What price are we willing to pay?
What's the price of glory. What's the price of war? Or, for that matter, what's the price we pay for peace, freedom, and liberty?
It's priceless. Freedom is not free. Military personnel have been fighting for it these many years. They, better than others, know there's no glory in war but the result of what was done during the 40s and in American "peace actions," as well as what's being done today in Iraq, is worth the price being paid.
It's non-negotiable. The alternative to paying the price for liberty and freedom in the world is sadism, terrorism, cruelty, dictatorship, and loss of personal freedoms.
Our military force in Iraq consists of professional people, well trained and well equipped for the nasty duty they volunteered to handle.
They are not asking for sympathy, care packages, nor yellow ribbons. They want the support of folks back home, but they also want it understood that they are volunteers who are professionals on a mission with a purpose.
There are those who are critical of President George Bush, saying there were no "weapons of mass destruction" and that many troops are being killed in an unnecessary action. They don't agree that the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center was sufficient for the mass destruction in Iraq. They can't agree to revenge.
Nor should they. Even though Uncle Sam has lost more troops in Iraq following the end of the war than were lost during the war, it's a price that had to be paid.
The price of freedom isn't cheap. Freedom is not free, never was and never will be. It's worth fighting for.
— BILL MEYER
