Memorial Day: A Golden Rule and Perspective on Sacrifice

News today that eight Iraqis were killed by a suicide bomber in Hilla, Iraq is more sad news.

But in perspective, Hilla is a witness to far greater tragedy than all the suicide attacks by desperate terrorists and Saddamite fanatics. The fact that so few died and so many lived is a testament to progress and VICTORY!

For decades, the horror of Saddam's brutality was inflicted on the resident's of Hilla in greater numbers and ferocity than any recent, desperate attempts by fanatics.

The mass graves at Hilla bear silent witness to that nightmare that seemed never ending. Fifteen thousand souls cry out for retribution. The only light of hope was the liberation of Iraq and justice carried to the perpetrators of this evil.

Desperate to avoid moral accountability, some opponents of the Iraq war, have claimed that the mass graves are nothing more than cemeteries. What cemetery buries children in trenches, each with a bullet to the back of the head?

As we leave our Memorial Day remembrance, let us not forget the sacrifice of so many Americans who gave their lives to end this horror. Freedom can never be assured if it is only for one race or people. If there is a moral law in this world, it is this adaptation of the Golden Rule: "To do all within the power of a nation or a people to save others from evil, as we would wish to be saved."