Images Of Oppression

by Fred Thompson - May 4th, 2007 - Townhall.com

A new study from Johns Hopkins University indicates that, since the Taliban was ousted five years ago, Afghan infant mortality rates have improved dramatically. Every year, more than 40,000 babies live that would have died under Islamofascist tyranny -- and the statistics are still improving. The main reason, according to the study, is improved women's access to medical care.

Some people, including World Bank health specialists, say infant mortality rates have improved far more than the Johns Hopkins study shows --

Three thoughts come to mind when I read this article.

First, Fred is right when he suggests in this article that the people who oppose the war are ignoring the oppression women experience in Muslim countries. This is oppression they claim they are the strongest opponents of when it happens anywhere but in a muslim country.

Second, our troops are not just fighting a war over there to keep us safe over here in America. They are at the same time changing the lives of millions over there in the process, but that does not mean that is their primary motive.

Finally, Fred Thompson is starting to indicate with this series of articles in townhall.com that he has the same knack for explaining things in human terms that Ronald Reagan had. He is also being clear and honest just as Reagan was too. Note the way he calls Islamofascism . . . Islamofascism . . . something that our President and most of the other candidates just can't seem to do. I hope these are his own thoughts and not ghost written. I hope that his ability to communicate is backed by a true understanding of the serious problems we are facing in America today. These articles are an interesting way of campaigning though!