For the past four Memorial Days [2006, 2007, 2008, 2009], I've honored the memory of those who have died in the War in Iraq, or whatever we're calling that quagmire this year, when we talk about it at all.Since last Memorial Day, the number of American soldiers who have lost their lives in Iraq has grown from 4,300 to 4,400. Another 100 men and women have died; another 100 families will never see their loved ones again. Officially, 32,000 have been wounded, and God knows how many more are emotionally scarred from the insanity they have lived through.
For what? For nothing I can see.
Don't get me wrong. I'm glad, I'm thankful, and I'm proud there are American men and women in the U.S. armed services protecting us.
I just don't see how their sacrifices in Iraq are at all protecting America's shores or America's interests. People in the Middle East have been warring amongst themselves for thousands of years. That hasn't changed in the seven years American troops have been there. 4,400 American deaths haven't changed that.
Weapons of mass destruction were never shown to exist in Iraq, and the terrorists who hijacked the planes in 2001 weren't from Iraq.
The Iraq War has never been properly explained or justified.
As I've said for the past five years: Bring 'em home, now!
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With all due respect for the men and women that serve our country, "Bush lied and people died".
ReplyDeleteEven the Germans and Japanese remember their war dead, as they should. That does not translate though into their having died in a "just" war.
I was in the USMC reserve during peacetime, and my daughter was in the Army during the Iraq war. I am grateful that she was not sent to risk her life in a war that should not have been fought in the first place.
Bush and his henchmen have a lot to answer for, unfortunately they will slide. President Obama inherited this mess and is not in a position to pull us out unilaterally at present.
Lets bring our troops home as soon as possible before more die in "Operation Iraqi Freedom".
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