Posted by
VBushmills on Friday, July 04, 2008 3:47:19 PM
For over fifteen years America has
been engulfed in an escalating civil war. I cannot say exactly when it began, as
there were no calls to arms, no shots fired, no states seceding. That may soon
no longer be the case.
Still. one could argue that this current Civil War, the
Third, is but an extension of History’s First True Civil War, which began,
oddly enough, on July 4th, 1776.
Yes, there was another Civil
War, the Second, in 1860, but those stakes were different. Today the stakes are
remarkably similar to those first trumpeted and resolved in Philadelphia 238 years ago. Then, as now, the
war was between two irreconcilable views as to how men’s lives should be lived
in this world…free or under the boot of a sovereign. Then, as now, both sides intractably
viewed the other as Evil while viewing itself as Good.
We know that when two such views collide, there
can be no compromise, no sharing of power, no treaties, only a fight to
unconditional surrender or death…when the loser will go into the dark, re-emerging
to try it all over again another two hundred years hence.
In 1776 the forces of Good stood up
to gain what rightly had belonged to Man since the beginning of time…his Liberty…and
his seat at the head of History’s table…replacing the forces of Power and
Servitude, who had ruled there since Man first began to take note of such
events.
As we who are about to embark on the final
leg of this fight…
…we who are about do battle…
…salute you few who risked all to
start it all in 1776.
To those against whom we are about
to do battle…
…we only say…
“Laisser les bons temps rouler.”
Natasha Ivanova, new U.
S. Citizen