So I've been talking about the war with someone who doesn't agree with the war and doesn't support the troops. And that's all well and fine, but there are a few details to the conversation.
The person isn't an American citizen, and this is, overall, an American war. We do have our allies, but for the most part it's an American thing. I don't comment on any wars or conflicts in say...Asia because I'm not a citizen, have no way to know the details and feel I can't comment because it's not a personal thing. The war in Iraq is personal for me. My best friend is a medic with two tours under his belt. I'm a daughter and granddaughter of soldiers.
But she feels that, and this is the most recent, that any good done by the soldiers, no matter how small, cannot compare to the devastation being caused. And she's right, to a point. Sometimes small acts of kindness done by someone can mean more than large acts of evil. I've experienced it. When I was having serious trouble in school and I was hating it severely a few kind people went out of their way to make me feel good, when they didn't have to. And why should we continue to dwell on the bad when there is good?
So what are your feelings? Should the minute good the soldiers are doing not be counted at all? To me that's a slap in the face of the soldiers who help the Iraqis when they're hurt or when they leave their families to fulfill a sense of duty. It's a slap in the face to those who truly care.
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I have a hard time dividing 'good' and 'evil' acts, especially in regard to war. Truly, only history is the decider on what is nessicary force and action. Will history view America's action in Iraq justifiable, or will it view it as reminants of an outdated mindset? It all depends on what Iraq does with its freedom 20-30 years down the line. In the end, good and evil will be decided by our Grandchildren.