The people who make decisions on behalf of American citizens seem immune to pleas of mercy, to the human cost, to the heartache that the loss of these young people and their suffering have caused so many of the rest of us. They refuse to send their own into battle, yet are callous to the deaths of nearly 4,000 and over 27,660 wounded soldiers that have sacrificed life and limb for this horrible conflict. It is patriotic to support the soldiers. It is patriotic to give them all the help and compensation they deserve to come home and live healthy again. It's UNPATRIOTIC to send them there in the first place. I don't know what else to do but attend rallys, yell and holler, blog, write my congressman, and speak out as this man has done. I wish my voice counted for something. I hear the protests all day every day on the news and internet, in coffee shops, in churches, the anger, the disillusionment, the frustration but it doesn't seem to be heard by the people who make the decisions.
Perhaps they will listen to the crisp crinkle of dollars. Here's some of what our nations taxes and debt could be doing if we were able to use it for worthwhile endeavors.
What the money we're spending could be doing instead....
http://nationalpriorities.org/index.php?op... The War In Iraq Costs SO FAR...
$456,172,238,408
Instead, we could have insured
273,157,028
children for one year.
Instead, we could have built
4,107,403
additional housing units.
Instead, we could have hired
7,905,524
additional public school teachers for one year.
Instead, we could have paid for
60,420,205
children to attend a year of Head Start.
Instead, we could have provided
22,114,244
students four-year scholarships at public universities.
SO FAR, and the counter is running with $4,100 for every American household;
$1,500 for every American;
$3,400 for every taxpayer;
$11 million per hour and;
$275 million per day.
Think what that amount of money could have done if we'd invested it in alternative energy sources. At $4,100 per household, we could have made solar, wind, or other natural and renewable sources of energy available to each home in America, making oil and coal nearly obsolete in the heating and cooling of our homes. If we'd spent that on our auto industries and created more fuel efficient, cleaner, or even electric transportation, think what that could do for our dependence on oil and the unstable countries we do business with.
I do sincerely hope that our nation will be able to hold George Bush and his cronies, and the companies he is in bed with accountable for this war and what it's cost all of us. I believe he should be held accountable for what has happened to Iraq, and on some part, the loss of lives of the Iraqi people. He is a war president as he always hoped, but he's also a war criminal and should be prosecuted as such. The money hurts now, but the loss of our military strength, the reputation and integrity of our nation, the loss of esteem of the nations of the world and so much more are the true legacy of George W. Bush. Death would be too good for this buffoon.
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