Boehner brings up both American children and Iraqi children. Well here is a clue for Leader Boehner; our children have already been left behind as we spend those billions promulgating this war on terror and in Iraq. Any terrorism that results is in direct relation to our egregious foreign policy. Fix our foreign policy and al Qaeda will not have any argument with us.
It goes back to Jim Pinkerton’s assertion of live and let live. It is as simple as that. Now should anyone come and attack then we have every right to retaliate, but to invade a country that had nothing to do with the attacks that befell us is criminal.
Getting back to our American children as one sees for themselves how much it costs to fight this war in Iraq at the present moment I am typing this column, it has cost the American taxpayer, $451 billion dollars. As you will see by clicking on the Cost of War you will see how those tax dollars could be used for your child’s education and public housing. Again, let us bring that money back home.
Now we get to the Iraqi children; how many of those one million Iraqis dead have been children and more importantly, how many more? How many more children must suffer the affects of cholera and other diseases due to the lack of quality medical care? How many more children must suffer due to the use of depleted uranium and white phosphorus?
Here is food for thought as we speak of terrorism. Millions of Iraqis have been displaced due our invasion; will they be the next wave of terrorists who come after us? Is anyone in Washington thinking of this?
Lastly, Mr. Boehner, by saying the loss of life is a small price in relation to this war, you owe an apology to our military and the family members left behind to grieve a lifetime. You owe the same apology to the innocent Iraqis devastated by this war. And incidentally by using uncertain words like “if” you have undercut the military. Good job, Mr. Boehner.
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