There is a scene from the 1957 classic The Bridge On The River Kwai with Sir Alec Guinness and William Holden which I would like to bring up...again. British prisoners were forced to build a bridge that would enable Japanese soldiers to cross a gorge by rail on their way to fighting and killing American and British soldiers. Guinness, as Colonel Nicholson, was driven by proper military protocol to such an extreme that he lost touch with the reality of who the enemy was. His fortitude, even under torture, inspired his men to follow him blindly. Holden, as American prisoner Spears, may not have had a military career as his goal, but was not deluded by that which he did not have either.
The bridge was built with great pride and Colonel Nicholson attached a plaque to it as he stiffly walked across the wooden panels, admiring the work of the British soldier. Spears had escaped and reluctantly returned to blow up the bridge. The operation had almost gone off perfectly but Colonel Nicholson, now in total delusion, followed the detonation wires that were exposed, foiling the surprise. Confronting Spears, his anger at this gold bricking, undisciplined American is shattered as mortar rounds explode around him. He suddenly comes to the harsh realization that the American and others were sent to blow the bridge up. As he falls on the detonator, blowing up the bridge he built, he looks skyward and says "What have I done?"
I wonder if any Americans who voted for Barack Obama and saw the picture of him beaming as he grasped the hand of Hugo Chaves question their decision? And this, a day after the Obama administration had religious symbols covered at Georgetown University while Obama spoke from the podium, and this the same day that the administration said that this was a "New Day" for relations with Cuba. No, what it is, is a "New Day" for America, one the radical left has planned for a long time.
The bridge was built with great pride and Colonel Nicholson attached a plaque to it as he stiffly walked across the wooden panels, admiring the work of the British soldier. Spears had escaped and reluctantly returned to blow up the bridge. The operation had almost gone off perfectly but Colonel Nicholson, now in total delusion, followed the detonation wires that were exposed, foiling the surprise. Confronting Spears, his anger at this gold bricking, undisciplined American is shattered as mortar rounds explode around him. He suddenly comes to the harsh realization that the American and others were sent to blow the bridge up. As he falls on the detonator, blowing up the bridge he built, he looks skyward and says "What have I done?"
I wonder if any Americans who voted for Barack Obama and saw the picture of him beaming as he grasped the hand of Hugo Chaves question their decision? And this, a day after the Obama administration had religious symbols covered at Georgetown University while Obama spoke from the podium, and this the same day that the administration said that this was a "New Day" for relations with Cuba. No, what it is, is a "New Day" for America, one the radical left has planned for a long time.
