Remembering Heroes As Body Count Rises

Today is Memorial Day, the day set aside to honor the heroes who fell in war to defend our country and our way of life. They should be honored, because if the word "hero" fits anyone, it is them. Regardless of their race, creed, color, sex, country of origin, age, sexual preference, or political beliefs, they are all heroes.

What makes this Memorial Day even sadder than usual is the fact that we are currently engaged in a senseless war and the body count grows higher every day. Currently over 2400 US soldiers have died in the Iraq War. Thousands more have been injured and maimed. Was it neccessary?

Of course it wasn't. There were no "weapons of mass destruction" & Saddam was not a threat to us. Now we are just invaders and occupiers trying to force our kind of government on Iraq, and it can never succeed. As soon as we leave, the Iraqi's will get rid of our puppet government and install whatever they want. This will happen whether we leave tomorrow or stay another 10 years.

But none of this is the fault of our brave soldiers. Their courage and fortitude are beyond reproach. But the same cannot be said of our leadership. Our leaders have bungled this war from the very beginning and continue to do so.

We must demand that our leaders stop sacrificing our soldiers for access to a few barrels of oil. Let the Iraqi's determine their own future and sell their own oil. Bring all our soldiers home from Iraq immediately.


NOTE - For those who complain about media coverage of the war, do you really understand how dangerous it is for these media members? Today, CBS correspondent Kimberly Dozier was critically wounded in Iraq. Her soundman and her cameraman were both killed along with an American soldier. Somewhere between 94 and 120 media members have been killed in the Iraq War. These people are doing a good job in an incredibly dangerous situation.