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December 31, 2005
Why? Freedom! Mrs. Ansley, take note.
The Atlantic Journal-Constitution recently published the following editorial cartoon by Mike Luckovich (Hat Tip: Michelle Malkin):
The newspaper has now published the following response cartoon created by 17-year-old Danielle Ansley:
To read the moonbat response to Danielle's cartoon, click here.
In her letter to the newspaper, Danielle wrote, "The first time I saw Mike Luckovich’s drawing of the word “WHY?”, made up of the names of 2,000 troops killed in Iraq, was when my mother was putting it up on our refrigerator. It bothered me that no one did a response showing how others feel."
Regarding her mother's response to the reply cartoon, Danielle wrote, "I didn’t take it home and show it to my mother until I had prints made. She and I have different views of things. She said that, as a mother, she didn’t like it that so many people have been killed. She was not happy when I placed my work next to Luckovich’s “WHY?” on the fridge, but it hasn’t been taken down."
Whereas Danielle responded to Luckovich's cartoon, this blogger wishes to respond to the attitude of Danielle's mother.
First, no loyal American likes the deaths of American soldiers. However, it is the job of American soldiers to lay down their lives if necessary, and the soldiers who died all volunteered for military service.
Second, Danielle's mother doesn't seemed to be bothered by the fact that Saddam's regime slaughtered hundreds of Iraqis, or bothered by the fact that Saddam provided sanctuary for terrorists, or bothered by the fact that Saddam gave monetary rewards to the families of suicide bombers. Perhaps Victor Davis Hanson can straighten Mrs.Ansley out on a few facts.
Third, if Danielle's mother wants to know why American soldiers were sent to Iraq in the first place, then she needs to read the Joint Resolution to Authorize the Use of United States Armed Forces Against Iraq that was passed by both houses of Congress.
Here are portions that resolution that Mike Luckovich and Danielle's mother need to read (emphasis added):
Whereas after the liberation of Kuwait in 1991, Iraq entered into a United Nations sponsored cease-fire agreement pursuant to which Iraq unequivocally agreed, among other things, to eliminate its nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons programs and the means to deliver and develop them, and to end its support for international terrorism;
Whereas Iraq both poses a continuing threat to the national security of the United States and international peace and security in the Persian Gulf region and remains in material and unacceptable breach of its international obligations by, among other things . . . supporting and harboring terrorist organizations;
Whereas Iraq persists in violating resolutions of the United Nations Security Council by continuing to engage in brutal repression of its civilian population thereby threatening international peace and security in the region, by refusing to release, repatriate, or account for non-Iraqi citizens wrongfully detained by Iraq, including an American serviceman, and by failing to return property wrongfully seized by Iraq from Kuwait;
Whereas members of al Qaida, an organization bearing responsibility for attacks on the United States, its citizens, and interests, including the attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, are known to be in Iraq;
Whereas Iraq continues to aid and harbor other international terrorist organizations, including organizations that threaten the lives and safety of American citizens;
Whereas the Iraq Liberation Act (Public Law 105-338) expressed the sense of Congress that it should be the policy of the United States to support efforts to remove from power the current Iraqi regime and promote the emergence of a democratic government to replace that regime;
Congress authorized military action in Iraq for reasons other than because Congress believed that Iraq had WMDs. Let Danielle's mother stick that fact on her refrigerator door.
Posted by Dodo David at December 31, 2005 11:55 AM
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