A Philosophy for American Conservatives

Here is a metaphor for the war on terror, the philosophy of this author, and a suggested way forward:

Cancer of the Earth
A Philosophy and a Way Forward
By Jeff Beatty

There is a cancer which has infested the Earth since the beginning of human history. The cancer ebbs and flows, and from time to time, man is forced to treat the cancer back into remission, before it fully metastasizes. The disease progresses through three distinct phases wherever it begins to grow. These phases are: religious belief, oppression, and violence. The pathology of this sociological cancer can be summarized in one sentence: Willingness to kill over differences in religious beliefs.

All cancer begins in a healthy cell. When the genetic code of a healthy cell becomes corrupt, the cell essentially ‘forgets’ how to divide properly; the result is a flawed copy of the original cell. In the case of human history, the healthy cell is a personal belief in religion. The student who studies religion intently will find dozens of commonalities throughout the different religions. So many, in fact, that it is nearly impossible to conclude that these vastly different theologies did not share some common origin; that of the true Creator, perhaps. The atheist student might also arrive at the same conclusion of common origin; that of the original storyteller, perhaps. But the existence of personal religious belief is not, as many atheists claim, the cause of the Earth’s disease; it is merely the healthy cell of origin. The first cancerous transformation is caused by fear and cloaked by good intentions.

When a religious belief is passed down from parent to child, it is routinely done with much greater forcefulness than the parent realizes. Because each religion seeks a monopoly, that is; seeks to declare itself the only true religion, children are often taught to either believe the religion of their teachers or else risk eternal damnation. The paradoxical result of widespread religious indoctrination is this: no matter what a child believes, she is already condemned by the keepers of some other faith. This is the beginning of religious oppression. People begin with good intentions and set out to indoctrinate the child so she might be spared from hell. But when the child rebels, the adults convene; and they decide to adopt laws, whether in the schools, whether in the churches, or whether in public life, seeking to guide the child toward changing her behavior, so she conforms to the religion. As this mutated cell spreads, entire societies change and become ultimately oppressed by the belief structure. The belief becomes intertwined with the government, and the oppression strengthens. This is when nation states become dangerous, and the cancer begins its second mutation.

When a government declares any one religion to be its ‘national religion’ and writes laws to impose that specific religion on its citizenry; this is a warning sign to all free people. It is a clearly diagnosable symptom of cancer which is too often ignored. It is a sign that war is coming and blood will be spilled. Once this cancer begins to spread, history has proven beyond any shadow of a doubt; violence is the final outcome. Just as the parent seeks, with good intentions, to indoctrinate the child; so does the nation-state, with conviction, seek to convert other nations to the ‘true’ religion. Violence erupts and twin towers fall. At this point, the cancer has indeed metastasized, and treatment is the only option. There is absolutely no choice, either defeat the cancerous growth or eventually be overcome by it.

The way forward is certainly not easy. The founding fathers of the United States took the first great stride toward a final cure when they wisely separated the powers of government from matters of religion. They knew that a government which imposes religious belief on its people is doomed to fail. But now Americans find themselves, once again, on the receiving end of the cancerous attack. We will not be defeated. In order to achieve victory and eradicate the Earth’s disease, however; we must use our position of military superiority to destroy any people who are willing to kill for their religious beliefs. In a feel good society, full of secular progressives, this is a difficult proposition to sell. The feel good liberals like to consider themselves ‘anti-war’ and consistently reject the need for any war. According to them, America is hated because America deserves it. This is blatantly unpatriotic. When George W. Bush enacted a pre-emptive strategy for dealing with radical ideologies, he took another great stride toward a cure. The world has not responded well to the subsequent projection of U.S. military prowess, and that fact disgusts the feel good liberals. Again, since the world did not respond well, liberal politicians falsely conclude that the President is solely to blame. As they continually throw the President ‘under the bus’ there is no doubt in my mind they are acting in a disgustingly unpatriotic way. In fact, their actions are treasonous, and the Democrat party bears this shame forever.

The way forward is exceedingly difficult, as we stand ever more divided in the struggle against radical violence. This division among U.S. citizens has been fueled and fostered by the purposefully destructive rhetoric of the Democratic politicians and their willing liberal accomplices in the main-stream media. If the United States of America can not pound the cancer back into remission, who will?

The way forward is painful; the United States must not withdraw from our pre-emptive mission in Iraq. She must engage more targets pre-emptively, which has now been made a daunting task by the Democratic Party, due to the divisions and doubts they have created among Americans. She must, despite global unpopularity, exercise her moral authority to seek out more targets. This is not the time to be scaling down; it is the time to be expanding the mission! Meanwhile, the liberal left will continue screaming out to the world, on a daily basis: “Do not trust Americans because we suck!” Their attitude is the very definition of ‘unpatriotic’. The definition of treason fits nicely too: betrayal of trust or faith, treachery; violation of the allegiance owed to ones country; giving aid and comfort to the enemy. It certainly does aid and comfort the enemy every time Speaker Pelosi talks about the Presidents’ failed war policy. Every time she opens her mouth, some Iranian warlord is smiling.

The all volunteer force of America’s best and brightest young people, also known as the United States military, is the true cornerstone of our freedom. They fight for integrity and honor. They fight for the American way of life. They fight for our freedom from religious persecution. They selflessly fight for the freedom of strangers in strange lands. If they are not allowed to fight now, they will be forced to fight later. The way forward is to fight, with all our might, which requires us to stand united. I am holding on to hope that there might be some way to reunite this nation on the subject of the war. I am fearful that the only way this unity will come is to give the treasonous Democrats what they want and wait for another catastrophic attack within the United States. The unity is necessary to eventually win. Remember the public outcry for the “Shock and Awe” campaign? That is the unity of which I speak. What happened to “Shock and Awe?” American unity is the only way forward.

God Bless you all!