The strategy against the American radical left should be the same as General Douglas MacArthur employed against the Japanese in the Pacific . . . bypass their strongholds, then surround them, isolate them, bombard them, then blast the individuals out of their power bunkers with hand-to-hand combat. The battle for Iwo Jima was not pleasant, but our troops won it. The battle to regain the soul of America won 't be pleasant either, but we will win it.
I think Robertson underestimates the pleasure of the task for those who are performing it. It is by now abundantly clear that "the American radical left " refers to those who believe in Social Security and Medicaid every bit as much as gays and abortionists. (In that regard, it 's interesting to note the recent opening of a museum near Cincinnati that "explains the post-Flood world . . . when dinosaurs lived with man. " This "museum " is dedicated to the idea that "the world and the universe are but 6,000 years old and that baby dinosaurs rode in Noah 's ark. " There 's more than one way to isolate a liberal.)
So when George W. Bush, fielding a prearranged question, tells the nation that we may have an avian flu pandemic that could require quarantines enforced by the military, I sense
another opportunity zone for the fearmongers. You 'd have to stop the planes, so people can 't go out, Bush said in the press conference, and use the military to prevent people going in.
What then? Use your imagination. Perhaps there would be reports of civil unrest within the secured perimeters: looting, rape, murder. Unlike the police, soldiers, as Kathleen Blanco so eloquently warned, shoot to kill. Would armed troops go door to door looking for the sick? What about food, water, medicine --think all that would arrive in a timely fashion? How much better are your odds if you live in a Republican area?
I 'm sure you can add to the list. The important thing is that we don 't soften or forget what we have seen.
