Haven’t Enough People Died?
Listening to a radio talk show in the car the other day made me stumble upon information that I was embarrassed to not already know. While I was well aware, and sickened by, the loss of over 3,000 American soldiers -- with additional tens of thousands badly wounded -- I hadn’t heard a total for the estimated number of human beings that have been killed in
It’s estimated that over 650,000 human beings have been killed so far in this war. Estimates run higher and lower. But what difference does a slight change in the number make? Nothing.
What has been gained from the murder of all of these people? Were they all Hussein loyalists? Were they all terrorists? Were they all, in the beginning, anti-American? Not a chance. I wonder how many of those 650,000 people were women and children or civilians. Is this really
Why did all of those people have to die and how many more are we going to put in the same grave?
All I can pray is that the president follows some of the Iraq Study Group ideas and some of the ideas of the incoming Congress for strategies to get out of this conflict. Every day we remain, more die. Every day there is risk that another American life will be taken too soon.
How many have to die for oil, big business and personal power?
Curt Leng
6th District Councilman
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