Posted by
On the Right on Friday, July 04, 2008 3:31:53 AM
Liberals rightly feel defensive about their patriotism because they always seem to find themselves blaming the United States for this or that, exhorting us to be more like the "enlightened" nations of Europe or forever shouting that we are a "laughing stock" in the eyes of other nations.
It was not a conservative who wrote in an editorial this week:
"Tuck the soaring speeches in a drawer for another time. This year,
America doesn't deserve to celebrate its birthday. This Fourth of July
should be a day of quiet and atonement. For we have sinned."
It was Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Chris Satullo, who,
like so many liberals, is angry at America because he sees it as
standing for torturing prisoners, imprisoning enemy combatants without
hearings, rendition and other denials of human rights. According to
Satullo, America isn't safer because our alleged abuses have "spawned
new enemies by the thousands, made the jihadist rants ring true to so
many ears. So put out no flags. Sing no patriotic hymns. We deserve no
Fourth this year."