2001 to present: Iraq and Afghanistan
DAYS: I just can’t count them – a decade times two. Figure it out.
DOLLARS: $1.2 trillion
DEAD SOLDIERS: 6060
Afghanistan – nearly into the tenth year; 1600 US fatalities, 11,700 wounded, $419 billion.
Iraq – well into the eighth year of that war; 4460 US fatalities, 32,227 wounded, $783 billion.
And me? I’m headed off to visit, eat hamburgers, hot dogs, wilted salad and watermelon. And so it goes.
You can have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, or democracy. But you cannot have both.
God bless them all for their service and sacrifice. Without them, the tyrants would rule over the unwilling.
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I often have to remind myself that since WWII, democracy has taken hold all over the world.
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True that Moe…..
Doug is right…..
Don’t confuse the people who send them off with the people who go……
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True THAT james!
Oldest story in the world – ‘old men who send young men to die’.
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In my opinion, we can truly honor our veterans with adequate medical and mental health care, rather than parades and cook-outs. This recent court ruling on the VA broke my heart.
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/42995663/ns/health-health_care/
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And all the while Ahab, half our homeless population since the Vietnam war was vets – now it’s Iraq and AFghanistan vets. Shame, shame, shame on us.
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That too Ahab
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