QotD: No Laughing Matter
What do you think is too serious to joke around about?
The Iraq War. We know from the news that 4,000 American military lives have been wasted. What we don't know are the number of civilian lives - Iraqi and foreign - which have been squandered to suit the ideology of a tiny political elite inside American politics. It's not a joke. It's not something to respond to questions about by saying "So??". The entire scenario is a crime. Invasion was always illegal. Those who planned and perpetrated this gross display of human pride and ineptitude need to be held to account. Not just by history, but by the present. In the here-and-now. They need to be made to pay.
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the war is not a joking matter at all.. and death isn't either... i agree with you...
candy
Yup. The contrast between the million-plus Iraqi lives lost vs. 4000 American ones is very stark. I have yet to hear a word of remorse from Dubya-Cheney-Rice-Gates about the Iraqi civilians who have died since the invasion. This isn't to say that the American soldiers who have perished are not worthy of respect. It's more an indictment on the political apparatchiks who started this mess and who now don't know the meaning of "respect" for all human life - whether this is Iraqi or American lives we're talking about.
I'd be asking for full accountability, too. Now.