Right On The Right

My local newspaper ran an opinion piece about the Iraq War, sort of. The Vindicator released an article giving various opinions from local vets, organizers, and regular folks, about the War in Iraq. The article is a good read, and offered a rare balanced view of the public opinion, with more substantive thoughts than any poll could give us. I applaud them for the great piece. Excerpt:

Nonetheless, Brooks said he saw progress in winning over the Iraqi people while he was there. Comparing when he arrived with when he left, he said the Iraqi people had a lot of freedoms they didn’t have before — not just voting rights, but human rights. These were simple things, he said, like satellite dishes and outside entertainment. And, he said, there was no more torture going on, unless it was by insurgents.

“We were 100 percent right to invade Iraq. The American people knew what we were doing and where we were going, and now don’t like it because of all the politics going on,” he said. “We are going to be there a while longer because those people have built up so much anger against us. But, they are using so much time and energy defending themselves that it keeps them from attacking here. We have not had any more terrorist attacks in U.S. since [Sept. 11],” he noted.