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Ann Coulter refers to it as “ immuniz(ing) the message by choosing a messenger with a tragedy”. “Liberal Infallibility”, the doctrine in which the message can be wrong, the facts inaccurate and the victim immune from scrutiny, is an unwritten code that gives the anti-people (anti-war, anti-Bush, anti-Christian, anti-life) the backbone to most of their arguments.

When a soldier is killed in Iraq, the family receiving credibility is the family opposed to the war. Cindy Sheehan is a case and point. Try asking any anti-war activist about the a family who supports the war effort even after the death of their soldier and the question quickly turns to: “Have you lost anyone in Iraq?” (Of course then the question can be posed, “Have you?”, but that would be unseemly). If death were the litmus test for moral authority then no one could raise a question against invading Iraq solely on the basis of the humanitarian crisis under Saddam Hussein.

On the other hand, the family that still supports the mission and believes their soldier was not killed in vain is met with confused condolences; after all, foreign policy should be based on emotion and personal loss.  It is even worse for the soldier who wholeheartedly supports the mission in Iraq; as John Kerry suggested, they must be uneducated and dumb.

Last week in Bayji, Iraq, paratrooper SGT William Sigua, 21, died from gunshot wounds while on patrol.  Bayji was an infantry squad leader with 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne. Division.  On Friday, Siqua’s mother released this public statement:

William was a remarkable son and a dedicated soldier and paratrooper. He had very strong convictions toward his career as a soldier. He loved serving in the 82nd Airborne Division as a paratrooper, and he strongly believed in our country’s mission in Iraq.

He was very excited and looking forward to this deployment to Iraq. He believed he and his unit would make a difference. There is no reason to think he wouldn’t.

He had an impact on everyone he met and had many friends who looked up to him and will remember him as a hero. I am very proud of my son and his commitment to serve our country. We will miss him dearly.

Recently, William established a relationship with the fifth grade class at Santa Rita Elementary School in Los Altos. He and the children exchanged mail, and he enjoyed helping them understand more about what we are doing to preserve freedom. The children were excited by their contact with him.

That’s the kind of effect he had on everyone.

-Mrs. Jackie Sigua, Sgt. William Sigua’s mother

While anti-war activists promote their agenda by hiding behind the skirts of mothers and wives who’ve lost their men in combat, they have to ignore the wives and mothers who stand with their sons and husbands even in death.  These are marginalized and virtually ignored, yet praise be upon those who hate the mission and have a dead soldier to prove it.  If this doesn’t add enough insult to injury, the anti-war crowd coronates soldiers who refuse to serve but chicken out when their ticket is drawn to serve in Iraq. 

It isn’t Cindy Sheehan who is the patriot, or Ehren K. Watada who refuses to serve in Iraq…. it is SGT William Siqua and his mother who get it and are standing by what they knew to be right.  Mrs. Jackie Siqua’s thoughtful and dignified public statement shows enormous class, grief not withstanding. 

If losing a loved one in combat legitimizes a position either for or against the war in Iraq, surely those who still support the mission and respect President Bush despite the death of a family member deserve to be heard. 

Hat Tip: Cop the Truth

Cross-posted @: Bottom Line Up Front

This entry was posted on Thursday, February 8th, 2007 at 11:06 am and is filed under Author: Amy Proctor, Iraq, Military, Patriotism. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.