When Congress passed the now infamous health care reform bill on March 21, it confirmed what I had suspected for some time. We were in a war between big government leftists and those who oppose them. Only the naive or those in denial can consider this an overstatement.

I’m not alone in my view. Two days after that Sunday of infamy, author and radio host Dennis Prager stated, “I write the words ‘civil war’ with an ache in my heart. But we are in one.” About a week later, economist and political commentator Walter Williams implied the same when he wrote, “I believe we are nearing a point where there are enough irreconcilable differences between those Americans who want to control other Americans and those Americans who want to be left alone that separation is the only peaceable alternative.” Conservative author David Horowitz was way ahead of the curve when he said in 1996, “The Left is permanently at war with America.”

As for my own analysis, I begin by defining war this way: When two or more groups reach a point where they’re unable to resolve their disagreements, a “state of war” exists. This is the political state of affairs in which we now find ourselves. It’s been an ongoing conflict based on a fundamental difference in values. On one side you have those who favor a large proactive government that has the power to arbitrate the affairs of its citizens. On the other side you have those who believe the American citizen should arbitrate his own affairs with little or no government interference.

That this is a non-violent war—a sort of “cold war,” so to speak—is our only consolation. Further debate will not resolve it. Our irreconcilable differences have given us gridlock and partisan politics, but no end to the conflict. That’s unlikely to change.

How we managed to get to this point of strong-armed government excess is no longer relevant. Where we go from here must be our new focus. How we choose to fight this battle should be our paramount consideration. Beyond that, we must assess the current situation in the context of this New American Civil War in which we are now faced.

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