Chapel Talk, 2003 March 24 / Tad Roach

Headmaster Tad Roach gave this talk 2 days after the invasion of Iraq by American forces in 2003. It explores reaction to and reasons behind the pre-emptive war. "...[W]riters, thinkers, diplomats and historians are worried that the United States’ reaction to September 11, 2001 will ultimately change the idealism, spirit, optimism and priorities of this democracy and render us as a people so fearful for our safety that we end up sacrificing the very qualities of our democracy that make our way of life so precious and admired."