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December 29, 2006

A classic from Iraq

Everyone in the country should read Riverbend today. And post it on their blog till the MSM has no choice but to read and report on her latest.

Everyone. Post. It. And email it to everyone.

Please.

2 Responses to “A classic from Iraq”

  1. Rachel Ely Says:
    December 31st, 2006 at 2:18 am

    A lot of the people I have spoken with re: this war have lost an important perspective that riverbend’s blog touches on, if only briefly. The people who are dying, both American and Iraqi, are human beings. The young men and women we have sent there.. humans. The thousands that are dying there because of our presence.. humans.

    Yes, we have lost 3000 soldiers in this war. They have lost 1/3 of their country’s population. That’s another important perspective, I believe. There’s little to nothing we can do to remedy the situation, and I’m doubtful that any sort of new ‘New Deal’ is going to do much more but feed the flame of corruption and death that we’ve already set up in Iraq.

    It will take our country some few years (with the right guidance) to get us out of the financial problem that we’ve put ourselves in, but what of Iraq? Will they ever recover?

  2. Kevin Hayden Says:
    December 31st, 2006 at 3:23 pm

    Rachel: Yes, I believe Iraq will recover. To me, the dollar cost is the least of concerns.

    I don’t think Iraq’s lost a third of their 26 million population - even counting refugees - but they’ve lost too many, for sure.

    Longterm, I should hope that we as a nation should learn from the terrible mistakes of our leaders, and never again let the lessons be sidelined as old memories disappear.

    If we can utilize the internet to build bonds with the citizens of every nation, fostering a global network of common people willing to stand up jointly when leaders of any nation pursue paths of corruption and aggression, such hope may be justified.

    But we must dedicate ourselves each day to pursue such peaceful solutions.