The Numbered Dead
(Since I prepared this on Dec. 26, the death count has passed the 3,000 mark, and I've shared that with you, but the NPR report is still worth hearing - Uke Man)
Yep, Folks,
We're in Iraq so they can kill our kids over there instead of over here. You see, we can control who we send over there to die. If they come here, they might kill important people's kids - I mean, do you think "gated communities" could keep Al Kaida out?
from:
U.S. death toll in Iraq hits 90 for Dec.
By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA, Associated Press
The U.S. military, meanwhile, said seven more American soldiers had died, pushing the U.S. military death toll for the month to 90. With five days remaining in the month, December is already the second deadliest month for the U.S. military this year, behind the 105 soldiers killed in October.
In Washington, White House Deputy Press Secretary Scott Stanzel said Tuesday that President Bush grieves for each member of the armed forces who has died.
"The war on terror is going to be a long struggle," he said. "We will be fighting violent jihadists for the peace and security of the civilized world for many years to come."
The latest deaths also brought the number of U.S. military members killed since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003 to at least 2,978 — five more than the number killed in the Sept. 11 attacks in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania.
And some folks are just maimed. Here's an NPR report by an American doctor in Iraq: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6682412
- Uke Man
Yep, Folks,
We're in Iraq so they can kill our kids over there instead of over here. You see, we can control who we send over there to die. If they come here, they might kill important people's kids - I mean, do you think "gated communities" could keep Al Kaida out?
from:
U.S. death toll in Iraq hits 90 for Dec.
By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA, Associated Press
The U.S. military, meanwhile, said seven more American soldiers had died, pushing the U.S. military death toll for the month to 90. With five days remaining in the month, December is already the second deadliest month for the U.S. military this year, behind the 105 soldiers killed in October.
In Washington, White House Deputy Press Secretary Scott Stanzel said Tuesday that President Bush grieves for each member of the armed forces who has died.
"The war on terror is going to be a long struggle," he said. "We will be fighting violent jihadists for the peace and security of the civilized world for many years to come."
The latest deaths also brought the number of U.S. military members killed since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003 to at least 2,978 — five more than the number killed in the Sept. 11 attacks in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania.
And some folks are just maimed. Here's an NPR report by an American doctor in Iraq: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6682412
- Uke Man
1 Comments:
Hi Tom,
Thanks for sharing this. George Bush is an absolute idiot - the worst president, if you can call him that - that ever sat in the chair. It's so depressing to even see his face or read about him. Sondra
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