[Tijeras_Slim]

What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated. -Thomas Paine-

I think this puts your "friends" mindset in perspective. He gained his birthright on the cheap.

[DeepRed]

I think we both agree that freedom is worth fighting for. It's just that she isn't convinced that fighting in IRAQ is worth fighting for. She doesn't even think that the war in Iraq is about our own freedom from terrorism.

I'd like something that connects the sacrifices in Iraq with our own freedom. It doens't have to be "Just the facts"... but something that would sound more elequent that I could say it.

Google has a very Liberal bias against the Iraqi war and I can't find what I'm looking for. (By the way, has Googles bias been discussed on FR before? I didn't notice it until recently.)

I do love that quote 'tho. :D