4,000 U.S. Dead in Iraq
Yesterday, we reached a terrible milestone in the Iraq war. There have now been over 4,000 U.S. servicemen and women killed in the line of duty. There have been over 29,000 injured, many returning maimed for life. According to the House Budget Committee, the was has cost over 600 billion dollars of taxpayer money and that number will continue to rise by 9.5 billion dollars every month. To quote President Bush “”No one would argue that this war has not come at a high cost in lives and treasure.”
The question on many Americans minds is… Why?
Why are embroiled in a war against a country that never threatened us, nor asked us to liberate them?
Why were we misled into fearing WMD’s that didn’t even exist?
Why have we paid 600 billion dollars for a war that was originally supposed to cost 50 or 60 billion?
Why are we wasting American lives in a war the majority of Americans doesn’t want to be in?
Why isn’t President Bush looking for a way out?
I don’t have all the answers.
What I do know, is that our next president should have those answers. We can’t keep following George W. Bush’s failed policies in Iraq. Instead, its time to start looking for a way out, not settling in for the next hundred years.
We owe our soldiers the same steadfast service and dedication they have given us. After 4,000 have sacrificed their lives for Iraqi freedom, it is time we start looking for a way to bring them home.