Check out the new links... Body Counts. They say figures lie & liars figure, but these are pretty straightforward. I had planned to announce this addition to my 'blog with another rant, but what's the point?
I will say only this: (and yes, this is far from a rant)
Behind every one of the dead civilians (not insurgents, not coalition or U.S. military) these numbers represent, there is an entire group of family and friends who probably feel the cost of this war is already too high. Relatively low statistics aren't much comfort when you're one of them.
The numbers on this link are rarely touted by our supposedly liberal media. The few reps of the Fourth Estate who bother to report any numbers, report only dead U.S. military members - less than 10% of the total.
They say one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter. Does the number of dead civilians affect that distinction? How high does the number have to be before it does?
I've been a volunteer (as a mechanic in a civil engineering squadron) for over 18 years... so I'm in it to win it, but no one has been able to say what "winning it" will look like. I know there are costs involved in anything worth doing, but since no one seems to be able to say what, exactly, it is we're doing, it's hard to decide if the cost of this is worth it.
In the mean time WE have no choice but to include the people these counts represent among our "accomplishments" because WE declared this war. Some people are growing more and more comfortable with that. I'm not.
Luth,
Out.
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