You and I may or may not agree on the war. Fine. But can we agree on this? Can we agree that when a family has given the ultimate sacrifice, the life of a son or daughter, a wife, a father, a mother, when they have to hear on the news that the light of their life has gone out, that the bodies of their sons were found mutilated, or that their daughter’s legs were blown off, or been told that “daddy is missing”…can we please agree that that demands respect, gravity, and decorum? That it should inspire genuine sympathy, empathy, regret, and even grief.
I’m not saying that the President doesn’t feel those things. How would I know what he feels? I’m saying that there is a time for levity. There is a time for so-called “towel snapping.” There is a time for comedy. A press conference about a war, about death, about young men and women giving their lives is not the place for it.
Couldn't agree more.
