22. January 2008 by Hooah Mac.

cross-posted at hickpolitics.com

 It’s a time honored rallying cry.  Who’s with me!  ”I’m going to take that hill if it kills me.  Who’s with me?” or “Black diamond hah!  I’m skiing it blindfolded, who’s with me?”

Those that are reading my posts and emails will notice a continuing theme, as I draw parallels between the battlefield in Iraq and the battlefield of ideas.  Some people don’t know that for every soldier kicking in doors in Iraq, there are soldiers to handle his pay, recruit his teammates, take care of his promotions, move his food, fix his humvee, count his bullets, plan his activities, examine the intelligence, provide air support, evacuate his wounded, command his battalion, provide his billeting, train him, test his equipment, keep his radio and other commo functioning…and notify his next of kin.  In the current wars of Iraq and Afghanistan, those “support troops” are dying in higher ratios than ever before, because in the GWOT, there isn’t really a front line.

Though the weapons and tactics may be different, the war we fight at home is strikingly similar.  In both cases there is a bloodthirsty enemy who will stop at nothing to destroy the freedoms and prosperity we enjoy.  I put my life on the line in Iraq because I love this country more than I love life itself.  Not based on nationalism or regionalism or ethnocentrism, but because of what we have here in America - our Constitution and the unprecedented freedom and prosperity it has provided for us.  What good does it do for us to triumph over Islamofascism abroad and lose at home to those who only respect that document insofar as they can use it as a tool to enhance their personal power?

 My goal now is to fight for this country and its Constitution with the same discipline and determination at home as I have overseas.  Fred Thompson went out and kicked down doors.  Countless conservatives at all levels of government do the same everyday.  Fred Thompson went down because he did not have the support he needed.  Even the best soldier in the world (You can tell one of these when you see them - they have a stars and stripes patch on their right shoulder.) can’t fight without support.  Instead of being support and logistics for frontline conservatives, we have been mere spectators.  I will no longer be associated with the sidelines.

Going forward, we must recruit and train, we must perfect the weapons (conservative arguments) we must get those weapons to the troops, and we must provide the logistics and support (contributions and GOTV efforts).  I am dedicated to doing just that.  I will be posting at hickpolitics.com, and I will be using this site to accomplish these goals.  I am an American Soldier.  I will always place the mission first.  I will never quit.  I will never give up. I will never leave a fallen comrade.

So I ask the question - Who’s with me?

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22. January 2008 by Hooah Mac.

Conservatism is at a crossroads.  This is not a new phenomenon.  One of the great truths is that freedom requires eternal vigilance.  This site is for those who admire American freedom, prosperity and way of life.  This is not a Republican site, although all members of the Reagan coalition should find this to be a friendly place.  The goal is to define conservatism, fine tune our rhetorical weapons and train the arguments and tactics to win the debate.

Some of the readers will recognize the URL, as this site was where I blogged as a member of the U.S. Army Reserves deployed to Iraq.

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