This is . . . a rhetorical device and not a substantial question at all. . . .No normal parent is prepared to sacrifice his child for any reason or objective, including military objectives. The same could be said of any desirable objective. Would you, for example, sacrifice your child to expand health care to the uninsured? Or even, in the customary example, to save the life of another of one's own children? It is hard to imagine any objective for which one would sacrifice one's child. . .Moore's politics and films are based on the logical fallacy called "false dilemma," where a "limited number of options (usually two) is given, while in reality there are more options." The rest of us on planet earth know war isn't suicide. Just as most Americans are proud of our soldiers, appreciate their sacrifice--and pray for their safe return.
[T]he question ignores the issue of consequences. We all know that the full consequences of our decisions are impossible to predict. So are the consequences of our indecisions. If there are risks and sacrifices entailed by action, there are also risks and sacrifices entailed by inaction. Was it not precisely the burden of the Sept. 11 commission to consider why no one asked young Americans to risk their lives in a serious mission to kill Osama bin Laden before Sept. 11, 2001
Moore and his followers can't comprehend that the U.S. presence in Iraq makes all America safer. The coalition toppled Saddam and is winning the peace. Radical Islam remains potent, but they chose to take on the mightiest military in history. I mourn each American death. But I'm also grateful terrorists are battling on our terms, against eager and highly trained troops--rather than stalking innocents from Boston, New York and Washington.
And don't miss this hilarious clip with a less academic focus.
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