A Sane Person Doesn't Think War Is

Everything That Makes A Society Run Is Broken In Iraq. The Only Real Structure Is The People's Own Sense Of Themselves As Iraqis, Which Was Very Strong. They're A Proud People, And They Trace Their Historic Roots Way, Way Back.

Here's Iraq, Where Irrigation Was Invented, Where Law Was Invented, Where Writing Was Invented. All These Things That We Consider Necessities Of Civilization Started There. And The People Who Live There Damn Well Know That.

A Number Of Iraqis Told Us They Had Welcomed The U.s. Forces As Liberators Initially But In The Intervening Months, They Had Come To Feel That They Had Swapped One Oppressive Regime For Another. The Iraqis Did Exchange One Oppression For A Lighter Kind, In Some Ways.

Like A Stone On The Surface Of A Still River Driving The Ripples On Forever Redemption Rips Through The Surface Of Time In The Cry Of A Tiny Babe.

Most Of The Time, Our Deeper, Stronger Feelings Are Things We All Have In Common.