999
That's how many US soldiers have died in Bush's wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Four Marines were killed in Iraq on the sixth, bringing the number of US troops killed in Iraq to 871 (by Pentagon totals). In addition, there have been 128 US soldiers killed in Afghanistan. If my math is correct (I did go to public schools), that makes 999 soldiers killed for Bush's wars.
Originally, I thought that intervention in Afghanistan was a good thing--for a lot of reasons. Unlike anyone in the Bush administration, I I was aware of the repressive nature of the Taliban regime in Kabul; I was also aware of their harboring of and agreement with Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda organization. However, the way the Bush team failed to effectively prosecute the war in Afghanistan (see Tora Bora; see also the rotation of Pashtu- and Dari-speaking special forces out of the region to prepare for the invasion of Iraq) has, ultimately, meant that the deaths of American troops in Afghanistan has, unfortunately, been in vain. That's right. The 128 US soldiers killed in Afghanistan, because of the Bush Administration's incompetence in prosecuting the war there (or their refusal to do so meaningfully), have been, as much as it pains me to say it, unnecessary sacrifices.
So that makes 999 dead US soldiers. Tomorrow will, unfortunately and undoubtedly, bring 1000.
A thousand lives gone. For what?
That's how many US soldiers have died in Bush's wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Four Marines were killed in Iraq on the sixth, bringing the number of US troops killed in Iraq to 871 (by Pentagon totals). In addition, there have been 128 US soldiers killed in Afghanistan. If my math is correct (I did go to public schools), that makes 999 soldiers killed for Bush's wars.
Originally, I thought that intervention in Afghanistan was a good thing--for a lot of reasons. Unlike anyone in the Bush administration, I I was aware of the repressive nature of the Taliban regime in Kabul; I was also aware of their harboring of and agreement with Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda organization. However, the way the Bush team failed to effectively prosecute the war in Afghanistan (see Tora Bora; see also the rotation of Pashtu- and Dari-speaking special forces out of the region to prepare for the invasion of Iraq) has, ultimately, meant that the deaths of American troops in Afghanistan has, unfortunately, been in vain. That's right. The 128 US soldiers killed in Afghanistan, because of the Bush Administration's incompetence in prosecuting the war there (or their refusal to do so meaningfully), have been, as much as it pains me to say it, unnecessary sacrifices.
So that makes 999 dead US soldiers. Tomorrow will, unfortunately and undoubtedly, bring 1000.
A thousand lives gone. For what?
posted by Jude at 1:24 AM
