The carnage in Iraq continues, 5 more dead American soldiers this morning

[TheCowsCameHome]

At what point will the numbers be "big" enough to really sink Bush and his failed policies? Even superhawk Rumsfeld says the numbers will increase in the next few months.

What has gone wrong with America? How many more young lives must be wasted by this president?

I just don't understand it.

[pippin]

1. The Cost of War

So mainstream media has finally thought it fit to start accounting for the the fallen on its front page. CNN now has finally started to have a conscience--maybe:

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/

Will the rest of America now start to wake up and say "enough is enough?"

[deutsey]

2. Do you have a link?

I haven't heard about the five casualties this morning.

:evilfrown:

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. No, but it was on one of the networks at 8am

4 soldiers in the same location and a single one in another. It's become almost like non-story - sadly.

[deutsey]

7. Yeah. "Support the troops" indeed.

:puke:

[DIKB]

3. They don't care

however many is necessary for them to have everything. I personally believe they will MIHOP another terror attack, just to get fuel and support for a War in Iran, and try to initiate a police state here in this country.

They are interested in building an empire, the little people be damned.

[TheCowsCameHome]

6. And how would we go into Iran? We're stretched so thin militarily

our troops in Iraq are doing multiple tours of duty now.

The only answer would be a draft. And then right-wing would slither out of sending their kids.

[izzie]

5. The mind set of the really 'far right 'is odd---------------

It seems to be fine to die if it is "Gods will" such a Bush's war. I am not sure how they got the women on the tubes into their thinking at all. They thought on the other side of it in that case.

[magellan]

8. Rarely do they give the total KIA

Sometimes it scrolls across the bottom of the screen, but I've never heard any of the barbies and kens utter the total. They should say the number every single day. These are young American lives being snuffed out, and if there's an upper threshold that's going to make people think "enough is enough", why isn't TODAY'S total enough?

[newportdadde]

9. We are still a long ways from a number Joe Average cares about.

The thing KILLING Bush right now is gas prices. If gas was 1.30 and the SUV and boat were filled up for the lake then Joe Average could care less how many soldiers died over there. As long as its peaceful here then our 'Fight them over there so we don't fight them here' strategy must be working.

[Q]

10. US Soldiers are SITTING DUCKS...

...and it's come down to them simply trying to survive until they can go home.

9 BILLION DOLLARS went 'missing' in Iraq and war profiteers are as happy as pigs in shit. You'd think that at least SOME of these billions could be 'diverted' to better arm and protect the troops?

Nothing will change the fact that this war is ILLEGAL and IMMORAL. If there is any justice left in this world...Bush/Cheney and the rest of the Neocon/PNAC gang will go before a war crimes tribunal as defendants.

[Supersedeas]

11. ah, but the media has a prison break story to cover--ya see

[GreenPartyVoter]

12. :^(