We are All Hokies: In rememberance of the tragedy at Virginia Tech (4/16/07)

The Conservative Files would like to express its sympathies to the campus community of Virginia Tech over the recent tragedy that has befallen that university. May God grant them peace and allow them to finish the year in comfort and happiness.



Author's Note: I have been following this event closely, but have not had the chance to post on it until now.

Enemies Among Us

If it were any other subject, I may apologize for the angry tone, but the latest events regarding Democrat opposition to the War on Terror warrant no apology from myself, but from them regarding their defeatist attitude that has the potential to undermine our troops in the field. This will be one of my most angry post (may very well be the only one), but I do not apologize for it.

On Thursday, Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada effectively said "the war is lost". Then today, the Vermont Senate approved 16-9 a resolution calling for the impeachment of both President Bush and VP Cheney. This just proves that the Democratic Party has been taken over by the defeatist fanatics of the far-left.

I submit to you that these two actions border on treason. Actually, an argument can be made under the Constitution that they are treason. I submit to you Article III, Section 3 of the Constitution, which states:

Section 3. Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.

The Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of treason, but no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture except during the life of the person attainted.

As you can see, the actions above, Sen. Reid's comment and the action of the Vermont Senate can be considered as "giving them (our enemies) aid and comfort", and, since both actions are public in nature, all that is needed is the testimony of two witnesses. I say its high time that we deal with acts of treason in our country that undermine our war effort.

Our troops have a hard enough time battling the elements in the Middle East as well as terrorists without having to hear demoralizing comments from the likes of far-left Democrats and their allies. Conservatives, WAKE UP and hold these people accountable for their actions. Remember what happened to Trent Lott after the Strom Thurmond comment? Don't let the left get away with saying much worse things than that.

To Sen. Reid, you owe every American and especially every member of our armed forces an apology for your comment. You are undermining our troops in harms way with your irresponsible political rhetoric. You offer no solution to winning our war on terror, but only offer defeat. The only way Iraq will be like Vietnam is if you cut and run like the Democrats before you did to South Vietnam. We are winning the war militarily, but you and your fellow Democrats stand to take us down the road to political defeat. Let our troops do their job and give them the funding they need to do it, and unless you have a better solution other than surrender, then SHUT THE HELL UP.

To the Senators of Vermont, define for me what high crimes or misdemeanors that Bush or Cheney have committed. Oh wait, YOU CAN'T because their are none. You are only bowing before the altar of left-wing extremism and are attempting to score political points with America-haters. You all just need to stay up there in Montpelier and be quiet and let the grown-ups fight the war on terror.

America, now more than ever is the time to get behind our men and women in uniform and support their fight. Send letters and gifts to them and let them know that while some politicians don't care about them that you do. Write to Sen. Reid and express your outrage with his comment and write to the Senators of Vermont and express your outrage with their resolution. Let's stand united against the forces that seek to destroy our country both outside our borders and within.

Author's Note: Before I get barraged by emails telling me to put my money where my mouth is and serve in the military, I am physically disqualified from service from poor eyesight. I would give anything to be in uniform serving my country, but can't.

Seeking New Authors

I do my best given the lack of time I have to write new posts to make this blog something. My dad (William) does his part from time to time as well. Well, now I am calling on you, my faithful conservative readers, to consider joining the team and contributing for this site. You do not need to post every day, or even every week. You do need to have a passion for writing and conservatism and know what you are talking about. If you are interested in contributing to this blog, please email me (click on my name and you'll find my email) and provide me the following:

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Please note that this is obviously unpaid work, but if you are interested in joining my dad and I on spreading conservative thought, we would love to have you aboard. Sorry, no liberals for contributors, but we welcome your comments and discussion as well as your readership. So, to sum up, if you like writing and are a proud conservative with strong ideas, please consider being a part of The Conservative Files team.

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Why Bash Israel?

I originally wrote this article for my college newspaper in response to an article by a fellow student that was of an anti-American, anti-Israeli nature. I hope you enjoy it.

While reading the Dec. 15 issue of The Rambler, I stumbled across an article that worried me. First, it cited all these actions by the Israeli Defense Force against international people trying to help Palestinians. While it is a noble thing to try to help people, going into a war zone is not the way to do it. These people were playing with fire that they obviously could not handle, and unfortunately, for them, they were burned and paid for it with their lives. It also cited mention several instances of “violent US incursions” into such places as South Korea, South Vietnam, Grenada, Afghanistan, and others. The author must have forgotten that several UN nations participated in the Korean War, trying to save the South Korean people from the oppressive, Soviet-backed regime of Kim Il-Sung. These UN nations included Australia, Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, Ethiopia, France, Greece, India, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, the Philippines, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the US. All these nations saw the threat posed by the Communist Chinese, the USSR, and North Korea. As one can see, it was not a violent incursion by solely the US, but a multi-national effort to save the sovereignty of the South Korean people. In addition, several nations participated in Vietnam, including Australia, South Korea, Thailand, New Zealand, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Spain, as well as several Canadians.

The article’s assumption on Grenada is also false. The government of Prime Minister Maurice Bishop was allowing Cuban military engineers to construct a military-grade airport. The US and her Caribbean allies became concerned by this as well as when Deputy Prime Minister Bernard Coard overthrew Bishop’s government in a bloody coup. This placed undue risk on 1,100 American medical students studying on the island. As far as Afghanistan, I do not see how after 9/11 one could not believe that America and her allies deposing the oppressive, terror supporting, Taliban regime could be a violent incursion instead of a good thing for the Afghan people.

It further amazed me how the article seemed to minimize the former Soviet Union’s own violent incursions into other nations, only mentioning Afghanistan, while having a long list for the US. Here is some history behind the violent Soviet incursion into Afghanistan. In 1979, Soviet forces invaded in order to prop up the government of the communist People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA). That government had seized power in a bloody coup in 1978 after overthrowing the government of Sardar Mohammad Daoud and killing him and his family. Daoud had been in power since 1973, when he staged a bloodless coup that overthrew the legitimate monarchial government of Afghanistan. Almost immediately, the Marxist PDPA government ran into opposition from the people, who were furious over the Marxist ideas imposed upon them, which were counter to Islamic tradition. In addition, many Afghans were imprisoned, tortured, or murdered.

These events ultimately led to the Soviet invasion in 1979 and them getting defeated by the mujahidin and other Afghans in 1989 after many years of war. The Afghan people did not like the communists, so they threw them out, just as they had done to the British twice in the 19th century. The Soviets also violently incurred into other nations like Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Finland, and Poland. It also sent military personnel to North Korea, North Vietnam, Ethiopia, Somalia, Cuba, as well as the Warsaw Pact nations. It is interesting to note that the Soviets also used the Brezhnev Doctrine of 1968 (which also forbade any Warsaw Pact nation from leaving the Pact) to legitimize their invasion of Czechoslovakia that same year, as well as the invasion of Afghanistan 11 years later. Why does it seem like the focus is only on America, when other nations, like the Soviet Union (all nations listed above), Iraq (Kuwait), and even France (used military force numerous times in Africa in the last fifty years besides just Algeria) have done the same thing. Most nations have at one time or another “violently incurred” upon their neighbors. It has been America who has had to go in numerous times to stop these aggressors, however, the article fails to mention that and only appears to cite awful things that we have supposedly done to “innocent” people, people who would not let views like those in the article fly in their country even though most of them are socialist.

Getting back to the issue of Israel, the UN’s voting records speaks for its bias against Israel. The voting record of the Security Council is as follows: “175 total resolutions –– 74 neutral; 4 against perceived interests of Arab state or entity, 97 against Israel.” The General Assembly voted as follows: “for Israel: 7,938 - Against Israel: 55,642.” In addition, “Since it first convened in 1946, at least one Arab state sat on the 9 country Security Council in 39 of its first 43 years. Israel never sat on the Security Council. [In June 2002 Syria who is still listed [by] the U.S. State Department as a Terrorist State, was voted in as Head of the Security Council.] The Security Council "condemned", "censured", "deplored", "strongly deplored", etc. Israel 49 times; the Arabs: Zero. The Security Council passed 131 Resolutions: 43 or 33% were neutral; 88 criticized or opposed or judged against Israel. Zero critical of Arab state, body or the PLO (founded by the Arab League in 1964).” The positions of the UN can be construed as anti-Semitic. Israel has had to fight for its very existence since the UN created it in 1948, and, upon its birth preached peace with its Arab neighbors. Even Arabs living in Israel have more rights than Arabs living in Arab countries. This may be due in part to most of the Arab countries (along with most of the UN members) not being democracies.

The article also mentions Israel’s lack of abiding by Resolution 242 authorizing Israel to return its occupied territories. Why should a country give up territory that it captures in war when it was attacked by the very neighbors whose territories it captured? Aside from the 1956 Suez War, which was an operation between Israel, France, and Britain to seize the Suez Canal from Egypt, who had nationalized it, Israel has faced the threat of extinction from its Arab neighbors. In 1967, Israel surprised and destroyed the Arab air force as a massed Arab army positioned itself for attack. In addition, the article states that the Israeli-Palestinian confrontation is recent. I guess some could consider 1960 recent. The conflict, known as the third Arab-Israeli War started in 1960 and involved several Palestinian armies allied with Yassir Arafat’s Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO). Why does the author seem to take such a strong anti-Israeli stance when the facts support defending Israel? Clearly, the facts show that Israel is a victim of UN anti-Semitism as well as Islamic forces committed to attempting to destroy her and her people. I believe that the information presented is not valid or is misrepresented. In conclusion, I pose the question, did the Jewish people not suffer enough during the Holocaust as to now face eradication at the hands of supposed “peaceful” Arab terrorists and armies.

Some information for this article was supplied by the following sources:
UN Planned State of Israel as a Still-Birth

VIETNAM:
My Summary & Analysis by Joseph Cardoza


The History Guy Website: The Invasion of Grenada (1983)

http://www.palestinehistory.com/wartext.htm (Now unavailable)

The History Guy: Arab-Israeli Wars & Conflicts (1948-Present)

History of Afghanistan

NationMaster-Encyclopedia: Brezhnev Doctrine

Sarin, Oleg, Gen. and Col. Lev Dvoretsky. Alien Wars: The Soviet Union’s Aggressions Against the World, 1919 to 1989. Presidio Press: Novato, CA, 1996.