What we are fighting for

Now the President has told us why he will ask more men and women to die in Iraq:

Bush said the nation has "lost 1,864 members of our armed forces in Operation Iraqi Freedom, and 223 in Operation Enduring Freedom" in Afghanistan.

"We owe them something," he said at the national convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. "We will finish the task that they gave their lives for. We will honor their sacrifice by staying on the offensive against the terrorists and building strong allies in Afghanistan and Iraq that will help us win and fight -- fight and win the war on terror."

We stay because others have died there, and we honor them by giving more lives.

Isn't that what they tell suicide bombers?

And a couple of other questions:

What exactly is our mission now, and how will we know when we are finished?

If we send more to die now so that the 2,000 already lost will not have died in vain, don't we owe the same thing to the next casualties? When does it end?

Who will be the last one to die for this mistake?