Should we change our nation's motto to "Hit me again, harder!"?

Question

I never thought I'd envision Lady Liberty as a battered woman.

But look at our behavior since 9/11, and you will see that we are captives caught in an abusive relationship.

After 20 years of sacrificing our American citizens to the cauldron of Islamic Jihadism, we received the final and most destructive blow when 3,000 Americans were murdered by Islamic terrorists.

Our response? We have spent the last six years apologizing for offending Muslims and the world.

More than four thousand more Americans have been killed by terrorists in Iraq, where we went to force a fundamental change in the Middle East.

Our response? We have spent the last four years being called the enemy by the Left and by Conservative sellouts.

Iran takes hostages.

Our response? Most won't even call them "hostages".

Syria sends weapons to Jihadists in Iraq.

Our response? Nancy Pelosi and three House Republicans shake hands with Assad.

Pelosi makes Bill Clinton look like Ronald Reagan. That's how far the Democratic Party, and, in turn, the United States, has regressed.

Are Republicans the answer? Well, in regards to the latest news from Iran what have we heard so far from McCain, Guiliani, or Romney other than platitudes?

We're so busy apologizing or remaining silent as we get beaten up at home and around the world, we are simply giving our battered more reason to beat us.

Too many of us will wait until 2008 to take a stand and we'll pretend we have the power in the voting booth.

Answer 1

There is a lot of credibility and good intentions in the policies of diplomacy and negotiations when done in good faith. And war should indeed be a last resort.
I believe both parties believe this is true - however, they differ on their definition of "last resort." The republicans considered the events of 9/11 as the last resort - and the democrats apparently don't believe there is ever a last resort - they want never ending dialog and to hell with the severity of any provocation.
The reality is that our policies of inaction in the past have been a total failure when trying to deal with the demented ideology of Islamic terrorists and most likely was one of the underlying causes of 9/11.
Why we would want to return to policies that have failed so miserably in the past is beyond my comprehension.