The Wrong Path

It isn't the homecoming they planned - Los Angeles Times:

'I see these protesters in California and elsewhere on TV, talking about pulling out of Iraq, and it makes me furious,' said Barb Bruner, co-owner of the Batavia Heights Christian Child Care center. 'I hear these politicians come here to Ohio, wanting our votes and talking about how Iraq was such a mistake. We've sacrificed too much to protect our country for you to tell me this was a mistake.'

Remember this piece of advice:

"No matter how far down the wrong path you've gone, when you discover your mistake, turn back."

By Barb Bruner's reasoning, no war could be a mistake, because every war involves a huge sacrifice. By her reasoning, you could never end any futile conflict until you had exhausted - sacrificed - all of your resources.

Ultimately, what soldier wants fight in a conflict where you throw good lives after bad, where you stubbornly compound mistakes because you have already sacrificed so much?

Opponents of the war may make you furious, Barb Bruner, but you are still mistaken in your reasoning.