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The Reality of War Gen. Vernon Chong, USAF Ret. Retired U.S. Air Force General Vernon Chung seems to be tired of the arguing over the present war - especially the failure of a large number of people to see the war as serious. He's written an op ed piece entitled "This was is for real." To get out of a difficulty, one usually must go through it. Our country is now facing the most serious threat to its existence, as we know it, that we have faced in your lifetime and mine (which includes WWII). The deadly seriousness is greatly compounded by the fact that there are very few of us who think we can possibly lose this war, and even fewer who realize what losing really means. A lot of folks are obviously still thinking Vietnam. The argument of the reasonable folks who opposed the war in Vietnam was this - the North Vietnamese had no intent to attack the United States. Even if we gave them the key to the City of San Francisco, the North Vietnamese army couldn't get there. The Islamofascists have proven they intend to, and can, attack the United States - both our interests overseas and our largest city. The Vietnam argument no longer holds true. I disagree with the General on several points - he lists the events he considers attacks on the U.S. by the Islamofascists. He begins in 1979 with the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Iran. I agree there, but then he fails to list the numerous aircraft hijackings that occurred in the 1980s. I think they should be included. He points out that most Germans in the 1930s were Christian - but then goes on to say that Hitler was a Christian, too. Hitler may have been born a Roman Catholic, but I see no evidence of him being a practicing Christian in his adult life. In fact, Hitler and the Nazis seemed to believe in a mixture of Germanic pagan gods plus a kind of social Darwinism called the force of will - in other words, the one with the strongest will gets to rule. But I think the editorial is certainly worth reading. Go do it.
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