When a high cost is being paid, we deserve assurance that the goals are worthy of the cost. If the path is unclear and long, we should expect milestones. We should demand accountability.
In the case of the Iraq war, there is a price in treasure being paid. But our service men and women are, in ever-growing numbers, paying the ultimate price.
Some would tell you that to honor the fallen we must only continue along a course with no accountability and no apparent progress. My view is different. I believe that everyone involved, and especially the family and neighbors we have sent to do our fighting for us deserve to have someone in charge put pen to paper and commit to goals and milestones. Aren’t their lives worth at least that consideration?
As I thought about the people who have given their lives for this country, I thought that we should do more than honor them with ceremonies. We should honor them by making sure they are deployed wisely and effectively and that the lives lost during deployment are not simply to run out the clock on a presidency.
The president has said he wants no strings attached to his Iraq war spending. “Strings” is another word for responsibility.
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