i'm already tired of hearing news about the war. but there's just no way you can avoid it... there seems to be no end or resolution to it. the US should have not been there in the first place...
the Iraq war has so far, cost the American people (not the government because those are taxpayers' money) $449 billion. staggering amount considering a lot of social services were being cut left and right in every single city and town in America just to fund this war.
to add insult to injury, there was a report this evening at nbc nightly news about an Iraqi who used to be the Iraqi government's watchdog. he recently resigned his position, and fled to the US because of threats to his life. all the threats were due to investigations his office conducted on the rampant and widespread corruption within their government. the corruption is so bad, he is calling for the US government to stop supporting the Maliki administration.
how could something like this happen to the most powerful, most influential country in the world? mind-boggling...
meanwhile, there have been 3,760 casualties since the war started on march 19, 2003.
staggering numbers indeed...
