Two Years

[Dave Sund]

I don't know what to say, really, that could possibly capture what has happened in the past two years. We've all been witness to it. Two years ago, the war started.

That week, I was, like many of my high school classmates, pissed off, yet resigned to the inevitable. Blasting RATM in my car stereo for the days where it seemed the war would start any minute. And, yes, watching it unfold on CNN.

I, like many of us who were on the right side of this, predicted that things would go down exactly the way they did. It didn't stop me from hoping that the war would be quick with minimal casualties, but in my heart, I knew better. Being right isn't consolation at all, though. Because they're still in power. Because they're still claiming victory. And because over 1,500 Americans and hundreds of coalition forces, and countless numbers of Iraqi civilians and troops, are all dead. Nothing we can do can bring them back.

Nevertheless, relenting the high ground on this issue justifies it all. And nothing could ever justify this. This war was wrong. It still is. And even if things turn out all right there, we shouldn't let them off the hook because of it. The ends do not justify the means.

[serryjw]

1. Fear not......

the end will never justify the means. We'll have the same conversation on the 20th anniversary...how very sad for the Iraqis and our troops.

[FreedomAngel82]

2. It is sad

And I'm still in shock today that it's going on and even happened. *sigh* :cry:

[kirchaleo]

3. Two years later

the Iraqis are suffering, and after years of bombing and sanctions, now have a country even more devastated than before. At least we are speaking up about this, so the world doesn't think all Americans support this.