We Need Different Opinions

In his 9/11 address President Bush continued to defend the ongoing occupation of Iraq and asked all Americans to “put aside their differences and fight for victory.” We all know what he really meant. The President prefers we stop voicing our own opinions and bow to the wishes of the administration. I say “No.” We need different voices and differing opinions in this country. Voicing our differences allows for finding middle ground. In the middle ground we find a course that best suits the country. Either end of a polar spectrum tends to pull the country too far in one direction.

All of us who oppose the ongoing Iraq debacle need to speak up at regular intervals lest our voices be suppressed or lost. We have lost too many of our freedoms already in this war on terrorism. We cannot afford to lose more. If we fail to speak up and simply join the pack we stand to lose our country. We cannot afford to put aside our differences and follow in blind fashion down a path we see as wrong.