Moral Authority?
Does having lost a son to the war in Iraq make Cindy Sheehan opinions about the war more accurate then other people? What about a mother who lost her son in the War, but still supports the war? What about one who still has a son fighting the war? Is my opinion more accurate then any of them? How about the Presidents opinion? Or the senior Senator from Massachusetts opinion? The truth is the only accurate judge of the value of the War is what history says about 10, 20, 100 years from now. Only then when the dust has settled can we see if what we have accomplished was a change for the better. Who’s to know what will become of Iraq? It could turn into the second true democracy in the Middle East (after Israel). It could collapse in on itself and become unquestionably a terrorist state. It may settle down to a true democracy only to fall 50 years from now. All we have for now is the hope and belief that things will get better there. That Iraqis will be better off then they were 5 years ago, that the next generation of Iraqis will thank us. And finally that we did a good and decent thing.