U.S. death toll now over 1,000 (sorry if someone already posted this)
Roach-Busters
08-09-2004, 01:27
http://story.news.yahoo.com/fc?cid=34&tmpl=fc&in=World&cat=Iraq
President Bush now has the blood of over 1,000 Americans (not to mention the tens of thousands of Iraqis) on his hands.
Roach-Busters
08-09-2004, 01:29
http://story.news.yahoo.com/fc?cid=34&tmpl=fc&in=World&cat=Iraq
President Bush now has the blood of over 1,000 Americans (not to mention the tens of thousands of Iraqis) on his hands.
Sorry, I didn't see the other thread when I posted this. If a mod sees this, please lock or delete it. Everyone else, please pretend this thread does not exist. Thanks.
Mr Basil Fawlty
08-09-2004, 01:44
http://story.news.yahoo.com/fc?cid=34&tmpl=fc&in=World&cat=Iraq
President Bush now has the blood of over 1,000 Americans (not to mention the tens of thousands of Iraqis) on his hands.
You are the people! Vote!
"Lady Kerry" is on a tour in EU to say to all students that it is important to vote. She hopes that all those 100.000's of US citizens abroad here will vote this time. We saw Republicans on TV that told they'll vote for the first time here. Some are loyal, but most Republicans (Gallup Poll) in EU tend to vote for Kerry. You guys have a problem because they all said that they did not vote FOR Kerry but they only vote for Kerry "because he's not Bush".
Hoped for a stronger Dem candidate but the most (bright because they know the world abroad) Republicans here will vote Kerry only because he's not Bush. Think they told at the news that there are about 1,5 million voters in the EU ans that she is working on the "key-states".
Anyway, I liked to see that a lot of brighter (since they see some more of the world and are in positions or study at important universities here,you know, the next people in power) Reps here have a different opinion then there fellow party men in the US. Of course this attitude is influenced because they have acces to free (in all languages) media that is not sponsored by either of the parties in the US (like FOX is seen by most US abroad as a propaganda station).
That's 998 soldiers, but the media lumped in 3 civilian contractors so they could have an early Christmas, as one radio talk show caller put it. They are celebrating the 1000th death. The 997th soldier to die now has his picture gracing every newspaper. In my opinion, the 997th soldier is no less important than the 996th. They think that this low casualty rate makes Bush look bad, and it sickens me.
Grebonia
08-09-2004, 21:12
...and almost 3000 Americans died on one day almost three years ago. Fixing the problem that is the middle east is not an easy task and it has a heavy price. Thankfully we live in a nation where those who face that burden do so voluntarily.
Mr Basil Fawlty
08-09-2004, 21:34
...and almost 3000 Americans died on one day almost three years ago. Fixing the problem that is the middle east is not an easy task and it has a heavy price. Thankfully we live in a nation where those who face that burden do so voluntarily.
Well, in the W-Eu countries they also do voluntarily, I don't think that there is still obliged conscription in the 15 EU members (of course, in those new EU countries with their mixture of hypercapitalism and communisme it still exist).
Siljhouettes
08-09-2004, 22:59
...and almost 3000 Americans died on one day almost three years ago. Fixing the problem that is the middle east is not an easy task and it has a heavy price.
Around 22,000 (Iraq: 13,000; Afghanistan: 9,000) civilians have died by American wars since 2001. Are their lives less valuable than the Americans killed on 9/11?
I admit that Afghanistan was something America had to do, but Iraq is not part of the war on terror. That's Bush's personal vendetta.
Terra - Domina
08-09-2004, 23:24
...and almost 3000 Americans died on one day almost three years ago. Fixing the problem that is the middle east is not an easy task and it has a heavy price. Thankfully we live in a nation where those who face that burden do so voluntarily.
thousands of Americans die everyday from crime, poverty, starvation, drug abuse, poor health coverage.... ect
just some perspective