:: Netmarcos' Notes ::

:: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 ::

Victor Davis Hanson has some great questions about Iraq on National Review Online.

What are we to make of the last four months? In 21 days at a cost of less than 200 fatalities, the United States military ended the 24-year reign of one of the most odious dictators in recent memory and freed their people. In response, here at home there were no mass victory parades in appreciation for our soldiers' proven bravery or public braggadocio about their own singular prowess. Some of our fighters, who in a moment of martial zeal had raised the flag of their country above the toppling statue of a horrific tyrant, were more likely chastised as undisciplined chauvinists rather than praised as enthusiastic patriots.

While I agree with his premise, and conclusions, I believe that we owe it to the American soldiers - past, present, and future - to remember them every day of the year...and to do so with the awe and respect that they so richly deserve.

:: Mark 1:45 PM [+] ::
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