The press likes to report the deaths of soldiers in round numbers - multiples of 10, then 100 and now 1000. Today we learnt about the death of the two thousandth US soldier killed in Iraq. It is neither a milestone as it appears on the news nor just a number as the Pentagon would like us to believe. Let us call it what it really is - a colossal and tragic waste. The soldiers had names, were mostly young , all leave behind grieving families and now we know that they died because some cynical older men with warped minds waged an unnecessary war. The accurate count of dead Iraqis is still unavailable.
Rosa Parks, another soldier, died last night at the age of 92. She fought her battle on the home front, lived to enjoy the victory - at peace, knowing that hers was a just war.
Well Said.
A pertinent editorial cartoon by Mike Luckovich here.
Ruchira - I agree with your comments. I believe that this war was doomed from the start and it is sorrowful each time a new report is issued about the dying soldiers , not to mention the maimed. We are in a quagmire and I don't see a solution.
Posted by: jackie Scholar | October 26, 2005 at 08:36 AM
Thanks Jackie, for stopping by and for your thoughful comments here and on "Familiarity Breeds Contempt ... ". I hope you will come back often.
Posted by: Ruchira Paul | October 26, 2005 at 01:34 PM