Another Sad Milestone Reached

Well folks, with the deaths of 14 marines today and the deaths of 7 marines yesterday, another milestone has been reached in the pointless war in Iraq: Over 1800 American servicemen and women have now been killed.

So, what does this number mean, exactly?

It means that 1800+ fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, uncles, aunts, brothers, sisters, etc., will never again be reunited with their families, at least not in this world.

It means that 1800+ families' lives will never be the same.

It means 1800+ funerals, at which someone will receive a carefully folded American flag, a flag that they will never be able to look at without remembering that it was once draped over the coffin containing the body of their fallen loved one.

And, perhaps most importantly, it means that 1800+ people, most of them cut down in the prime of their lives, will never be able to fulfill their potential, and will never again contribute anything to our society.

The thing that irritates me the most, though, is that these 1800+ people died FOR NOTHING! They weren't fighting some great evil that threatened to take over the world. They were fighting a useless war started at the whim of a President who has been able to show absolutely no justification for it.

Clinton lied about getting a blowjob from a subordinate. Number of soldiers killed: 0.

Clinton was impeached.

Bush lied about why we needed to go to war in Iraq. Number of soldiers killed: 1800+. So far.

Bush was re-elected.

There is something seriously wrong with this country.