Two Wrongs Don't Make A Right

Personally i think capital punishment (lethal injections or hanging or electrocution) for crimes like murder or whatever are morally wrong for the simple reason that we are indeed killing someone-granted that they killed too. Some may even make the ethical argument that capital punishment is also wrong because it defeats the purpose of correction (correcting someone) because the person doesn't live to learn from their mistakes but the purpose of this blog isn't to get into a debate about capital punishment and all that hoop-la. I used that example because i think it is fitting with the topic of patriotism and our support of the war in Iraq. I condemn acts of violence be it the 9/11 attacks, or apartheid in South Africa or better yet wars because i think there might be more-peaceful alternatives and especially since innocent citizens get harmed in the process. How is destroying a whole nation solve the problem of terrorism or better yet how does it prove my patriotism if i don't support this war. The war in Iraq affected many citizens for the worse and the grief those people feel for their loved ones is the same as the grief felt by families across the US who lost friends and family to the 9/11 attacks.Fighting violence with violence isn't necessarily the answer thus why i don't support the war in Iraq but that doesn't make me less patriotic to the US. If anything, i wished we didn't have to send troops (our brothers, sisters, fathers, mothers, uncles and aunts, friends and neighbors) out to war but since we did and can't go back in time, all i can do is support and pray that they return to their families and loved ones.