Anger

Earlier today, my sister said pretty much the same thing that Murray Hill did in this post. This was after hearing about some of our troops being captured, executed and paraded before cameras.

My response to her...no, we can't do that. We can't be that way. We are better than that. I know there are plenty of people (those so consumed by hatred of Bush and/or America that they can't see straight) who were and are convinced that we don't care about killing innocent people. Sure, nothing will convince them that America isn't pure evil, but that doesn't mean we should live down to their expectations.

It's true that the main goal is toppling Saddam and getting rid of the WMDs that the protesters tell us do not exist. Liberation for Iraq is a noble but secondary goal. My sister says the Iraqis were spineless because they didn't rise up and topple Saddam themselves. I told her that I cannot judge them, because untold horrors awaited those who stepped out of line.

So, while I understand my sister's anger and frustration, I can't agree with her on this. Like I said, I believe America is better than that.

Update: It seems my offhand linking to this article has caused this blog (and a bunch of others) to be linked in this post as an example of supposed bias among bloggers. There are three reasons I never posted a correction. One, the story was not the point of the post. Two, I'm not a warblogger, so I have a hard time keeping up with all the war news. Three, the whole story regarding the chemical plant has gotten rather murky; I think it remains to be seen whether this plant was used to manufacture chemical weapons in the past. But in the interest of fairness, here is a link to an update on the chemical plant story. I think the original point that I was making in this post still stands.