You know, as I sit here and think about the war on terror, I begin to realize something I miss about this country. Growing up, it seemed, the country was more in solidarity than it is now. Granted, I was a kid and didn't know about Vietnam, nor would I have understood it.

The solidarity I really miss, in the end, is that which the USA showed during the second World War. You hear it in the old time radio shows, and even the older TV shows that allowed for it, and even the newsreels of the time. In the old radio shows, for example, you would hear things like "buy bonds" or messages asking to conserve certain goods, and things of that nature. Why did we (as a country) do this, knowing the war was across the ocean? Because we understood our enemy, and we weren't willing to let our freedom be snatched away by the likes of Hitler and Moussolini.

I know it's a very different eara, and we live in a different country (and even world), but I sorely wish that our country could show solidarity in the war on terror (the war in Iraq, supporting Israel, the war in Afghanistan). We need to support our country and its leaders in their efforts to keep us free.

No, we don't have war bonds, and no, this isn't World War II. The problem is, it's worse than WWII, and yet we have the Democrats trying to use recent events as a political chess piece, hoping to find ways to sour the country on the current administration, and its efforts against the terrorists who would love nothing more than to invade our country long enough to blow it off the map. We can't turn a blind eye to this situation. We can never assume the fascists will go away. We can't treat them with kid gloves, either. America needs to sleep with one eye open, as far as I'm concerned.

I'm not asking people to agree with every single thing the Bush Administration does, but only to realize that we have mortal enemies that Mr. Bush and his allies, colleagues, and administration are trying desperately to combat. It doesn't help their morale to see sagging support in the polls. It's kind of like a sports team who doesn't see enough fan support. If their school/city doesn't support them, they see less value in playing the game.

I know, I know, this may be a somewhat naive political analogy, and I freely admit that. I'm no political analyst. I'm just an "average Joe" living in America's heartland. Still, when I think about all the satirizing, finger-pointing, and all the various ways this administration gets mocked and ridiculed innstead of supported and defended, it saddens me.

Please, let's get behind our country before we find ourselves behind the eight ball.