Heroes and Icons

The Islamists who are extolling their warriors and venerating their martyrs need to be taught that America has a fighting tradition unmatched in the last three hundred years. Who defeated the British Empire when they were the Colossus that bestrode the world? America did not only beat them once but twice. Who conquered the empire of Spain from Cuba all the way to the Philippines? What nation beat the Kaiser into submission? Who saved the world from fascism by vanquishing Nazi Germany, Japan, and Italy? Who stopped the Reds in their tracks in Korea? Who has a greater warrior legacy than Washington, Andrew Jackson, Lee and Grant, Pershing, Patton, and Eisenhower? What culture has churned out tougher men than Boone and Crockett, Kit Carson and Jim Bridger, Wild Bill Hickok and Wyatt Earp, Alvin C. York and Audie Murphy? If jihadists think they make us cower by butchering the defenseless, they know nothing of the essential goodness, character, and courage of the American people. We will stand until the terrorists fall!