After 6 years, the Taliban are still fighting

The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without. ~Dwight D. Eisenhower

"Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is TELL THEM THEY ARE BEING ATTACKED, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. IT WORKS THE SAME IN ANY COUNTRY."   Herman Goering

The United States has the world's best and most powerful military. They can sit in an air conditioned office a thousand miles from the battlefield and kill with impunity. The United States spends more on their military than does the next highest 10 countries in the world. The U.S. has 40% of the world's spending on military operations! That's 40% of all the military spending in the world.  The U.S. has two oceans and two friendly countries on its borders.   Every police departments has a large arsenal.   Millions of private citizens have guns.   The U.S. has the largest nuclear arsenal in the world.   Who would be crazy enough to declare war on the U.S.?    One terrorists will keep the sheep frightened enough so they will follow any shepherd.

So what is America afraid of? Despite this vast military/industrial/congressional complex the United States is paralyzed with fear. Somehow the people in this country are afraid they will be killed by a terrorist. The odds are more likely they will be killed by their own spouse. Over 4000 people have been killed by their spouses during the past ten years in America. This is more than have been killed by terrorists.

And despite the world's largest military fighting a small band of freedom fighters in Afghanistan called the Taliban, fighting for over six years, the Taliban are still fighting. This small group, without an air force or navy, and fighting with small weapons, must have some morals and principals that are worth fighting for.

If a Muslim army invaded and occupied the U.S. and tried to spread Islam by kicking down our doors and terrifying our families, I suspect many Americans would be fighting just as tenaciously as are the Taliban.

The longer a Goliath fights without a cause or passion against a David with a cause and passion, the greater chance Goliath will fall.

Charles Tolleson