As we approach the dawn of 2009, I raise a toast (champagne, of course) to the United States of America, for all our faults the greatest country in the world. Every day I'm grateful my ancestors got on those boats.
I raise a toast to Iraq, which we welcomed into the league of democracies this year.
I raise a toast to the United States Military, the main reason Iraq is now a free country and the reason we are the free-est nation that ever existed.
I raise a toast to President Bush, who for all his faults is a decent man who stood his ground when others wanted to abandon Iraq - and America - to terrorists.
I raise a toast to Fred, the Mods, and the denizens of Rantburg - the best damn community/family in the world. (It should be - it wraps around the world. :-D)
So join me, fellow Rantburgers, in raising a toast of your choice - beer, wine, champagne, martini, margarita, sparkling apple juice, or fizzy water - to the USA, to our friends and allies, to us.
Good fortune to our friends, confusion to our enemies.
L'Chaim! |