typing. Thank you for the correction. But, the "official" numbers of 200,000 dead are still just an estimate. The Iraqi civilization does not lend itself well to either an accurate census or an accurate death total. Many believe the number to be much higher, maybe twice as high as reported. It has been twenty years and I still have rage over the decision to start a war that Rumsfeld claimed "would last six to eight weeks, at most. And cost about $80M." It really takes an idiot to state something like that and be SO wrong.
I believe they knew that it would be a long, dragged out affair, so much more money can be made in a ten year or longer campaign by the MIC and bottom feeders like Blackwater and Haliburton.
It also gave the GOP so much leverage in this country to be the revengers of 9/11 it makes me sick to this day. They crammed that 1300+ page "Patriot Act" down our throat, taking away our rights that the Conservatives claim to love so much. They fired up anti-Arab, anti-Muslim dislike into a raging hatred that still lingers today. I think the entire Bush Administration and a handful of outsiders should all be doing time in the Hague.
I am 68 years old and a big fan of FDR myself. I just don't think the Dems today have the backbone to do what needs to be done to bring this country back from the brink of Fascism. I am also deeply disappointed that 40% of Americans can be so irrational, hateful and bluntly blind to the fact they are on the wrong side of anything resembling normal, moral human content.
I have been a member of DU for thirteen years, my age in my Du name when joining. Also, I have about 250 posts, I have become more active the last couple of years. Usually when I think of something to say, another member beats me to it. I may add a little, but mostly read and learn.
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