Unity???

Well, it's good to know that we have not forgotten.

And it is nice to see national unity for a day or two. But I am predicting that by Wednesday (at the latest) even Bin Laden's capture will be politicized and the national divide will be continued.

And that is a shame.

When unified this country can be the most powerful force in the world. We could solve at least a majority of our problems if we were truly unified.

I have heared that before the US got involved in WWII that the majority of citizens were not in favor of entering the war. I wonder how much of a political divide there was back then. And if there was a political divide before the war, what happened to that possible division after we entered the fracas?

I know that after Vietnam most of the country was against that military action. I have never really understood where the dissension about that War really stemmed from. My basic belief is that is came from a younger generation who really and truly believed in making love not war.   My guess is that we got into that war because a majority of citizens or a majority of congress, at least, were in favor of military actions in Vietnam.

My point is that I am really am starting to wonder if there has ever been a long sustained time of national unity.

From my perspective as a person who was a teenager mainly in the eighties an a young adult in  the early nineties it seems like we had national unity from 1976 until 1992.

Is that the longest period of national unity in US history?  I hope not.

I understand that there will always be some difference of opinion between the parties. To me that makes sense, and I think is healthy for us as a nation.  But from what I have seen things have gone beyond a little political dissension.  To me things have gotten personal between the  Democrats and Republicans and its not healthy.