Lech Walesa is a modern hero. He stood up against the communists in his own country and the Soviet Union on behalf of his beloved Poland and presided over its transformation from a Communist to a Post-Communist state. He has been hailed for his courage in support of liberty.
Walesa spoke recently at a republican campaign event in Chicago, the political birthplace of Barack Obama. Here is part of what he said:
The United States is only one superpower. Today they lead the world. Nobody has doubts about it. Militarily. They also lead economically but they're getting weak. But they don't lead morally and politically anymore. The world has no leadership. The United States was always the last resort and hope for all other nations. There was the hope, whenever something was going wrong, one could count on the United States. Today, we lost that hope.
Restoring our place in the world is not about rhetoric, but about the kind of principled leadership which values liberty and justice above all things, because they are gifts from God. When our allies begin to notice us growing weaker, it is time to take stock of ourselves and recognize from whence we came.
As any good football coach will tell his team when they seem to be in a slump, it's time to get back to the basics.
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