Alrighty….I’ve stolen these from myself. Original in small font - current response not so small.
Thursday December 6
I was blown away by Barak's democratic convention speech in 2004 and have been a fan ever since. Something interesting.....the death toll when he gave that speech was 900 now we're at 2,920 with over 22,000 wounded. That f*cking sucks. And let me just say.... I was against it from the start.... I thought the reasons were fishy and fabricated. And hopefully the Military Commissions act (in fact the tossing out of habeas corpus) will not see me tossed into a prison since I'm against the war.
This was in response to an article about the early rivalry between Hillary C. and Barack. I’m still Barackin’ my vote. Then. A couple of weeks later:
Sunday, December 31, 2006
A sad, sad legacy...
Turned on the eleven o'clock news and was surprised by my reaction to the inevitable news that we finally broke 3,000.3,000 American Soldiers dead in Iraqwho knows how many in Afghanistanand let's not even consider all of the civilians who've died.
God. Rest. Them.
God. Forgive. Us.
Reading the above still makes me cry. See more about my response to the 3,000 in the following.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Watching Countdown on MSNBC (as I do often). Keith O. was speaking about how the Virginia Tech tragedy is so shocking but, young people with the same hopes and dreams are dying in Iraq and Afghanistan. SIGH. 32 American Soldiers have been killed in the last 3 days. One of the guests says something like, "We have become hardened to deaths in Afghanistan and Iraq." That statement fried my ass. How dare you? How dare you lump all of us together. I was against the war from the start. Against it. It's wrong. I'm a flag waiving patriotic girl, I love and respect anyone who volunteers to wear the uniform --I'm so scared for them (now I personally know two boys who have served or are serving in Iraq…I know, I know, they‘re in the army they aren‘t boys…but they‘re so much younger than me so they‘re definitely boys). Every time I hear/see that another soldier has died my heart breaks a little. I'm wrecked over Iraqis who die. I'm a wreck.
When the number of deaths hit 3,000 I almost hit the floor. Literally. I caught myself on the wall. I hate this.
We have not been hardened. ii I have not been hardened. I refuse to be hardened. ii I think we're all suffering from some form of PTSD. After September 11, we're all waiting for the other shoe to drop. I cry at the randomest things. I was always a crier....mushy stuff. But now. God. Everything about the war makes me cry.
So then we come to this past Easter weekend. Just before the weekend it was everywhere….how close we were to 4,000. I didn’t want it to happen (who did?) but I knew that it would. I was so scared every time I turned on the news I held my breath. Then at some point I signed on to the internet and my, “Oh. God.” scared my family. We’d hit 4,000.
It disgusts me to hear that people don’t even know the death toll (or at least a close number). I have a theory: Americans would sure as hell know the death toll if reporters could take pictures of the flag draped coffins hitting Dover AFB.
I am worried that I can’t adequately explain my seemingly illogical feelings about the war. I believe that the War in Iraq is wrong. I think we were lied into it. I think the administration and their cronies are guilty of dragging us in. (Just War Doctrine) TheWar in Afghanistan could possibly be justified.
All that being said --- I whole-heartedly support those serving overseas. I care deeply about everyone in the military -- and I have a special place in my heart for veterans. I am in awe of people who are willing to do something I don’t think I could.
It appears that it didn’t occur to the powers that be that there would be veterans to care for. Whatja think??? That they’d all come back unscathed….nice try. Remember: Walter Reed. For crying out loud the Department of Veterans Affairs hasn’t been funded well in years.
This post doesn’t flow very well. I’ll try to be more organized next time.
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