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Stardate: Wednesday, July 28, 2004

KIDS!!!

You know what?  I've got a bit of a problem here and I just need to get it off my chest.  I HATE getting political, but this is just a bit of nonsense that has been bothering me.

Last night, Bill O'Reilly did an interview with Michael Moore.  Now these are two gentlemen that I can't bring myself to agree with one way or the other, but I watched the interview just to see what they would finally have to say to eachother.

On the whole, I liked the interview.  It was good television.  On the flipside, however, I found myself disagreeing fundamentally with a question that Mr. Moore asked Mr. O'Reilly.

The question, roughly, was "would you send your children to die to retake Fallujah?"

Personally, I can't say that Mr. Moore would be making his point if Mr. O'Reilly answered "no."

Why?  Because, in my experience, NO PARENT would answer 'yes' to any question which started "would you send your child to die..."  Most parents would gladly sacrifice themselves before their children, regardless of the reason.  A parent can be proud of what their child accomplishes in the military, but knowing that their child would die the next day would prevent most parents from letting their children enroll.

At least, that is how I think of parents.  They want to protect their children.  Therefore, I find that the question was unfair to begin with.  Mr. O'Reilly's response that he would sacrifice himself would be the logical answer from anyone who supports the war.  I just don't feel that good parents would sacrifice their children over themselves, no matter the cost.

As for Mr. Moore's assertion that President Bush is sending the children over to Iraq, this is also a flawed statement for two reasons:  1) No CHILDREN in the literal sense are being sent to Iraq.  These are grown men and women who have chosen to devote a portion of their lives to the armed services.  And 2) It is President Bush's heavy job to send people to what could very well be their deaths.  While the merits of this war may be sketchy at best, war demands casualties.  It's one of the worst things about war.  People die.  The fact of the matter is that right or wrong President Bush sent people to fight this war.  Some of them were going to die.  The President believes that the cause was just.  In a sense, I suppose it may have been.  A dictator was removed from control.  As Mr. Moore points out, that wasn't the reason they were given for going, and whether it was President Bush who lied or was merely mis-informed has become a debate for the academics.

The point is that people die during war.  By that token war is bad.  But it is the President's responsibility to make that decision.  Other presidents have sent 'children' to die.  That should not be the issue.  The issue should remain whether or not the war is justified (or at least as justified as war can ever be.)

This argument comes from a man who loves humanity as a whole.  Someone who will not take a side in the argument between Mr. Moore and his kind and Mr. O'Reilly and his kind, because neither side is entirely correct.

To quote Dennis Miller, "that's just my opinion.  I could be wrong."


:: J 12:45 PM [+] ::
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