Ah, no wonder you have personal feelings. 15 months waiting for your son's safe return would make the grief you feel for your fellow Ohioans even more poignant and heartbreaking.
Yes, there are some who besmirch this "noble and just mission", and yes, they also belittle President Bush. History often repeats itself. President Abraham Lincoln was denigrated and mocked in his time, and yet he was the Commander in Chief of the army that freed the slaves. History will judge President Bush and kindly, I suspect.
I really don't want to see this war come to our shores. I never want to see the day when little American girls are treated like the little ones in Afghanistan were, afraid to go outdoors or be allowed to go to school. I pray that our little American boys and girls never feel the terror of rape rooms or torture chambers, like the people of Iraq hadsuffered. What could be more noble & just that keeping America safe while also also giving a first precious taste of freedom to those Afghanis & Iraqis?
In a word..........NOTHING.
And the soldiers........at least the vast majority of them know what they've done there, and know their mission is just, and nearly 80% of present military personnel voted for their Commander in Chief in November. That says a LOT about what kind of support they have for him.
All the foul language and hateful diatribes in the world can't change those facts. As painful as these deaths are, they were not in vain, because we will finish this mission, and we will WIN.