Terrorism - Don’t Disgrace the American Flag in a War with Iraq :: Argumentative Persuasive Topics

Dont Disgrace the the Statesn Flag in a War with Iraq   Everywhere I go, I see American flags. attach to peoples windows, sewn onto pockets, worn in a band around the arm. People call it the unification of America, the great coming-together of a wounded people, a show of take and of national feeling from every corner of our nation. Patriotism, they call it, and proudly display their red, white, and blue.   And yet I wonder if they know what that flag represents. I read the polls, and I find that the majority of Americans want vengeance, even at the cost of war with many countries. I watch the news, and I see our president preparing our troops to engage Iraq-all the while standing in front of the stars-and-stripes, the symbol of our nation. Doesnt he remember what America means?   Everyone talks ab away the war in terms of our take up interests. If we attack Iraq, we incur more anger we create more enemies willing to die to hurt us. If we dont, we appear weak, and mo re will strike at us, learned that they can do so without fear of retribution. I leave such questions to the pundits. They are important considerations, no doubt. But they are not American considerations.   America isnt about our best interests. Its about the sacrifice of practicality to principle, of self-interest to the soul. Long ago, we decided that things like Freedom and Justice were real, and that they were worth preserving, even when it wasnt easy, or pleasant. We believed so lots in these principles that we set down laws, so that we might never sacrifice Freedom for Security, or Justice for Revenge. And so we protect the Klans right to march, to shout out hate-slogans and burn crosses in our streets. We forbid racial-profiling, when, lets face it, more crimes are committed by African-Americans than by Caucasians.   And, most painful of all, we protect the rights of criminals. We work hard to mother them fair trials, and grant them appeals, and throw out case after case for lack of airtight evidence. We insist that it is better to let a hundred blameful men go free, than to imprison a single innocent one. And we do this at the cost of our own security, at the cost of more criminals on the streets. We ask the hurt that their crimes bring us, because we would rather suffer those blows than have innocent blood on our hands.