Sunday, December 31, 2006
What does 3,000 mean on this New Year's Eve 2006?
From Juan Cole's site:
And guess what? George W. Bush will sleep well again tonight just like every night in the past 4 years since this illegal occupation of his started. Of course he will because even he hides from his own reality that he has created.
Sunday, December 31, 2006
What the Number 3000 Hides
Iraqi guerrillas killed 6 more GIs and AP put the total dead in combat at 2998. The dreadful milestone of 3000 is upon us.
Like all statistics, this one is deceptive. It does not include US troops killed in Afghanistan, that oddly forgotten war where the US still has a division engaging in active combat. Nor is it nice to ignore NATO dead in Afghanistan, including French and Canadians (yes).
The number does not include the Coalition troops killed in Iraq. The sacrifices of the British, Italians, and others should be included.
And why ignore the seriously wounded? These brave warriors have brain damage, or spinal damage, or have lost limbs or been burned and disfigured. There are probably 8000 of them. Their sacrifice should be foregrounded. Life is not going to be easy for them, and they are not goiing to get that much help from Bush.
Indeed, why not count all the wounded? The number must be near 25000 by now.
Then there are all the Iraq Vets with post traumatic stress disorder and a myriad of other combat related mental diseases. There is alcoholism, domestic violence, divorce.
The true number of Americans and US allies who are in some sense casualties of war is in the tens of thousands.
3000 is a horrible number. But it is not the only dreadful number. By concentrating on it, Washington politicians and the US press hide from us the true magnitude of the problems we face in Iraq and Afghanistan.
And guess what? George W. Bush will sleep well again tonight just like every night in the past 4 years since this illegal occupation of his started. Of course he will because even he hides from his own reality that he has created.
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3000 means different things to different people.
For normal Americans 3000 is a horrible figure, not a "milestone" as Bush thinks most things are.
For normal Americans 3000 is a horrible figure, not a "milestone" as Bush thinks most things are.
3,000 also represents to me the amount of times I have slapped my forehead in response to Bush's policies, ideologies, and his arrogance.
We're at 2999 right now, but I bet by the time the ball drops in Times Square, we will have lost a total of 3,000 US soldiers. Saddens me so much.
We're at 2999 right now, but I bet by the time the ball drops in Times Square, we will have lost a total of 3,000 US soldiers. Saddens me so much.
Unbelievable. I just checked AMERICAblog and the death toll of US soldiers has reached 3,000. Sad, so freaking unbelievably sad.
If I find out Bush was taking a nap when the 3,000th soldier was killed, I'm going to scream!
If I find out Bush was taking a nap when the 3,000th soldier was killed, I'm going to scream!
Hell 3000 is just a number to Georgie, and he can't count that high even with his shoes off, so it is meaningless to him.
He's just worried about 1 number, his sorry old ass.
He'd gladly accept even HIGHER numbers if he thinks it will make HIM a great war president.
But sad to say, he will try the esclation of troops which means more deaths and wounded, and stillwill not be what he wants.
Bush will still be the worst President EVER.
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He's just worried about 1 number, his sorry old ass.
He'd gladly accept even HIGHER numbers if he thinks it will make HIM a great war president.
But sad to say, he will try the esclation of troops which means more deaths and wounded, and stillwill not be what he wants.
Bush will still be the worst President EVER.
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