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Once You Go Iraq…

November 29th, 2006

An interesting thing to realize in this day and age is that America has become somewhat desensitized to war. This isn’t to say Americans no longer view war as a big deal, or that wars don’t dominate news coverage, but a bad war doesn’t get the same type of outrage today as it would have say, in 1968. Those with friends and family who died or served in Iraq take it more seriously, but there are large pockets in the country with no direct connection to the men and women presently serving.

Unfortunately, war hasn’t become any less devastating. 500 thousand Iraqis are dead as a result of our invasion. Anti-American terrorist factions have fed off the ill-will this war has engendered, replenished their ranks, and are now stronger than ever. And the war has worked better than any drain-the-budget conservative tax cut ever could: hundreds of billions of dollars that could have gone toward education, sustainable energy, and plenty of other worthy causes are now gone.

To be fair to the American public, there have been protests, and the war overall is unpopular. This creates a real opportunity for Dems to force the issue and set a quick date for withdrawal. Ending the war in Iraq would be one hell of an accomplishment for Pelosi’s Congress.

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