Wednesday, December 22, 2004
Iraq - Death Toll Mounts
The tragedy continues
The death toll keeps rising. Our soldiers are dying in battles and killing Iraqis. Iraqi insurgents (they just keep coming) are killing all who are within range of their bombs and guns. Strangely, the high number of Iraqi civilian casualties (see the link below to a BBC report) does not receive much attention from our mainstream media. "Collateral damage"? I am aware that there are people who believe that our soldiers are dying for a just cause. At first, the reason given for attacking Iraq was that Saddam Hussein was stock piling WMD for use against us. Now we are there,ostensibly,to ensure freedom and democracy for the Iraqi people. Count me among the skeptics.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1hi/world/middle_east/3962969.stm
Many observers feel that the current situation in Iraq is not one under which fair elections can be held yet President Bush insists on a January 30th deadline. "Baghdad Burning" is the title of a blog by a young Iraqi woman. Worth taking a look.
http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com
"Any man's death diminishes me" (John Donne). In this holiday season let us think of peace.....lasting peace for all people.
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"Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country."
----Bertrand Russell
"Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education. Probably, no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both."
----Abraham Flexner, American Educator(1866-1959)
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The death toll keeps rising. Our soldiers are dying in battles and killing Iraqis. Iraqi insurgents (they just keep coming) are killing all who are within range of their bombs and guns. Strangely, the high number of Iraqi civilian casualties (see the link below to a BBC report) does not receive much attention from our mainstream media. "Collateral damage"? I am aware that there are people who believe that our soldiers are dying for a just cause. At first, the reason given for attacking Iraq was that Saddam Hussein was stock piling WMD for use against us. Now we are there,ostensibly,to ensure freedom and democracy for the Iraqi people. Count me among the skeptics.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1hi/world/middle_east/3962969.stm
Many observers feel that the current situation in Iraq is not one under which fair elections can be held yet President Bush insists on a January 30th deadline. "Baghdad Burning" is the title of a blog by a young Iraqi woman. Worth taking a look.
http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com
"Any man's death diminishes me" (John Donne). In this holiday season let us think of peace.....lasting peace for all people.
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"Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country."
----Bertrand Russell
"Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education. Probably, no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both."
----Abraham Flexner, American Educator(1866-1959)
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