Those who lived in oppression treat Bush as hero
President Bush received a warm welcome from Albanians near the end of his eight day trip abroad. Formerly a communist country, Albania suffered under the four-decade tyrannical rule of Enver Hoxha. So its people, unlike the liberals in our own country, know that defending democracy and freedom are worth any price. Why? Because the cost of the alternative to freedom and liberty is always higher and more terrible.
An extremely poor country, Albania nevertheless has 140 troops in Afghanistan and about 120 in Iraq. President Alfred Moisiu said that as long as the United States remains, so will Albanian troops.
“Albanians know the horror of tyranny,” Bush said. “And so they’re working to bring the hope of freedom to people who haven’t known it. And that’s a noble effort and a sacrifice.”
Indeed it is. And it ought to tell us something when a mostly Muslim country enthusiastically greets our president but so many hate him at home.
As the article notes:
“Throngs of people grasped Bush’s hands, arms and fingers on the streets of Fushe Kruje, a small town near the airport where he stopped to chat in a cafe with business owners. Unused to such adoring crowds in America, Bush reveled in the attention. He kissed women on the cheek, posed for pictures and signed autographs. Someone reached out and rubbed his gray hair.”
And what does it tell us when people who were truly oppressed appreciate Bush and many Americans do not? That we take for granted our freedoms and are too decadent, lazy, and self-satisfied to lift a finger to help others obtain the same blessings we enjoy.
God bless Albania and God help America.
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