Sunday, May 3, 2009
America
Well, its clear he loves America. I worry, though, that D'souza's devotion to America seems a bit too much like the religious fervor of many of the groups he was condemning. But maybe that's just me. He seems more like a man from one of those cultures that forces virtue: he is so zealous about how amazing America is, it doesn't appear as if he got to that conclusion by choice. However, some of his points were good, if at times a bit stretched, and the patriot in me is all too eager to accept his go-america attitude. But, as he relates to Johnny, D'Souza is exactly one of the people that joe hates so much. D'Souza is all about intangibilities, about sending other people off to die to protect the glory that is America, about being on the side of the angels... Joe would say that D'Souza never fought for these ideals he supposedly believes, would never give his life for america despite the zealotry apparent in his writing. Joe went to war because of the attitude presented by people like D'Souza: he went protecting the greatest country on earth and defending democracy, the gift to the world. He ended up eternally crippled because of this blind devotion to the country that believes it is on the side of the angels.
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I think that D'Souza has made one forgone conclusion that makes him seem like the religious people that you say he is condemning. This is of course that America is right and will inevitably will win. I did not find his points to be very stretched at all, for instance he backed his beliefs on Islam extremely well with his discussion on the Ottoman Empire. I do think Joe would dislike him, however I claim that Joe would dislike the fanatical Islamists more because they fight simply to preserve their dieing culture while America has at least some vested interest (oil and the spread of freedom).
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