Obama may, due to political pressure, be pulling back from his original wording but he's right. We're wasting lives in Iraq. All unnecessary loss of human life in this failed effort is a waste. It's wasteful when the troops die due to a lack of funding and armor. It's a waste when Iraqi citizens die from roadside bombs planted by terrorists we created by failing to engage them creatively after the fall of Saddam. It's a waste of life to see our men and women die for a non-cause cause, when justifiably they should all still be at the forefront of the GWOT in Afghanistan. It's a waste to see more money be lost off the pallets we shipped over than was spent ensuring our troops are fully equipped with the latest in warfare protection. It's a waste of life each time we make a commitment to the Iraqis, fail to follow through and create another angry militant on the far end. It's a waste of life each time a contractor is drug through the streets and hung from a lamp post in defiance of the occupiers. It's a waste to continue to send more troops into the theater of battle under the asupices of the status quo unplanned approach to building a democracy.
It's all a waste of effort, time, money, emotions, international goodwill and most of all... lives.
Posted by kerry at February 14, 2007 04:00 AM