[Jeff Higgins]

I have a great deal of respect and admiration for men like Lt. Daily. The world could use many more like him. His personal commitment and ultimately his personal sacrifice are far and above what most people are capable of. Rest in peace, Lt. Daily.

What grieves me the most about Lt. Daily's death, and so many like him, is what is becoming painfully obvious in Iraq. That is that the Iraqi people do not deserve men such as Lt. Daily. I hate to say this about anyone, but they deserve the very tyranny from which Lt. Daily was attempting to liberate them. We have led that proverbial horse to water; it is now clear that it does not want to drink. We gave it our best shot; they do not want, nor do they deserve, our help.

I'm sure men like Lt. Daily would go whether or not they felt a people "deserved" their help. They would go because the leadership of our country asked them to, with no further justification required. They trust our leadership to make good decisions, and not to squander what they have to offer. I applaud that trait in men like him. The men that sent him, however, need to see the bigger picture. Men like Lt. Daily are dependent upon the decision makers at the top to make moral and correct decisions about when and where to deploy them.

I supported this war 100% in the beginning. I thought it was the correct and moral thing to do. I no longer feel that way. I feel the administration is in denial and trying to save face; it is plain to everyone else that there is nothing more we can do in Iraq. It's time for them to help themselves. Or not. Let's not continue the tragedy of good men like Lt. Daily dying for a people that could care less; they do not deserve him.