Homeland insecurity: Vandalism at Camp Casey
No matter your position on Iraq -- and, indeed, there are many possible positions to take, not just the for/against poles of extremism -- can we not all agree that this latest incident at Camp Casey, Cindy Sheehan's encampment near Bush's ranch in Texas, is truly disgusting?
(I'm somewhat mixed on Sheehan -- or, at least, on what she represents. I certainly don't think that parental emotion should govern American foreign policy, but is there any more powerful emotion? And while it's true that one of the costs of war, the most enormous cost of all, is the loss of life, whether military or civilian, it surely isn't right for life to be sacrificed for a cause that isn't just. And that's what this comes down to. Is the Iraq War, now more of an occupation than a full-out war, just? I don't have the answer, but it may be enough, at present, just to ask the question.
Regardless, I find myself, as usual, somewhere in the middle. As I've mentioned here a number of times, I was for the war... well, before I was against it, if I may pull a Kerry. Like many hawkish liberals, I believed that war was necessary, given what I knew at the time. And now? Well, the war/occupation has gone horribly wrong, and we're left with something resembling a quagmire -- a difficult situation from which it will be difficult to pull out. But it's imperative to deal with the facts as they are. And the central fact is that the U.S. invaded Iraq, toppled Saddam's regime, and is now occupying the country even as a new, democratic regime struggles to secure legitimacy and long-term viability amid a bloody insurgent backlash. The loss of life has indeed been a truly horrendous cost, and I can barely imagine the enormity of Ms. Sheehan's pain and suffering (even as I admire her courage and passion), but, to me, the job needs to be finished -- that is, Iraq needs to be stabilized -- before any significant withdrawal can be considered. Lest Iraq (and perhaps much of the Middle East) descend into chaos. And that, I'm afraid, would turn out to be a lot worse than the gross injustices of this war.)
(I'm somewhat mixed on Sheehan -- or, at least, on what she represents. I certainly don't think that parental emotion should govern American foreign policy, but is there any more powerful emotion? And while it's true that one of the costs of war, the most enormous cost of all, is the loss of life, whether military or civilian, it surely isn't right for life to be sacrificed for a cause that isn't just. And that's what this comes down to. Is the Iraq War, now more of an occupation than a full-out war, just? I don't have the answer, but it may be enough, at present, just to ask the question.
Regardless, I find myself, as usual, somewhere in the middle. As I've mentioned here a number of times, I was for the war... well, before I was against it, if I may pull a Kerry. Like many hawkish liberals, I believed that war was necessary, given what I knew at the time. And now? Well, the war/occupation has gone horribly wrong, and we're left with something resembling a quagmire -- a difficult situation from which it will be difficult to pull out. But it's imperative to deal with the facts as they are. And the central fact is that the U.S. invaded Iraq, toppled Saddam's regime, and is now occupying the country even as a new, democratic regime struggles to secure legitimacy and long-term viability amid a bloody insurgent backlash. The loss of life has indeed been a truly horrendous cost, and I can barely imagine the enormity of Ms. Sheehan's pain and suffering (even as I admire her courage and passion), but, to me, the job needs to be finished -- that is, Iraq needs to be stabilized -- before any significant withdrawal can be considered. Lest Iraq (and perhaps much of the Middle East) descend into chaos. And that, I'm afraid, would turn out to be a lot worse than the gross injustices of this war.)
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Putting up little crosses as symbols of fallen soldiers in a crassly political manner may be defensible, since it falls within the realm of free speech, but anyone who does such a thing has to expect some people to get mad. It is within my rights to make a sign that demeans black people and walk around town with it, but I think it a testament to the goodness of our society that someone, maybe a black or white or Asian or whatever person, would grab the sign from me and destroy it.
People are emotional creatures, and I don't find it disgusting when they act on their emotions in ways that are largely symbolic.
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N. Lowe, at 7:36 PM
Are you really equating the display of crosses in memory of those who have died in a war with the burning of crosses by the Ku Klux Klan? And are you really saying that a guy plowing his SUV into these crosses is the moral equivalent of tearing down a bunch of racist signs?
Say what you will about the protesters and their motives, but the mothers of sons who have died in the service of their country deserve better -- even from those self-declared patriots who lack the courage to sign up and ship out to defend their convictions.
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Vivek Krishnamurthy, at 10:54 PM
I didn't mention burning crosses. And yes, I think the guy who plowed the crosses has just as much a right to do so as I do to destroy a racist sing from a peaceful marcher. Neither act is condoned from a strictly legalistic point of view, and yet I think both are perfectly morally defensible actions. What if the guy who did the plowing lost a son in the Iraq war?
How far liberals willing to go to deify the mothers of the bereaved? The likely answer is that they ride this issue as long as it continues to provide fertile political gain.
As for the chicken-hawk argument: give me a break. If supporting the war means actually fighting it, then supporting affirmative action means seeaking out black doctors, lawyers, and insurance agents, and supporting increased funding for public schools means actually sending your kids to public schools. Supporting tax
Some liberals love to play the chicken-hawk argument without recognizing its full ramifications. Should Bill Clinton not have been able to launch military offensives in Somalia, Bosnia, or bomb Iraq because he was a draft-dodger? Should Canadians pay America reparations since they enjoy peace and prosperity when it is America who did most of the hard labor to fight off the enemies of the 20th century? Sorry, that argument doesn't fly.
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