"Not Too Late For Us To Honor The Almost 3,000 Service Members Who Have Died"

[kpete]

The Freedoms My Brother Is Defending

By Emily Miller
Tuesday, December 26, 2006; Page A25

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It's not too late for us to honor the almost 3,000 U.S. service members who have died defending the principles of our democracy. It is morally imperative for us to honor our living service members and to do what is demanded of us by our democracy and by common decency. We have taken a small step by changing some of our leadership in Washington, but now it is upon us to follow through at home and demand accountability from our leaders.

What are you, fellow citizens, willing to do to defend our Constitution? Will you dignify the sacrifices of our soldiers? Will you honor my brother's faith in our system? Will you let my brother or others die to eke out a slightly smaller disaster in Iraq? These are the questions we face in the wake of the Baker-Hamilton report.

My brother is betting his life that you are not going to ask this of him. He has placed his trust in the idea that we will not ask him to die for anything less than the necessary defense of our democracy. Reasonable people may at one time have disagreed about the necessity of the Iraq war, but now that it has become abundantly clear from every quarter that we cannot win, will you be responsible for asking my brother to stay?

My family begs of you: Do not ask this of him. Do not ask this of us. My brother is doing his constitutional duty. Now it is time for us to do ours.

more at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/25/AR2006122500459.html

[Jcrowley]

1. K&R

[AnotherMother4Peace]

2. K&R - May they rest in peace, may their families find peace, & may those responsible

be held accountable. I hope & pray that with the new Congress & Senate, our government begins functioning once again.