Iraq War – 4 Years Later

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I was in the streets four years ago with millions of others in opposition to this war of choice. Today, Iraq is in chaos and roughly 60000 – 65000 people are dead. Everyone knew this was going to be a giant mistake right from the beginning.

Excerpt from my blog four years ago today:

“The new US war on Iraq has begun: arguably the greatest moral tragedy of a generation, an unprecedented failure of diplomacy and international order, and a profound crime against the principles of democracy. Tens of thousands of people may lose their lives as a result of US attacks. Hardly any of them will be Americans; most of them will be civilians.” [source]

Daily Haiku today:

Fatherless children,
wait, across oceans and dunes,
for the war to die.