While on a morning ‘wog’ (I’ll explain later) with 3 of my 4 sisters along the boardwalk here in San Diego, we were talking about my new adventure into the world of public policy.  One sister asked me, “What do you think about the War in Iraq?”  My answer “We need to stop playing political volleyball with our military families and work together to identify the goals of our involvement there and then join forces, Democrats and Republicans, to reach those goals.  I am very disappointed in our leaders who have allowed the Presidential Debate on this topic to turn into a ‘they said – we said’ debate.”  

LaDawn, my sister who lives in Florida with 4 children and her husband who is a Lt. Colonel in the Airforce and will most likely be back on a tour in Iraq next month, said “Darryl thinks the Iraq people need us there. And we in the military are willing to do our duty and support them.”

She’s right.  I think that’s how most American’s feel.  We are willing to serve our fellow world citizens to fight against oppression or human right violations.  But I worry that our leaders have turned this War in Iraq issue into one of whether the Democrats or the Republicans are ‘right’.  The partisan wars in our county have escalted to epic porportions.  We, fellow Americans, are not the enemy!  The Sadams, the terrorists, the people who violate basic human rights – these people are the enemy.  We would do well to remember that and work together to stand against them.

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