I keep hearing people from the peace movement saying that Iraqi citizens deserve a life of peace. Rightly so. But don’t they also deserve a life without tyranny? Nat Hentoff of the Village Voice managed to put into words what I’ve been thinking for the past week or so.

I’ve been saddened to discover an almost unspoken glee found in some news and op-ed pieces at the “set backs” the U.S. has found itself in over the course of this war. It smacks of an almost childish “I told you so!” attitude.

I hope that the United States wins this war soon. Tomorrow if it can, in the next ten minutes if possible. We can all of us disagree on the cause and conduct of the war thus far but, whether we like it or not, we are now engaged in conflict. Wouldn’t all Americans now wish for a quick victory? I’m beginning to think that some in the anti-war movement are hoping beyond hope for some sort of quagmire, something to shore up support for their point of view. Shame on them if this is the case.

Let’s all hope for a quick resolution. Let’s bring our men and women in uniform back home whole and unmolested. Let’s all of us begin the process of healing our Republic, nursing it back to a land of freedom and self-perseverence of which we can all be proud.