Let us take a moment to think of the Iraq people -- a life of terror and horror.

[beachmom]

The last two days have been really lousy, and I've been pretty down about it, as I'm sure most of you have. Sometimes in a time of depression, it's best to take stock of what you have and be grateful for that. What I have is the ability to get in my car and drive somewhere without worrying about getting killed. What I have is a sense of security in my own home, that my family is safe. Iraqis don't have that. They don't have that EVER:

http://citycalledhell.blogspot.com/2006/10/fear-and-beyond.html

Monday, October 30, 2006

Fear and beyond

I feel like a different person, I am now an engulfed by fear & cowardness, I jump at the sound of a squeaking door, I feel like I’m half dead.

I have this feeling of being stalked; it’s like Spiderman when he gets those vibes when danger approaches. Such a terrible feeling, you feel your heart is going to burst out of your chest.

Furthermore this morning, on my way to work I nearly had a car accident, a Black GMC Suburban nearly hit my Car on the Highway, it then swirled towards the pavement and smashed in, I stopped to see what happened, it seems that the driver was shoot seconds earlier while he was driving or something similar, when they pulled him out of the car he was dead due to multiple gun shots.

This is too much…

Posted by Zappy! at 1:35 PM

Just for a little background: last week gunmen came into his neighborhood in 10 cars and took his neighbor away. He dialed the equivalent to 9-1-1, and there was NO ANSWER. He had a gun (AK-47), and was on the rooftop, but there was no way he could save his neighbor -- he was outnumbered and outgunned. His neighbor's fears DID come true.

[Inuca]

1. Horrible

I had similar thoughts last night during my long drive home from work, listening on NPR to an interview with a Sudanese guy now in his 20s and living in PA, who was recounting the horrors he went through as a young boy, 6 if I remember correctly, when he was trying to reach a refugee camp after his family was killed. Images nightmares are made from.

[ginnyinWI]

2. Last night Jim Lehrer said 1289 Iraqis were killed in October.

As well as 105 American military. It is so obviously out of control, I don't know how anybody can still be in denial.