And war goes on. Not the war in Iraq. War. We have one candidate, who will have our troops in Iraq for 1000 years. He's the one who is confused about whether he was talking about the current war in Iraq or the Gulf War -- yeah, I can't believe that almost 50% of the people polled want him in the White House (But it's hard to believe that only 71% of people recently polled think the job Bush is doing is not satisfactory; so, I have little hope for the country and am looking to buy an island somewhere.).
We have another candidate who would obliterate Iran -- presumably, with much of the American stockpile of nuclear bombs, because that's my connotation of "obliterate," being of the generation that grew up hurrying, when the alarm sounded, to the William Foster School janitor's office, which was designated the "Fallout Shelter - Cap. 60" by the yellow and black signs, or crouching under our desks, if we were not lucky enough to be the designated "60" on that day.
Enough of that political stuff. We all, save one, know that the economy is in the dumper; we all know that the U.S.A. has lost its luster among the nations in the world; we all know that things aren't going the way we had hoped they would go for us and our children; we all know the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel has canceled the weekends engagement of the songstress who plays Cole Porter's piano at the cocktail terrace. The list goes on and on, but I have digressed.
WAR. One in five of those who return alive from Iraq, about 350,000, will suffer from depression and post traumatic stress disorder, of which 70% will not seek any treatment whatsoever, which means there will be a lot more casualties of war from suicide, murder, drug addiction, homelessness -- the list goes on and on.
That's a part of the Bush legacy. That's a result of Congress' inaction. That's the result of American ethnocentrism.
Posted by Bill at May 6, 2008 09:21 AMI'm always amazed when people don't realize that the "list of casualties" only accounts for those that served. It doesn't account for the families that lost and the children that will have to deal with the depression, post traumatic stress disorder, suicides, murders, drug addictions, and homelessness.
Those individuals are never kept on a list.
-d
I wonder how George W. Bush and his buddies can even sleep at night?
Posted by: Vito at May 6, 2008 03:43 PMYou had a chosen 60? We all just had to do the bend over thing. I guess there wasn't a "safe" place in my little 7 class elementary school.
Posted by: Vicki at May 7, 2008 03:58 PM