Opinion 4 Everything

So, let me get this straight, the newly "elected" president of Iran was a key figure in the infamous Hostage situation over 25 years ago.

So, I was surprised today when I had to justify to someone why the United States is involved in the Middle East.

Well, I figure, we can do one of two things:

1. We can remove/bring back all of our troops, then we will have them here in the States to deploy when our enemies attack us. (read: reactive)

2. We can fight our enemies in their country, destroying their cities, and keep them busy so they will be less-able to attack the United States. (read: proactive)

I don't know about you, but I choose #2. To me, the "war" on terror is like the "war" on drugs; it is a never-ending war that we must diligently fight as a pre-emptive national security measure. I am not willing to give up on the war on drugs because it is expensive and because people get killed; similarly, I refuse to give up on the war on terror, even though it is expensive and people get killed.

The more we fight narco-terrorists, destroy drug producing regions and fight the problem at the source before drugs get into the USA, the safer we are as law abiding citizens.

The more we fight ethno-terrorists, destroy terror cells and fight the enemy at the source before it gets to the USA, the safer we are as citizens.

So, when I remind people that Saddam Hussein was a threat to the USA, that Iran has a terrorist as its president, that Syria (and probably Pakistan) are pouring terrorists into Iraq to fight the USA, the more I ask, "Why not be in the Middle East?"

December 17, 2004 in an opinion written for the U.S. Attorney General by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Legal Council:
"The Second Amendment secures a right of individuals generally, not a right of States or a right restricted to persons serving in militias."

Pay attention to any high profile legal case today, watch any episode of Law & Order or just pay attention to the legal system and you will find countless people breaking the law and getting off on technicalities. You will find even more people who continually break the law and have legal teams, "Celebrity Attorneys," and even such organizations as the ACLU bending over backwards to protect the rights of the accused.

And I applaud them, people deserve to have their rights protected.

However, why doesn't the ACLU protect my Second Amendment Rights?

~I have the "right" to publish all the porn I want, even if children can get to it;
~I have the "right" to organize a Klan rally at my State capital building, even if someone there used my words as fuel to eventually commit a crime;
~I have a "right" to have any illegally-gathered-evidence thrown out of court, even if it proves that I killed 10 people;
~I have a "right" to talk about suicide even though you might use my words as advice on how to do it;
~You have a "right" to do what you want; but to protect that "right," I have the "right" to do what I want.

I have a right to own a gun, even though you might commit a crime with your gun.

You can not restrict my rights because I "might" commit a crime, and you can not restrict my rights because someone else commited a crime.

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