The American Spectator

p> FRIENDS FOR LIFE br> Re: R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.’s Peace Had Its Chance : /p>

Emmett Tyrrell hits it. I am British. I would love to live in America. I do not qualify for admission. For conservatives like me stuck in socialist wastelands, America still symbolizes all that can be good about government, even if from time to time you unwittingly elect hardened snakes and liars like the 42nd President, and incompetents like the 39th. America still possesses the fabulous, mythical qualities of “a land of opportunity,” somewhere better, somewhere where a citizen can be a citizen and not a subject, where one can get by on one’s own merits and not be handicapped by birth, education or class and where the dignity and worth of labor is still recognized. I hate to see American citizens playing at peace activism, showing disdain for the system that actively nurtures and protects their ability to act like misguided holy fools. If they think the government they live under is unjust and unfair, they should try living in Europe. The lack of humility shown by peace activists is staggering. There is one war on which, of course, they’re all very keen — when it’s Palestinians waging war on Israelis.

p>It sounds cheesy coming from a Scot, but God Bless America. Some Europeans still understand. br> — Martin Kelly br> Glasgow, Scotland /p> p> The article by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. mentions that the peaceniks carried signs saying “Hands Off Iraq.” Isn’t this a rip-off of Lee Harvey Oswald’s “Hands Off Cuba” fliers? I believe it is. These guys are REALLY living in the (early) 60’s. br> —- Paul Higdon