Freedom?

During a discussion on the War in Iraq in a forum with a majority of users from the States, there was a discussion whether Iraqi Freedom really made Iraq a better country. There was a huge heated debate. In one of the issues that was raised was about the civilian deaths after Iraqi Freedom. The figure was significantly higher (in orders of magnitude) compared with the civilian deaths during Saddam's reign. Not to defend him, but simply the figures and statistics indicate that, and no one seems to find a good and clear argument against that fact. At the end of the day, there was one statement that really hit me.

"You can't a price on Freedom"

After thinking about that statement over and over, I do agree that after all the figures, the statistics, and all the logical argument, at the end, it ends up with something that seems so impractical, but at the same time so profound. It is this freedom that caused many defining moments in human history.

When coming back to the topic, is it this freedom that the Iraqis want? As being an outsider, I do not know, and I do not dare speculate on things that I have no way of figuring out. However it does raise new issues. It does sum up everything nicely about human rationale, except if you value your life or stability more than freedom