Posted by
JDComments on Wednesday, January 03, 2007 8:05:29 PM
The community of nations is no different than any group of people- self interests are usually overriding, competition and friction arises, and fights occur. And to stretch the analogy a little further, those who are confident and believe in themselves will usually lead, while most will follow. And occasionally there arises a country which believes its destiny is greater than others, and that it has a purpose which makes it unique, and this exceptionalism will cause it to change the world.
In classical times the Greeks and their intellectual progeny, the Romans, exemplified this attitude and their civilizations resulted in the creation of the Western world. Charlemagne grafted Christianity onto this construct, and by 800 A.D. all was in place for Europeans to literally mold the world in its image, strengthened and comforted by their belief in their special mission.
Regardless of what the Liberal Academic elite will try to teach today, all cultures and civilizations are not the same. Empiricism and observation shows the intellectual, spiritual , cultural and economic effects worldwide of Western European civilization.
Even with the hiatus of the so-called dark ages, which basically gave the rest of the world time to catch up and surpass them, Europeans are still responsible for most of the progress made by mankind to date. From science to capitalism, spirituality to philosophy, culture to sports, we live in a world spawned by the West.
Today Europe is an invalid, not having the strength of will or faith in its uniqueness required to face the challenge of Islam, which very much does believe in its special place in the world.
The Western democracies are a victim of the secularization and relativism of Liberalism, which abhors the thought of exceptionalism, which it sees as the cause of all the wars and problems in the world. Liberalism is a philosophy of victims, as it has been since its inception, and the exceptional never see themselves as victims.
In its striving to make the world a peaceful place, Liberalism is creating the conditions which will cause its followers to be subjugated by an ideology which cannot fathom the weakness engendered by Liberal attempts to rationalize problems and negotiate solutions. All the Muslims see are sheep who, by announcing their compassion and understanding , are admitting their inferiority and ripeness for being usurped.
The United States, from its Puritans origins as a shining city on a hill , has always believed in its manifest destiny , another term guaranteed to make a Leftist apoplectic. In facing down the Nazis and Communists, two ideologies which sought to motivate their followers by creating their own versions of exceptionalism, the US proved the hollowness of their enemies beliefs, while substantiating their own.
Many will claim it is our wealth and power which make us superior, but they miss the reason we have attained those attributes. We believe it is our fate to be more than just another nation-state, that we have a destiny which calls to us to make the world a better, safer place. There is a religious component involved, as well as an almost mystical faith, and that is what changes the world, not the nit picking rationalism of Liberalism.
And as we face an enemy like no other we have ever confronted in that it, too, has an almost fanatical belief in itself, the fate of the world hangs in the balance. So try as our Liberal brethren will to deflate our exceptionalism, if we allow them to succeed we will fail in our battle, and all we value will be lost. If we truly believe in the importance of those things, we cannot let this happen.