connecting*the*dots

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We’re now exactly three years into this debacle of a war.

More than 2,300 American men and women have lost their lives and upwards of 30,000 more are now physically and mentally handicapped. We’re consistently told that the mission is just, as democracy must be spread. We’re told that we need to fight the terrorists over there instead of fighting them over here.

The truth is that we’re knee deep in a mission to fight an “ism” that we don’t even understand.

Why should that stop us?

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We’re rooting our perception around the world as the global strong-armed thug. When our president casually mentions an Iraqi civilian body count to be upwards of 30,000, more or less — as if he’s guessing the amount of gumballs in a swimming pool — that should send shivers down our collective spines, yet for some reason, it doesn’t.

9/11 was a horrible moment in American history, but all we’ve done is respond by killing an even greater number of people. How does that quell a radical response to our status quo?

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Yeah, we all need to do some soul searching.