Why Hate Never Wins

We witnessed something in November that re-enforced the old truth--hate doesn't win. In an election where so much was at stake, and a little less than half the nation was convinced that they would see a landslide to remove the man they deeply hated from office--there were two messages consistently being heard. One was a message of purpose, duty, responsibility, safety and strength. The other was "Anyone but Bush", mixed in with out rhetoric. It wasn't surprising when the Left lost, because simply hating someone or something isn't enough. You need a positive message to win a war.

Well, the terrorists in Iraq could take a page from this book. It makes sense that the Left is intimidated by the hatred that they see in the terrorists--people who believe hate is effective would necessarily be impressed by the intense hatred evident there. But hate cannot build a nation. Hate cannot unite people. Hate loses wars.

We are intentionally building something in Iraq--and our task has been clear since day one--remove a tyrant, and give freedom to the oppressed. The various groups in Iraq have a variety of causes that they fight for...and their unifying trait is, you guessed it, hate. Its simply not enough.