The War in Iraq*
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As the rhetoric spews forth regarding the War in Iraq, the men and women in uniform seem to be little more than asterisks in someone else's story. The 3,555 asterisks in this post represent the lives of U.S. military personnel that have been lost since the so-called Iraq War started in March 2003 (according to an Associated Press count). Each asterisk is a son, a daughter, a mother or a father, a brother a sister, an aunt or an uncle.
As soldiers continue to fall, the White House looks to preserve its legacy, the Pentagon seeks to shift blame, and Congress talks the talk but doesn't walk the walk. Roadside bombers killed seven U.S. troops Saturday, raising to 25 the number for U.S. soldiers who have died this week.
How many more asterisks before there is a real shift in policy? How many more human footnotes to the story of this administration? How much more will the American people take?
