42,358
So usually I am not the person to make posts about political issues and such, but I was reading on the BBC News webstie and this caught my eye:
DEATHS SINCE MAR 2003
Iraqi civilians: 42,358
Iraqi security forces*: 5,182
US military: 2,596
UK military: 115
Other coalition military: 115
Journalists: 77
Sources: Iraq Body Count (baseline estimate of civilian deaths), Brookings Institution
So according to the dictionary......civillians are......ci·vil·ian (s-vlyn) n.-A person following the pursuits of civil life, especially one who is not an active member of the military or police.
42,358 Iraqi civillians....What the crap? I know this point gets overemphasised, but I think that makes it easier for us to go numb from it......42,358.....that's 42,358 people who weren't even trying to fight this war, 42,358 fathers, 42,358 mothers, 42,358 sisters, 42,358 brothers, 42,358 sons, 42,358 daughters.....you get the point.
According to google and some other sources roughly 2,740 Americans died on September 11th.....haven't we made our point or whatever the crap we're trying to do?
DEATHS SINCE MAR 2003
Iraqi civilians: 42,358
Iraqi security forces*: 5,182
US military: 2,596
UK military: 115
Other coalition military: 115
Journalists: 77
Sources: Iraq Body Count (baseline estimate of civilian deaths), Brookings Institution
So according to the dictionary......civillians are......ci·vil·ian (s-vlyn) n.-A person following the pursuits of civil life, especially one who is not an active member of the military or police.
42,358 Iraqi civillians....What the crap? I know this point gets overemphasised, but I think that makes it easier for us to go numb from it......42,358.....that's 42,358 people who weren't even trying to fight this war, 42,358 fathers, 42,358 mothers, 42,358 sisters, 42,358 brothers, 42,358 sons, 42,358 daughters.....you get the point.
According to google and some other sources roughly 2,740 Americans died on September 11th.....haven't we made our point or whatever the crap we're trying to do?