For me, it took the tragedy of Sherwood's death to remove the security blanket of righteousness. I don't wish tragedy on others, so I pray others will take an initiative toward being rational, truthful and unafraid on their own.
Those are the simple keys toward making the tough decisions we are now faced with. We have a president to choose. We have a war that we can continue or end. We have soldiers who every day wake up to face the same potential consequences my brother faced. Yet they still go out into the desert and do their job. We can all agree that they are good Americans.
And good Americans, above all, value truth. Sherwood didn't die in vain. But the war in Iraq is still being fought in vain. We have acquiesced to an agenda that has killed our brothers and sisters, raided our Treasury and fractured our moral standing in the world. The legacy of Sherwood's service will only be honored when we all demand truth in our politicians, demand that they too serve with honor and integrity.
Demanding that, I believe, is the best way that we can honor a dead soldier.
Geezus, how many more of these heartwrenching accounts by the families of dead and maimed American soldiers will it take for people to wake up? I realize that's an abundantly rhetorical question, and that I'm far from the first (more like the ba-jillionth) person to point out the horrible waste of it all. It's my blog and I'll be trite if I want to, trite if I want to, trite if I want to ... do-bee-do-bee-do...
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