Showing posts with label Iraq. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Iraq. Show all posts

Sunday, May 27, 2007

Living With War: Memorial Day 2007

On Memorial Day last year, I posted this article showing the number of American deaths in the Iraq War.

Here's an update as of Memorial Day 2007:

Since war began (3/19/03): 3455
Since "Mission Accomplished" (5/1/03): 3316
Since Capture of Saddam (12/13/03): 2994
Since Handover (6/29/04): 2596
Since Election (1/31/05): 2018

Source: AntiWar.com

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Wednesday, April 25, 2007

'Support the troops': The worst damn week of her whole damn life

I've made it to Blog Entry Number 526 without writing about politics, other than about Masonic infighting and the occasional rant against Christians trying to take over local, state and federal governments with their creeping theocracy. Oh, and there's that "cost of Iraq war" thingie over in the righthand navbar, which continues to tick off the mega-billion$ being wasted on the Iraq War.

I'm not about to start pretending to be a political pundit.

But I'd be remiss in my blogging if I didn't point you to this article originally posted on Craig's List on April 10. It was written, purportedly, by a former Marine who returned from Iraq six months ago. Her Marine husband went back to Iraq for another tour, and was recently killed.

The letter is full of anger and profanity, so if you can't take the dirty words, or her message, don't click here.

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