Gold Star mother
Here's a powerful plea from a North Carolina woman, whose Marine son was killed in Iraq, to stay the course.
I would not want to tell this woman that her sacrifice has been for nothing.
The outcome in Iraq is still uncertain. Many difficulties remain. It will take years to determine whether the ultimate result will be worth what it cost to achieve it.
If Iraq becomes a stable, peaceful, free, democratic and prosperous country friendly to Western interests and a force for reform in the Middle East, that will argue that the war was a success.
If Iraq is abandoned to the terrorists, then of course American blood and treasure will have been spent for nothing.
Fighting on does not assure the first result, but giving up now guarantees the second.
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"Therefore, will you join me in asking Congress to leave the military alone to do bravely, professionally and effectively what they are trained to do?"
I can only speculate, but I beleive that if the military been allowed to execute this war as it wanted, Iraq would be a far safer place now. Rumsfeld's need to show that wars could be won with fewer boots on the ground has not worked out so well.
Posted on July 7, 2005 12:45 PM
Patrick,
I agree there have been more political mistakes than military failures.
Posted on July 7, 2005 3:40 PM
"Fighting on does not assure the first result, but giving up now guarantees the second."
It also should be noted that fighting on assures there will be more greiving mothers. One could also argue that sending more people to die for an unjust and/or lost cause is dishonoring her son's memory more than anything.
Posted on July 8, 2005 12:41 AM