The past four years since 9-11 has seen several important and contentious elections. In the West, where the peaceful transfer of power can often be taken for granted, voters returned to power statesmen like Bush, Blair and Howard, who's War Against Terror is being waged also in support of global political liberty. Elsewhere, entire nations selected their own leaders for the first time. In Iraq, where political liberty remains under threat, many died exercising their right to vote while eight million succeeded in spite of the danger posed by terrorists and the disapproval of Western elites.
But in the United States, the Social Justice movement has shown a dismaying lack of faith in Democracy. Because the antiwar proposition lost the election, a mob intends to surround the White House this September 24th to demand President Bush�s removal.
This demonstration, like other large anti-war and anti-Bush demonstrations, is being organized nationally by the usual professional activists from the extremes of the Left. It deserves a national response, both from supporters of President Bush and from people who simply oppose the destructive trend of filibusters, judicial activism, reflexively contested elections and elections disregarded altogether.
We must raise our voices and speak at this crucial time to demonstrate to the nation and the world that we are still a Republic in which the political process is respected and a plurality of views can coexist without hatred.
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