Last night a roadside explosion took the lives of 4 US soldiers bringing the death count to the 4000 mark. The cost of this war has been incredible and there is still no solution in sight. Will Iraq ever stand alone as a democracy? The price in human life and in dollars is staggering. I remember the promises made early on that first of all the Iraqis will come forward and take control of their country, and secondly the US will be able to use Iraqi oil to pay for the war effort. Well of course neither has happened and the hole we've dug is so deep we've dragged the ladder in with us. And as the dollar continues to sink and the next recession looms larger, the price of health care and gasoline are killing us, the stock market is holding it's breath, Washington continues to tell us not to worry - things are great. Well yeah, if you happen to be one of them it is!
Ok so I got carried away there. The tragedy here is of course the loss of human life as well as all the injuries suffered by our troops in a country where I'm not even sure the people honestly want to live in a democratic state or even understand what that would mean for them.
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