I think we have to ask ourselves that if we want to honor the memory of a Marine hero.
I do not pretend to have a clear answer as a NATO airstrike goes awry and kills 33 Afghan civilians — to the extent there are such a thing as civilians in that perpetually violent tribal wasteland.
This is how NATO commander Gen. Stanley McChrystal recently explained Lance Corporal Pier’s mission:
This is all a war of perceptions. This is not a physical war in terms of how many people you kill or how much ground you capture, how many bridges you blow up. This is all in the minds of the participants.
So Noah Pier was fighting for an idea. Is that the same as fighting for an ideal? Will it take another eight years on the ground in Afghanistan to secure, prove, or defend it? Does it matter?
As we remember this Marine recall that ours is to reason why.
Bonus Prediction: Israel will bomb something in order to flip on the script on the fake passport scandal that has Europe inflamed.
