We Americans are a silly lot. We think in terms of days and months while most of the world thinks in terms of centuries. We do not have the will to plan for a future where our greatgrandchildren will live, we only see our own lifetimes.
North VietNam fought for forty years, we tired after five and left after 15: Americans tire quickly. The groups fighting us now are willing to go one or two hundred years if that is what it takes; study their history.
And speaking of history, there is a Mosque on top of Solomons Temple and at the heart of every major conflict the Moslums have engaged in over the last 700 years. In one hundred years, the Mosque at ground zero will be a symbol of their victory over America. Your arguments for or against it will not survive more than a year or two.
Our Constitution was written for the centuries, we need to protect it with an eye to the distant future and stop trying to junk it for the "topic of the day". 240 years is a short time for the "American Experiment", the rest of the world knows that.
Letters to the editor
We Americans are a silly lot. We think in terms of days and months while most of the world thinks in terms of centuries. We do not have the will to plan for a future where our greatgrandchildren will live, we only see our own lifetimes. North VietNam fought for forty years, we tired after five and left after 15: Americans tire quickly. The groups fighting us now are willing to go one or two hundred years if that is what it takes; study their history.
And speaking of history, there is a Mosque on top of Solomons Temple and at the heart of every major conflict the Moslums have engaged in over the last 700 years. In one hundred years, the Mosque at ground zero will be a symbol of their victory over America. Your arguments for or against it will not survive more than a year or two.
Our Constitution was written for the centuries, we need to protect it with an eye to the distant future and stop trying to junk it for the "topic of the day". 240 years is a short time for the "American Experiment", the rest of the world knows that.