As children I think we have all played the staring game. We sit across from our opponent as we get in one last blink then it is on!
Eyes wide daring the other to blink first.
As children we are wagering for milk money. More likely we are vying for the title of “Staring Champion, Thomas Jefferson Elementary School, Second Grade 1978. “ As adults the stakes get much higher.
Many view history as the boring stories of dead people. Why should we care right? If you stop and think about it though you watch history every day. Our present will become our children’s history.
I believe we just witnessed such a day. Under President Bush we struck a deal with Poland and the Czech Republic to install a missile defense shield in Central Europe. This was obviously a huge deal for Poland and a point of contention with Russian and Iran. This shield was to protect our allies and our home land against the Iranian threat of Nuclear or ballistic missiles. With this shield in place we would be able to engage any missile fired at Israel or even our troops in Afghanistan. On September 17th 2009 President Obama lost the staring competition and gave into the Russians and sent a clear signal to Iran that we were not serious about protecting our allies. Iran and Russia see the significance of this blink heard around the world but I think us Americans have not caught on to the fact that we just witnessed a date that will be recorded in our children’s children’s history books. Couple that with President Obama’s indecision in Afghanistan and Iraq and you have an open door for an arrogant and delusional Iranian government.
It is time for you to act, continue to write your legislators. Stand up for what you believe. Let our government know how we feel and if they fail to represent us as they are paid and elected to do then let us vote them out!
~M
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