One Voice is All that Matters

Americans should not criticize the President in this difficult time of war. And criticizing him for that war itself should perhaps be considered especially un-American.

Here we are, trying to bring democracy to the world, and all people can do is criticize the efforts of the man responsible for putting us in Iraq. Such voices expressing different opinions are ultimately discordant, and detract from having a single voice ringing in democracy around the world. We should, above all else, be unified as a nation in support of our troops, and in support of the type of democracy being promoted in Iraq.

If Democrats and other liberals dissent and engage in open debate of our democratic efforts in the Middle East, what kind of a signal does that send to our troops and to Iraqis? One message and one perspective will make it simpler for our troops to understand the nature of the democracy for which they are fighting. One voice and one view will make it easier for Iraqis to embrace the democracy for which they are dying. As far as democracy is concerned, we should all have one opinion, and George W. Bush has articulated that opinion for us.

Perhaps we should all remember that this President's aims are first and foremost simple ones. They need not be made over-complicated by debate, and we need not hear from the many voices that represent America. After all, this is about freedom and democracy.