US Election 2004

After the Sept 11 attacks, philosopher Leonard Peikoff analyzed the nature of the threat against America, the actions required for victory, and our greatest weakness in this war.  With the passage of three years, the weakness he identified as exposed itself fully in the opposition to overthrowing a state sponsor of terrorism, Iraq.  Before the attack on Afghanistan, Dr. Peikoff wrote: 

The greatest obstacle to U.S. victory is not Iran and its allies, but our own intellectuals. Even now, they are advocating the same ideas that caused our historical paralysis. They are asking a reeling nation to show neighbor-love by shunning "vengeance." The multiculturalists--rejecting the concept of objectivity--are urging us to "understand" the Arabs and avoid "racism" (i.e., any condemnation of any group's culture). The friends of "peace" are reminding us, ever more loudly, to "remember Hiroshima" and beware the sin of pride.

These are the kinds of voices being heard in the universities, the churches, and the media as the country recovers from its first shock, and the professoriate et al. feel emboldened to resume business as usual. These voices are a siren song luring us to untroubled sleep while the fanatics proceed to gut America.

Tragically, Mr. Bush is attempting a compromise between the people's demand for a decisive war and the intellectuals' demand for appeasement. [L. Peikoff, End States that Sponsor Terrorism, Capitalism Magazine, 10/2/2001]

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