David Brook's column this morning shows us why Private Bergdahl had to be brought home and subsequent review of the video tape reveals that John McCain wanted this originally, but now says the price was too high.
I have never wondered why the U.S. is a country that we all believe in but I am thankful my grandparents and great great grandparents chose to leave Europe and come to the U.S. I also recognize that immigrants striving for a better life makes this a better more dynamic country. That is why I support a liberal immigration policy.
Until I read David's column this morning I did not think about the challenges it takes to maintain a sense of nationality in a country of 300 million people from all types of ethnicity and arrival times here in the United States. I do understand having lived here in NYC for 30 years that 9/11 brought NY'ers together in a way that I could not have imagined. 2 hours of tragedy eliminated a certain ethnic mistrust that had existed previously. We were all in it together and that commonality in attitude has been maintained every since.
And I believe that whatever mishandling there has been on the part of President Obama in bringing Private Bergdahl home can be laid at rest to his trials and tribulations of having to deal with a GOP that wants nothing more than to ruin him and make his Presidency a disaster. But as David writes, it was the right thing to do.
Unfortunately, a disastrous Presidency is not good for the country. President Bush II's presidency was a disaster for the country without the Democrats even trying to create that.
Link to David Brook's Column
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