Yes, Virginia, we all know that many Americans felt betrayed after Vietnam and Watergate.  We all know that those same Americans decided that they would just focus on their individual wants and on what they could get from government.  Self-indulgence and complacency still prevail.

Now we are in the midst of the most important war of our time.  We are fighting Islamic fascists who want nothing less than the deaths of all who do not believe as they do.  America has taken the war to the Middle East where it belongs.  And in the midst of that war more and more Americans are finding the fight too hard.  Leaders on the left such as Representative Dennis Kucinich and Senator Ted Kennedy continue to oppose the war and call for pull-out.  Even Republicans like Representatives Walter Jones and Ron Paul have joined in the chorus to set a timetable for pulling out of Iraq. 

Setting a timetable for ending conflict is exactly what the terrorists in Iraq and elsewhere want.  They correctly understand that many Americans are complacent and self-indulgent and unwilling to withstand the fight over the long haul.  That is why they continue what the left calls the “insurgency” in Iraq and Afghanistan.  They believe that eventually Americans will put pressure on our government to end the conflict just as happened during the Vietnam War. 

Now is the time to stand up as Americans and prove the terrorists wrong.  We cannot allow our national complacency to weaken American resolve in the most important struggle in our lifetime.  In this case, quitting on America is quitting on ourselves.  Even (or especially) the most self-indulgent among us can understand that.  There is NOTHING else as important to our survival and to the survival of our children.  Yes, Virginia, we can fight this war and win…IF we get over Vietnam and Watergate and realize the severity of the consequences for quitting on ourselves.