Two Virginia Techs every day in Iraq
Sadly, the nation of Iraq endures the sadness of roughly twice the death toll which we saw in Virginia yesterday every day of every week of every month of every year ... since we invaded and occupied Iraq in 2003. Further, looking at only this month to date: in April, our US military has already endured twice the Virginia Tech death toll. And if you want to look at numbers, the 33 persons who died yesterday in Blacksburg, Virginia in the worst mass shooting in American history amounted to only about one percent of the total of the number of American deaths in Iraq over the course of the war during the past four years.
I heard it mentioned on Air America today that, although the President and Mrs. Bush rushed to Blacksburg to attend the memorial today ... he hasn't attended a single memorial for a single US GI who has died in Iraq over the entire course of the war.
Why?
posted by Dr. Joe @ 10:39 PM
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3 Comments:
hi joe,
sorry for what happened. the news are very focused on this event here. and iraq ;) :( :( :(
sadly 200 iraqis dead so it's more than 2 virginia techs
tc
fred
I've had the same thoughts these past few days. What happened in Virginia was tragic, but hopefully an isolated incident.
I wish we'd see the same rage, sorrow and will to make things better in Iraq.
Serenissima and le Rouge et le Noir -- Obviously, I would like to hear some *real* outrage over the carnage in Iraq -- maybe 10% of what we heard last week over the tragedy in Blacksburg, Virginia. Hey, "... et le Noir": are you folks in France really going to bring in a pro-US guy and become like our "old south"? ;)
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