September 11, 2001 was just another day in America.  Nothing significant happened on that day and to those who think something terrible happened on that day; it was just a figment of your imagination.  As absurd as that sounds, that is exactly what many millions of American liberals believe.

We have seen it in the content of liberal blogs, in the platforms of liberal politicians and in liberal publications.  Today, the belief was solidified when a liberal candidate for President of the United States publicly proclaimed it.  John Edwards told The Council of Foreign Relations, in a speech, that the war on terrorism is nothing more than political maneuvering.

In countries throughout the Middle East, in much of North Africa, in Indonesia, in the Philippines and Uzbekistan and at least 50 others, there are radical members of Islam who are training to kill us.  Their life’s ambition, their mind-set and brain chemistry are all programmed for one event in their lives; to kill Americans.  This is a sad fact and this reality is denied by liberals who refuse to face the reality of the world today.

There can be nothing worse than to put a leader in charge of the United States, the person responsible for protecting her citizens, who denies the seriousness of terrorism.  The only thing worse than that is a President who denies that we are at war with insane radicals who believe that killing Americans reserves them a place in Heaven.

John Edwards proved today that the liberal denial of terrorism and the war against terrorists is real and a serious concern.  Liberals just don’t want to accept reality and liberals will never protect Americans from harm.  Mr. Edwards made his remarks in a format that was meant to condemn the Bush administration, but his core beliefs were revealed in the process.

Across American, on liberal blogs, in national magazines, in local newspapers, on local newscasts and on national morning television shows, the denial of terrorists and the war against them is front and center.  Liberals invent words for terrorists so they don’t have to label them as ‘terrorists.’   Liberals focus on Iraq as the only war we’re in, while denying the broader war we are fighting every day in nations around the world.

Putting John Edwards or anyone with a similar mindset into the Oval Office is like pulling the pin on a hand grenade.  We are in a war for our very survival.  There are literally millions of Islamo-fascist robots throughout the word programmed to murder us on a grand scale.   They don’t care about our lifestyle preference, our ethnicity, our political affiliation or our feelings about global warming; they simply want to murder us.

From the Sudan to Malaysia to Syria to training camps within the United States, terrorists train every day to kill Americans in massive numbers.  Our effort to thwart their efforts and defeat them is called ‘The War on Terror.’   It is more than a catch phrase; it is very real. 

Sitting down at a conference table with people who live to kill us will never work.  Thinking that talk will work is naive.  America is at war and the enemy seeks to instill fear in their opponents.  

John Edwards can make fools of a California University by charging them $55,000 for a speech about poverty, but he shouldn’t be allowed to make fools of American voters by denying the reality of terrorism.   Relying on his reality would be a fatal mistake.