Compare and Contrast.

Arrogant? Dismissive? Derisive? America? The same America who saved the country in which this speech was delivered not once but twice in the past century? This attitude brings to mind the sobriquet bestowed on the Democrats, after their 1984 National Convention in San Francisco, by the late Jeanne Kirkpatrick, R.I.P. She called them the "Blame America First" crowd. Some things simply do not change. Ambassador Kirkpatrick's full speech, which was delivered at the Republican Convention in Dallas that year, is a must read, and very timely indeed.


Ronald Reagan realized the greatness of America and celebrated it constantly. He never felt the need to apologize for the falsely perceived failings attributed to America by some politicians in France and Germany (the site of another Obama apology). Ronald Reagan loved America, and he was both a great leader and a true statesman.


Neville Chamberlain was, according to his harshest critic in 1938, Winston Churchill, a good man who thought he was doing the best thing for his country when he made the infamous pact with Hitler, which turned out not to be worth the paper it was written on. He was, though, the paradigm for appeasers to come, and one might think that others would learn from his mistakes (especially since they caused almost the total destruction of his country before the tide was turned).


Winston Spencer Churchill, the Man of the Century, was the man most responsible for turning the tide and preserving freedom not only for England but for a major part of the world. Churchill and Reagan were in the eyes of right thinking people the greatest leaders and statesmen of their times. Both believed fervently in peace: Peace through Strength.