Wednesday, October 26, 2005

2,000 US Troops Dead in Iraq


Many of us peaceniks have been fearing this day. We can remember how horribly upset we were when the body count reached 500. However, this number is misleading. It does not count those who have died here in the US as a result of injuries sustained in Iraq, nor does it count the thousands of troops who have returned to the US so badly injured that their lives can never be the same.
It seems that no one is willing to say that these troops died in vain, so I will. These 2,000 brave, honorable soldiers died in vain. They died for the imperialistic goals of a power-mad administration. They died in an immoral and illegal invasion of a nation. They were led to their deaths by a moron (I.Q. 90) maniac. There, I said it. Every day young people die from accidents, disease, suicide, etc. and we have no problem calling these "needless" and "senseless" deaths. Why should the deaths of the troops be any different?
And, if you have a loved one who died in Iraq, just what do you think they would want you to do? Would they want you to continue to back Bush and send more of their peers to their deaths or would they want you to do EVERYTHING in your power to end this war and to stop those wars that are at this very minute being planned out by the Bush administration? I think they would want you to stop the needless, senseless deaths. What do you think?

1 Comments:

At 11:33 AM, Blogger 225712012 said...

I read an article a few days ago about a poll conducted by someone (sorry, cant remember who, so cant provode a link) in Iraq who found that about 90% of Iraqis support suicide bombings on British and US troops. The story was presented in a 'shock;horror' manner, as if we should be appalled and suprised that Iraqis are upset that foreign armies are invading and occupying their land and stealing their oil and torturing their citizens.
I am British and I agree with your sentiments. Yes, the UK soldiers who died in Iraq died a pointless death in an unjust war.

 

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