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I think that everyone that gave their life for this country is a hero. |
Wyn Davis wrote on Thu, 18 November 2004 00:12 |
Brian, I think I understand your points, I do not think you understand mine. These men and women have died, their lives are over and the lives of their families are forever changed. Watching their families read those letters puts a very sharp focus on some small fraction the human cost of these policies. Numbers, statistics are often abstractions, difficult to assign any emotion to. Reports that 100,000 Iraqis have died during this war overwhelms my ability to feel anything but anger or rage. But the story of one Iraqi family losing its entire family line, both male and female, brings tears. This issue is not, were these American soldiers heroes. Nor is it about the policy they are charged with executing. The issue is they are gone, their families are suffering. Unless our nation faces the real pain of those losses, grieves and mourns with those families, we will never be able to judge the true cost of these policies, never-mind empathizing with the Iraqi people about theirs. |
Wyn Davis wrote on Thu, 18 November 2004 19:18 |
Thank you for sharing your perspective on this nightmare. I am pretty sure we understand one another. |
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How does a person defend themselves without furthering the hate? |