RIGHTWINGSPARKLE

I think this is what is called Kicking Ass...

Mudville gives us the following letter from the Battalion Commander of Colby Buzzell, the American soldier whose blog My War is well known, but hasn't been updated since Sept. (I'm thinking because he is part of the whole kicking ass thing):

"I believe that we are making progress in Iraq and in Afghanistan. Despite the ravings of pundits and uninformed ambulance chasers, this fight doesn't' hinge on oil or payback. It isn't about religion or race. And it damn sure is not about any innate desire to rule the world. These people will succeed or fail on their own merits. The task is daunting. You can release a person from bondage. You can remove a tyrant from power. You can create the conditions for liberty. But, you cannot simply grant or proclaim freedom. Freedom without honest action is a whisper in a storm just as change without vision and purpose is the illusion of progress. For ages these people were literally beaten to the point of submission by oppression, censure, murder, torture, and rape - regardless of age or gender. I have asked myself why they let it happen. The only answer I can fathom is that evil flourished because good people refused to pay the price required to oppose it.

This enemy has twisted and distorted things both sacred and profane to guideas well as justify its means and its stated end. Nothing is beyond the realm of the possible when it comes to the depths to which it will sink, the horror it is willing to commit, or the suffering it is willing to inflict. This enemy has no concept of mercy nor does it recognize combatants. Innocence is not a factor. You need only look at the headlines of the day to confirm that children, teachers, and doctors are murdered everyday by these villains. What makes them evil? I submit that it is not the act that earns them the epithet of evil - it is the intent to commit and the pride theydraw from the act. These animals revel in the post act announcements that they are responsible. They feel vindicated by the proclamations that they perpetrated these horrors in the name of God and that having committed the seacts some how elevates them. Make no mistake, this enemy is formidable but by no means invincible. To defeat this cancer requires the one thing that civilized people all over the world possess in absolute abundance - The will. The will to be free can only be surrendered by the person that has it - it cannot be murdered, raped, tortured, or stolen. It's not about being a martyr or a saint, it's about being a decent human being. And, the unvarnished truth is that the killing and the horror will continue until those with the will to endure prevail."

This is where you stop for moment and say ....'wow.' Because it just cannot be said any better than that.


Scott Peterson is convicted. He killed his wife and his unborn child and picks up the phone to chat with his clueless mistress.
A while back, when I first started this blog I looked up a passage I remembered from a book I was reading. I posted it then, but it needs to be repeated. It says all we need to know about this guy.

"You can go for a walk with them, see a movie with them, go swimming, eat dinner, even ride in a car with them while they are driving; but the sociopathic among us are quite literally different in every respect. They merely look like us. It is the ultimate disguise, making them an alien race within our own, and they know how to play us all for fools."

The Scott Peterson case was sensationalized because of the elements of intrigue surrounding it. A beautiful pregnant wife, a blonde mistress,and a handsome guy who takes us all for a ride down the road of evil desires. It all ends in murder. But with deception being a way of life for this guy, he strings us along with tales of abduction.

The press eats it up and Court TV has hours to fill, so we get every detail. But Scott is not alone, nor is he uncommon. The men aren't as handsome and the women aren't as sympathetic, but they die at the hands of the men they thought loved them all the same.

Glenn Reynolds mentioned in his blog that he was always able to tell if there was no real news going on if he could look at the TV and see coverage of the Peterson trial.

No real news.

Now I hope Glenn was referring to the circus atmosphere of the trial. Or maybe the soap opera type coverage it was receiving.
Because the case not only convicted a murderer, but finally gave us 'The Unborn Victim and Violence Act.' which makes it a crime to harm a fetus during an assault on a pregnant woman. A bill that had been fighting to get through Congress for five years.
During it's debate in Congress the Laci Peterson family sent this letter to Congress:

"As the family of Laci Peterson and her unborn son, Conner this bill is very close to our hearts. Knowing that perpetrators who murder pregnant women will pay the price not only for the loss of the mother, but the baby as well, will help bring justice for these victims and hopefully act as a deterrent to those considering such heinous acts."

The bill passed (with Kerry and Edwards voting against it, just so you know) and Bush signed it into law in April saying:

"As of today, the law of our nation will acknowledge the plain fact that crimes of violence against a pregnant woman often have two victims. The death of an innocent unborn child has too often been treated as a detail in one crime but not a crime in itself."

As any woman who has carried a child in their womb and trembled with excitement at thought of finally being able to hold that child in their arms can tell you, you love that child with all your heart even before your fingers touch it's soft face. Even as you feel the kicks and turning, your love grows.

I have no doubt that if Laci is somehow watching from above, she would want nothing more out of this trial than a conviction of murder for the man who took the life of her much wanted child.

If it took us craving details of this sordid affair and murder to pass this important legislation, then it was worth it.

It was worth it.

To the Laci Peterson family I say that my heart breaks for your suffering. So many people go through their lives making little or no difference in the lives of others. But your daughter and your grandson will have given murderers of women and the unborn children they carry, the justice they deserve long before hell does.

It may not give you what you so deserve..... your daughter and grandson back. But it does give us a better world. Laci and Conner gave us that. And you should hold that close to your heart when you think of them and be proud.