The decline of American courage: From 9/11 to Iraq 15 Articles

by Nicholos Gene Poma B.S.

Is there a decline in the courage of Americans? The answer in this writer's opinion is a resounding no. Any country that would attack America would find that Americans step up and do whatever is necessary to ensure safety,...read more

by Frans Stracensky

The author seems to confuse macho behavior with Courage. Courage come from the French root word Coeur which means Heart or from the Heart and it does seem that Americans, or at least 50% of them have, very well, lost that ...read more

by Ross Valigura

Decline in the courage of which Americans? You mean the Americans who want to take the guns away and pass laws for each and every little offense? I call them "Bleeding heart liberals". I have said it before and I will ...read more

by Aldo Bonincontro

I wouldn't talk of decline of the courage and determination of America but of decline of its intelligence, especially that of its political class, maybe, starting from the Vietnam war but surely since 1991, when, with the...read more

by Timmos Norton

Putting the lie to this specious title is all too easy. American men and women are not in any way forced to serve in our military forces, yet they are volunteering in record numbers. In times of relative peace, enlistment ...read more

by Anja Merret

Could George W Bush face war crime charges in den Haque Pres Bush and Tony Blair facing war crimes and crimes on humanity charges is regrettably not likely to happen. Thoughts of this occurred to me while reading about t...read more

by monkeybone

the decline of American courage? Since my childhood, I have witnessed such great bravery and courage,that no one could ever convince me that this nation's heart is weak. my family has served this nation in many wars,...read more

by Billy Nichols

WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE LAW IN OUR COUNTRY, HAVE WE LOSE CONTROL. JUST READ THE FOLLOWING AND YOU WILL KNOW There is no doubt that we are living in a new day, and the way the world use to be has changed in many ways. T...read more

by Derrick Elliston

I don't think that Americans are less brave than the generation form World War Two. I do believe that Americans are reluctant to engage in an endless war that may have been based on lies and dubious motives.We have been li...read more

by Paul Fischer

The pentagon spends over half a trillion dollars every year fighting wars abroad. Pro-peace lobbyists decry this as despicable; American boys and girls should not fight wars and shed blood for any other cause than imminent...read more

by Brett Fritz

What you see as a decline in courage, I see as an increase in wisdom. On 9/11 the American people had been lied to, and at that point in time very few knew better than to go along with what they were being told. People are...read more

by Andrew Eurton

Having served two tours in Iraq as a US Marine, I can assure everybody one thing... every soldier is NOT a hero. If I were to guess, I would say about 1 out of every 100 US military personnel that I knew, fired a round th...read more

by Lucinda Newton

The decline of American courage is more from having short term memory loss than anything else. How many people still have flags on their cars or some kind of patriotic symbol? How many of you have yellow ribb...read more

by Bobby Keith

On September 20, 2001, President George W. Bush addressed a joint session of Congress. This speech was broadcast throughout the world, and it was in response to the attacks of September 11, 2001. Here is just a small porti...read more

by C.S. Donne

"When You See a Rattlesnake Poised to Strike, You Do Not Wait Until He Has Struck Before You Crush Him" President FDR 9/11/41 We have failed to heed this warning once. Merely, sixty years after FDR uttered these word...read more