Peace Through Strength

In my home town, it is not uncommon to see white on blue "peace" signs. They were up before we invaded Iraq and overthrew the Baathist scum. And they've remained up as we've defended Iraq against Baathist, jihadi, and Sadrist scum.

It has always annoyed me that we were considered to be the violators of peace by attacking Saddam's regime; yet when the Baathists, jihadis, and Sadrists attacked the legitimate Iraqi government and our forces helping that government, we were still the violators of that peace.

Yet the anti-war side has kept their moral edge since who can oppose "peace"?

The problem is, the anti-war side's chant of "peace" just means "defeat for America."

Once upon a time, Americans instinctively wanted "peace" but knew that peace could only be a good peace when it followed victory. These Americans in Paris celebrating VJ Day understood the linkage between victory and peace (They are carrying newspapers with the headline "PEACE"):

Can our Left ever understand this simple message? How did "peace" come to mean our defeat in their minds?

If I can find a larger picture that doesn't lose clarity I'll replace the small image. I saw this in my April issue of Army magazine and just did a quick search online.