Jefferson wrote that the "tree of liberty must regularly be watered with the blood of Patriots and Tyrants."  Is there any better example of this than the current war in Iraq? While the anti-American Left will always claim that there are great profits to made by Haliburton, "Big-Oil" and the like, even the most deranged from the fever swamps rarely claim that the average soldier fights for profit. Of course there are even some slimy exceptions to this rule.

Our enemies in Iraq and around the world are almost always also know to be the embodiment of evil whether they are indiscriminately murdering people or simply destroying ancient works of art.

When our soldiers engage the enemy they are truly living up to Jefferson's challenge. When our forces sent Uday and Qusay to the death that they so richly deserved they were watering the tree of Liberty. Sgt. Paul Smith , when he defended his fellows at Baghdad International Airport to his very death, was following Jefferson's words.

I often despair that "Rome is burning" when I watch the news and hear about how there is no Just course in Iraq. When "luminaries" such as James (f**k the Jews) Baker III and his Iraq Study Group inform us that there is nothing to "win", and that we should actually negotiate with their business partners the Iranians and Jordanians, I wonder if our Nation can be saved.

But then I read about Casey Sheehan, an ordinary man until a fateful day when he is reported to have said, "I go where my chief goes". Or about Sgt Rafael Peralta, pulling a grenade into his bullet ridden body, saving the lives of his fellows. Or about Chief Petty Officer Michael Monsoor, who after failing Seal training the first try, came back, endured "hell week" again and went on to also leap upon a live grenade. Then I know, that through their Blood, the Tree of Liberty endures.

This is where I find true Nobility in our world.