4 Years In - An Unhappy Anniversary
If you are a Republican, you are happy to hear reports that the “surge” in Iraq is showing signs of positive progress. If you are a Democrat, you are feeling vindicated by reports that the “surge” is not making any more progress this time than it did the last time it was tried. Regardless of your party, if you are a thinking person, you are frustrated by the lack of unbiased news about what is actually going on in Iraq.
Newscasters and elected officials seem to have lost track of what is important. This is not about political positioning; it is not about President Bush’s legacy; it is not about being right. It is about the welfare of the young men and women we, as a nation, sent into harm’s way; it is about the welfare of the other coalition troops; it is about the welfare of the Iraqi civilians.
Regardless of our support or lack thereof, for the war itself, isn’t the important issue in how we move forward the continued risk to life and limb of those fighting in our name and those caught in the cross fire? How many more must die or be maimed while our leaders run around in circles pointing fingers at each other and the news media continues to stir the pot with biased reporting and calculated presentations of political duels between the opposing factions.
Let those who are willing to sacrifice their own children in this war step forward and speak. The rest should just shut up.