Burgess Owens: “A lot of us have chosen in say that we are into a second Vietnam. And there are some people who are quite upset that we…”

“A lot of us have chosen in say that we are into a second Vietnam. And there are some people who are quite upset that we compared the war in Iraq to the war in Vietnam. It is true that the war in Vietnam cost us 58,000 lives, and so far we have only loss 700 officially in Iraq. But should that be the barometer? 58,000 have not died; 58,000 wives, mothers, sisters have not yet cried. But why wait until that happens? Why not see every human life as being sacred? Every life is sacred. The men and women who die on the battle field give us their total, and we ought to appreciate that by not jeopardizing it for goals that are questionable. This is a war that should never have been. This is a war that does not have much to do with fighting terrorism. Yes, Saddam Hussein is gone. He is out of office now, and that is a great benefit for the world, as well as the people of Iraq, but is the price worth it? Are we not paying too great a price just to get rid of Saddam Hussein? We were never told that was just the objective.”