US death toll in Iraq has officially reached 3000. The situation is now a full fledged civil war where two factions are trying to cleanse the country of one another. Bodies are appearing in dumpsters, car bombs and suicide bombings are almost hourly, it is hard to imagine how things could get any worse. Of course, it is worse because we have spent of 350 billion dollars on the war while 38 million people cannot afford to eat on a regular basis, our education system is in shambles, Social Security is a joke, and 40 million people are without health insurance. Hopefully, this new development in Iraq will bring people's attention back to severity of the situation.
WASHINGTON - American deaths in the Iraq war reached the sobering milestone of 3,000 on Sunday even as the Bush administration sought to overhaul its strategy for an unpopular conflict that shows little sign of abating.
The latest death came during one of the most violent periods during which the Pentagon says hate and revenge killings between Iraq's sects are now a bigger security problem than ever.
The death of a Texas soldier, announced Sunday by the Pentagon, raised the number of U.S. military deaths in Iraq to at least 3,000, according to an Associated Press count, since the war began in March 2003... Full Article.
I've given up trying to influence people on Iraq. Any fool who can still claim that the invasion was a good idea after a 3,000 soldier death toll, not to mention countless Iraqis is so beyond change that it's a waste of time and breath. How can anyone be so callous as to not call for immediate withdrawal? How the hell can anyone make a legitimate case for the war in Iraq?
I'm done arguing why it was wrong in the first place. It's been laid out so many times that it's everything except government-stipulated. At this point all I can think about is the hell we have put Americans and Iraqis in. I wonder if George Bush would have gone into Iraq if he had been conscripted...
I'm currently working on an anti-war presentation set to the Black Sabbath song, "War Pigs". Expect it up in a week or two. That song is eerily accurate in today's world. We can only hope for the ending Ozzy concocted.
By the way, Happy New Year, Henry. God bless you in 2007.
The next real leader of Iraq, will be someone who will make Saddam seem like a child.
Nothing good on the horizon in Iraq.