May 12, 2005
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THURSDAY WHATEVERYes that’s a photo of yesterday in Baghdad, the jewel of democracy created by Bush and Co., as our boys respond to yet another car bombing pushing the death toll in less than 2 weeks to more than 400 in this happy land. My Vanity Fair came for June and thank god the editorial by Graydon Carter expressed my sentiments exactly because I’m sure not hearing them expressed anywhere else lately. Here’s an excerpt:
Excuse me, but what ever happened to the war in Iraq? You remember it, surely. You must – it’s still going on. It is the war that has taken the lives of more than 1550 US troops and an estimated 20,000 Iraqi civilians, and caused life-altering injuries to more than 6,000 other American soldiers and countless more Iraqis…The war is not gone, but, in this land of serial obsessives, it is forgotten. Iraq has been canceled; its 15 minutes are up; it’s so last year…For the more than a quarter of a million brave American souls whom we have sent over there to do our blood work, the war is anything but over. It may have disappeared from the corridors of power and the front pages of the nation’s newspapers, but in Iraq, in brutal heat and living conditions, the conflict grinds on, hour after horrific hour. During the month of March, when the nation’s politicians and news media gorged themselves on the death throes of poor Terri Schiavo, 32 more US troops were killed in Iraq and 362 were wounded. The truth is, we just don’t have the stomach or the attention span for war the way we used to. Which means we should probably get out of the business.
And I see Bush signed a bill today for $82 billion more to spend on the war. I’m guessing he plans to pay for it out of our Social Security funds and the pension plans lost by United Airlines and others soon to follow. Let’s see what was he doing today when the little plane flew into White House air space – mountain biking? How fun.
Deep Thought: “Life is a constant battle between the heart and the brain. But guess who wins. The skeleton.”
Today I am grateful for: Refrigerator magnets
Guess the Movie: “Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say his father was German. Nobody believed he was real. Nobody ever saw him or knew anybody that ever worked directly for him, but to hear Kobayashi tell it, anybody could have worked for Soze. You never knew. That was his power. The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.” Answer: The Usual Suspects, 1995.
Winner: cordelia_naismith.
Suicide Bombers Target Police, Civilian and Military Targets
By Neil MacDonald
In Iraq, violence continues as the new government starts discussing a permanent constitution. Insurgents struck at police and military targets in a series of morning attacks, while one suicide car bomber detonated his explosive-packed vehicle in a crowded civilian market. (Rest of article here.)
End of Day: 8:20 pm
+ = Got my lawn mowed by my very own daughter.
- = Bad bad experience at work today.
Comments (12)
The Usual Suspects?
Great piece on Iraq war – thanks for sharing – I agree people don’t want to really investigate the horrors of war – and how many of our soldiers have wounds that are not readily seen – that can not even be added to the list of injuries. The movie is on the tip of my tongue – but that’s as far as it will seem to go – I remember Kevin Spacey (Sp?) was in it and I really enjoyed it.
I got this horrible email forward yesterday and it was supposed to be some kind of prayer, the part that made me most angry was something about how americans are so against a “righteous war” but have the “bravery” to murder babies every day. What the hell? I don’t think so. It scares me to death, the thought of what so many conservatives want, a Bush dynasty, god forbid. Great post, I totally agree.
The Usual Suspects is right! You win cordelia!
Thanks for the post, wouldn’t it be so scary if some of the conservatives got their wish and America ended up with a Bush dynasty?! God forbid.
excellent post
I cannot believe how out of the consciousness Iraq seems to be. What is that? How can people be so very unaware?
I love The Usual Suspect, mostly because I lurve Gabriel Byrne.
It does seem forgotten, doesn’t it? Thanks for the wakeup.
That’s been a topic of conversation in our household. How is it that Americans have forgotten about the war? I have two friends who have husbands are leaving for Iraq – I haven’t forgotten.
It’s in the administrations best interest to have Americans no longer interested.
The war does seem to be forgotten these days. Yet the carnage continues. Every once in a while I consult the graph at http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/USfatalities.html, just to see how the death tollis doing. It does an excellent job of showing that the war is continuing unabated. I wish everyone in the US saw that graph.
yes but fire makes the jewel more shiny at night…
hey grammadia, got your comment, i’ll start putting pictures on mine right now