You young whippersnappers may not remember that the United States once owned the Panama Canal and leased a huge strip of land on either side of it called the Canal Zone. Then our second worst president, one Jimmy Carter gave it away to the Panamanian dictator Omar Torrijos. I realize that is not the official way it works, but that is the effect, nonetheless. In the process he made us much less secure.
Anyway, in the mid-1980s Mrs. PolyKahr and I were detailed to Panama for a tour of duty with the Navy Department. We have fond memories of our life in Panama, a third world country. But even then, we realized it would have been far less enjoyable had we just gone and lived on the economy. And of course, while we were there, we visited Costa Rica, another third world country.
It was thus amusing to me to read about a leftist who fled the country out of fear of the Trump administration to Costa Rica. It gives new meaning to the term FAFO. You can read all about it at Watch: LA Lib Fled Trump to Costa Rica, Now She's Glad to Live Under Him Again if She Can Just Come Home at the Western Journal.
“I regret moving to Costa Rica,” she said. “It’s a beautiful country. I love the nature and wildlife.”
“But moving to a third-world country where I don’t know the language, I don’t have any connections, resources, or opportunities — that didn’t make my life any easier.”
(sarcasm on) Really? You don't say. (sarcasm off) While our time in Panama was wonderful for us, we always realized that we were privileged because we were Americans. We had access to books, and media that the Panamanians did not have. Of course, our salaries with the Navy were much better than the locals enjoyed. We took a vacation to Europe later, after returning to the United States, and found that for all that the first world pretends to sophistication and being better than we Americans are, it was less than we had at home. For instance, our usual hotels like the Holiday Inn would qualify as 4 stars in Europe.
“It’s so weird to want to move to America right now with everything that’s going on,” she whined. “But I just left so many privileges and resources behind. And I want them back! It sucks!”
The woman said she first visited Costa Rica at age 17, when she went on a luxury vacation with her wealthy high school friends.
The woman — who now appears to be in her late-20s or early-30s — discovered that the rest of Costa Rica is not like a five-star, luxury resort.
“Now that I’ve traveled, I’ve seen, like, real poverty,” she said. “And I’m like, ‘Oh, I wasn’t poor.’”
Again, one wants to respond with sarcasm, but in truth this woman, and the one who fled to Africa have been buffaloed by the media. It is sad, to be sure, and yet they have allowed the media to do it to them. Here is the hard lesson that the Left has yet to learn. America is great when most of us are not seeking power and control but being (imperfect) imagers of God on earth. We all need to be more grateful for what we have and stop complaining about what we don't have. The United States is truly the best country in the world.
At the same time, we also need to have consequences for bad actors. That is another thing that made America great: it was relatively safer than either the third world, or Europe. We need to apply the laws we already have evenly and without prejudice. So, these people who fled have made their bed and now they should sleep in it. We don't need such people. As for illegal aliens, drug dealers, gang members and other criminals, we have laws, and we should apply them. Sadly, the same applies to Muslims. Like it or not, they want to change our laws to sharia. Sharia is not compatible with our Constitutional Republic. Frankly, Muslims should either move to an Islamic country or convert to Christianity.
Oh, and by the way, Trump is doing nothing to frighten any American.
No comments:
Post a Comment