A letter to Voices, November 1, 2007, used an apples and oranges comparison which resulted in convoluted reasoning. The writer thinks it is hypocrisy to defend the unborn against abortion while supporting the war in Iraq which is killing the innocent. He thinks that when the sanctity of unborn life is protected that those who do should condemn the killing the innocents in Iraq.

One hundred percent of the unborn are innocent of any wrong and that must not be forgotten. How innocent civilians in Iraq may be is a matter open for discussion, but it can be confidently stated that the number isn’t one hundred percent. It also must be recognized that abortion is aimed at one hundred percent of those being aborted, while the methods used in war aren’t targeting one hundred percent of the innocents there.

It is a fact of life that innocents are killed in war and that is regrettable. Innocent people were killed in the Twin Towers by an aggressor that intends on killing everyone they despise, including their own kind. They were no more guilty of anything than are those innocents in Iraq, but there is a difference. Those in the Twin Towers weren’t aggressors of any kind. Yet, regrettably action had to be taken (Saddam was supporting the terrorist thugs) and the innocents in Iraq have born part of the burden of being in the wrong place at the wrong time when the military conducts their war exercises.

Not one human in this nation had or has anything against the innocent people of Iraq. Their leaders and the thugs there have brought death to them. So to call the pro-life people hypocrites, while implying they care not for the people of Iraq, is the worst form of smear. In fact, being against abortion has nothing to do with the war. One act is against the defenseless while the other act is necessary to defend the defenseless. Has he forgotten the innocents of September 11, 2001?

The first act kills all the defenseless on purpose while the second act kills the innocents who would rather live. The writer doesn’t agree with collateral damage, but that the price of war. It is a fact of life as is a baby not yet born. But comparing support for the unborn with the support of the war in Iraq is comparing apples and oranges. One isn’t like the other. The unborn pose no danger to anyone while the thugs most certainly do and have demonstrated that fact many times over.

© 11-01-2007 DEC