Senator Santorum's Speech: Democrats are Evil

Listening to Rick Santorum's speech in the middle of a group of students was difficult, as I could not give away my personal disappointment with the man. I remember being told over and over, "Respect the rank, not the man", but Senator Santorum made it pretty clear that his rank was not to be respected either. I felt no sense of awe sitting in the presence of a Senator, and I have to say I wouldn't have no matter who was standing there. That was my first major indication that I have lost all faith in my government and my people.

Santorum started out by saying that we went to Iraq to further the cause of liberty. He said that the challenge we face is Islamic fascism and that our soldiers are fighting a different type of enemy in this war. After setting that up, he made sure to mention that the leftist argument against the war was irrelevant and counterproductive. He said that Democrats and other left organizations are not committed to winning the war in Iraq because, "winning isn't important if you don't think you have anything to lose". More importantly, he stated that those against the war are not "putting their country before their own personal ideology" and that Democrats do not support free elections in Iran.

Santorum constantly referred to the September 11th attacks when justifying the war in Iraq. He complained that reports of American casualties are incessant and the only consistent headlines coming out of the war. He tried to justify President Bush's use of ILLEGAL wire-tapping by giving an example of how LEGAL wire-tapping stopped an attack in Italy. Santorum said he and other Republicans were making it their personal mission to stop the over-politization of the war in Iraq, and that if we lost, we'd have to answer to the world for helping to create an Islamo-fascist regime in Iran.