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March 25, 2010 9:41 AM
Remembering the War in Iraq, by Michael Dawson, LPC
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On March 25, 2003, the LA Times captured the mood of Americans as we entered the second week of the war in Iraq. “As the nation braced for a second week of combat, even the war’s supporters were finding it as heartbreaking as it was compelling, and finding themselves torn between tuning in and tuning out”, said staff writer Shawn Hubler. He could write the same words today, and they would still ring just as true.
Seven years have elapsed since a US led invasion stormed the Iraqi interior in search of Saddam Hussein and his weapons of mass destruction. After some mild second-guessing, most folks back in 2003 went about their business, storing away their hopes and fears about the war in some remote part of their minds, much as we do today. Americans still vacillate between tuning it in or tuning it out, weary of the politics and the high cost of fighting a war.
On this seventh anniversary, one group of men and women have not tuned it out, but rather have dialed in, and seem willing to stay dialed in to the bitter end. They are the men and women who serve in our armed forces. They come from everywhere – next door, down the street, around your town – to put on the uniforms and represent us in the deadliest endeavor known to mankind. And, among those I have known, they do it without expecting anything special. It is their job, their duty. Most just want to do it honorably, and know that others respect the effort.
The number of people affected by deployment to the Middle East is staggering, and it may take years for us to appreciate the full toll the war has taken on families across America. But on this seventh anniversary, I hope we will all stop and remember the people who serve, the same ones who weighed so heavily our minds on May 25, 2003 as we paused to ponder what we were in for, and to pray that it would not last too long.
Anniversaries are not always cause for celebration. Sometimes they are just sober reminders of things worth remembering. What will you remember on this seventh anniversary? Seven years after it is over, what will you remember about this war?
