U.S. SOLDIERS KILLED IN IRAQ HITS 4,000 MARK

Posted on March 24, 2008
Filed Under Journalism, News, commentary |

Bush and Obama and Clinton and McCain can debate till the cows come home whether we should or shouldn’t have invaded Iraq; whether we should or shouldn’t impose a timetable for leaving Iraq. While all that talking goes on and on…..so does the killing of U.S. soldiers which reached a new watermark Monday–4,000 now dead.

The Iraq war, now in its fifth year, has lasted longer than the U.S. Civil War, World War 1 and World War 2.

The Civil War, of course, was about keeping a country united that was falling apart at the seams over the issue of slavery.

World War 1 was for “the world to be safe for democracy.”

And, World War 2 was, essentially, to clean up the mess left behind from World War 1, which left the world’s colonial geography in ruin.

And, the Iraq war? What is IT all about? Oil, of course. Also, about the positioning of U.S. military forces throughout the Middle East that will last generations…all there to protect the oil.

For this, 4,000 U.S. servicemen and women have now lost their lives.

Does anyone really think we will leave Iraq before that figure hits 5,000?

Don’t bet on it.

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2 Responses to “U.S. SOLDIERS KILLED IN IRAQ HITS 4,000 MARK”

  1. Mike Belgrove on March 24th, 2008 6:29 am

    I’m a Soldier in the U.S. Army and when I heard news of the 4000 death mark I became sick to my stomach. I’m lucky enough to have been to Iraq and return home to my family but so many of my fellow Soldiers have not been as fortunate. And in my heart i feel like every one of those 4000 deaths our president is to be blamed for.

    I’ve opened up a discussion on my blog so I can talk to people and answer their questions and hopefully make people understand that not all military are supporting this war and that every one of those deaths was important and unneeded. I’d like it you’d stop by and toss in your two cents.

    I’m all for defending my country but U.S. did not need to be defended from Iraq.

  2. charles on March 24th, 2008 7:11 am

    Mike, I am glad you returned from Iraq safely. Of course I will “stop by” and, if you are cool with it, toss in maybe 10 cents instead of my two?

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