In BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA, Jess is bullied by a girl on the school bus who claims that Jess tripped her, and Jess gets thrown off the bus and has to walk the three miles home.  Jess wants to just drop it, but Leslie tells him:

“It’s the PRINCIPLE of the thing, Jess.  That’s what you’ve got to understand.  You have to stop people like that. Otherwise, they turn into tyrants and dictators.”

BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA is a novel, and the characters are fifth graders.  Nevertheless, there is a lesson to be learned here. 

When  you show weakness to your enemies,  you enable them to become more and  more aggressive.   The militant Islamic terrorists MUST BE STOPPED.   People such as our Democratic leadership who tell us the war is already lost or that it must be won via diplomacy are either stupid or traitorous - or maybe a combination of both.

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