What are we so afraid of?

As it usually does, the Friday the 13^th that just passed sparked a discussion of legitimate fears, and phobias, which are unreasonable fears that some people have. Triskadekaphobia is the fear of the number 13. Another common one is Agoraphobia, which is the fear of being trapped in a place from which there is no escape. Not to be confused with Algoraphobia, which is the fear of Al Gore. Ironically, Demophobia is considered the fear of being in a crowd. I would have sworn that was the fear of Democrats, which is a very reasonable and rational fear to have, especially now.

I have come up with a name for a new fear or phobia that appears to have many of our politicians in Washington and a number of everyday U.S citizens in its monstrous grip. It is what I call Iraqnaphobia, or the fear of winning the war in Iraq. You see, our hanging tough and eventually winning the war in Iraq is not good for Democrat politicians or for the left-leaning, Bush-hating members of the general public, both of whom want one thing, and one thing only. To see President Bush discredited.

Even if that means surrender. Even if it means tucking our tails between our legs and leaving before the job is done. Even if it means making or brave troops out to be a laughing stock. They don’t care about our troops. They don’t care about their mission. They don’t care about the Iraqi people. If they did, they would not have voted 223-201 to have them pulled out by Spring of 2008. All they care about is getting re-elected and expanding their power base. If it wasn’t so pathetically sad it would almost be humorous that they are misguided enough to think this is the way to go about doing that.

If we stay long enough to win the war in Iraq, everything the Democrats have run and campaigned on will be taken away. They will have nothing left in their arsenal. Right now, they have enough poor misguided souls won over to their side to win their case in the court of public opinion. But, as soon as it becomes glaringly evident that the troop surge is working and things are getting better, they will have no case. It is already glaringly obvious to those of us who are paying attention and that know and understand the importance of what we are doing in Iraq to our national security that we are in fact winning this war.

The problem is that far too many of our liberal Democrat politicians, and sadly now some Republican so-called conservatives, are so heavily invested in defeat and surrender that they can’t or won’t see the truth. The truth is, we are safer as a nation because we are taking the fight to the terrorists over there rather than here. We are fighting on the streets of Baghdad, not Boston.

If we cut and run, the terrorists will follow us over here. They will take more innocent American lives. And, the blood of those innocent victims will be on the hands of both the terrorists and the anti-war politicians who support ending the war before we win. It will also to a lesser degree be on the hands of those who voted these bozos into power. How sad is it that it has come down to the fact that what is clearly in the best interests of America, is bad for one of its political parties?

So, we have no reason to fear a continued war in Iraq. What we do need to fear are the clueless, agenda-driven liberal politicians and their supporters who are calling for our surrender in Iraq and our defeat in the war on terrorism. They will never admit it, but that really is what they are after. So we must conclude that the three biggest things we have to fear here in America currently are Osama, Obama, and Chelsea’s mama.

Jim Chitty