increasing danger. Since the delay seems to be politically motivated, on has to wonder if the president is even remotely concerned about our brave men and women in that country. Similarly, the obamacrats are in the process of conveying constitutional rights on the terrorists who killed thousands on 9-11 as part of their war on us. This recipe for disaster is likely to result in the release of these monsters (which will no doubt be praised by the Obamacrats as a victory for the constitution). It will be interesting to see how they explain away the deaths of more Americans as these monsters go back to the old jobs as jihadists.

When did we lose our way? When did the crazies start running the country? How could those who are at best delusional end up in control? Sad questions to ponder indeed.