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Originally posted by rrpjr
However “misguided” the national American attempt to wage war in Iraq might turn out to be, or however mismanaged the actual effort has become – and men of good faith can argue this issue – it hardly matters to the point of Lt. Daily’s personal statement. He was only telling us why he joined.
To deny a man like Lt. Daily his due or belittle his sacrifice as “pointless” is a kind of existential graverobbing by a niggardly, illiberal mind. It is a moral insult, not only against an individual, but against individuality itself. And against liberalism.
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The sad thing is this guy joined to "make a difference". To help in the battle against tyranny.
But he just didn't have enough information to make an informed choice. So he joined a pointless war that has replaced one tyranny with another one that in the long run will be much worse than the old one and will destabilze that part of the world still more - all at the cost of many billions of dollars and countless innocent lives - including his own.
There is nothing noble about another kid making ill-informed choices and losing his life in the process. That's tragic - and to hold this up here as some fine moral example for other kids is the worst sort of mendacity.