1,000 American soldiers is certainly something to make you stop and think. Up to 100,000 dead Iraqi civilians is quite sobering, too.
“To Be Provided” my ass.
Look, I’m not going to make like Moore and pretend that Baghdad was all children playing and flying kites before the US Invasion. I can’t even imagine how awful life must have been under Saddam. But I hope all those armchair analysts and bloggers, the ones who use phrases like “hawkish” and “tough on terror,” are ready to deal with the idea of 100,000 innocent Iraqi lives lost in this conflict.
War is hell, and when we lose sight of that in a morass of metaphors about “projecting American power,” we lose part of our soul. There’s a reason why those who have seen war (Kerry, Powell, Kerrey) are the most skeptical about deploying troops.
Now Playing: Episode 361
The Presidential campaign gets nasty while the banking crisis goes international.
Links Mentioned: The coveted Buckley endorsement … and the Brooks non-endorsement … the European banking bailout vs. the U.S. bailout redux … Frank Rich … GM and Chrysler get cozy.
