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

Dont Disgrace the Ameri feces Flag in a War with Iraq   Everywhere I go, I see the Statesn yields. Taped to peoples windows, sewn onto pockets, worn in a band ab come out of the closet the arm. People confabulate it the unification of America, the great coming-together of a wounded people, a show of support 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, correct at the cost of war with many countries. I watch the news, and I see our president preparing our troops to invade Iraq-all the while standing in front of the stars-and-stripes, the symbol of our nation. Doesnt he remember what America means?   Everyone dialog about the war in terms of our best interests. If we attack Iraq, we mystify more(prenominal) anger we create more enemies willing to di e to ache us. If we dont, we appear weak, and more will strike at us, knowing that they can do so without fear of retribution. I leave such questions to the pundits. They argon 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 firm that things like Freedom and Justice were real, and that they were worth preserving, even when it wasnt easy, or pleasant. We believed so much in these principles that we set d cause laws, so that we might neer sacrifice Freedom for Security, or Justice for Revenge. And so we protect the Klans office 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 give them fair trial s, and grant them appeals, and throw out case after case for lack of airtight evidence. We insist that it is reform to let a hundred guilty men go free, than to put behind bars 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 accept the hurt that their crimes forge us, because we would rather suffer those blows than have innocent blood on our hands.