3 Years now What ?
Monday, March 20, 2006
3 years ago on this very day (03/20/2003)a Pandoras box was opened and although dictator Saddam Hussein was toppled, the invasion has instigated ethnic and sectarian strife creating the threat of Civil War.
Over this 3 year period (about 1096 days), over 100,000 children have been killed or died as a result of disease, bad water, starvation and lack of medical care. The number of US soldiers killed during their service has reached 2318. It's not obvious but the total projected cost of the Iraq war is estimated to be a whopping $19,600 per household !! What ? No kidding !!
As we enter the 4th year of "US troops in Iraq", the situation in any city (if there's anything left out there to be called one) remains the same. Bloodsheds, Suicide bombings, People running here and there, waking up hearing gunshots and explosions, Number of soldiers on the road outnumbering the citizens have become a common sight.
Over the weekend, the former prime minister of Iraq said in an interview with the BBC .."It is unfortunate that we are in civil war. We are losing each day an average of 50 to 60 people throughout the country, if not more. If this is not civil war, then God knows what civil war is."
I think most of us would agree that it is long past time for someone to begin to stake out a different path. When you've set out in the wrong direction from the beginning, staying the course isn't a legitimate option. But all we can ask is "When" ... when would this end? (if at all it's supposed to be that way)
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