July 4, 2003
War
Happy Fourth.
Billmon says it a lot better than I can, in "The Price of Patriotism."
About the young men and women in Iraq:
I don't support what they are doing there; I can't pray for their victory -- and anyway, under the circumstances, what kind of "victory" can there be? But to forget them would be to forget the sacrifice my father made -- and the sacrifices that so many have made over the years. So this 4th of July I'm thinking about our soldiers in Iraq, and wishing them home, safe and sound and soon.
Go read it.