1310 American Deaths in Iraq
posted by Maxwell at 1:51 PM
Monday, December 20, 2004
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2 Comments:
Thanks Jackie,
It's good to hear from you. Come back from time to time!
Matt
Well. I wish it was so easy to say that I am "pro" or "anti" war. In an abstract sense, I would prefer that we had not invaded Iraq. Now that we are there, though, I feel like we need to do everything in our power to give the Iraqi people some kind of civilized life. Our responsibility there is bone-deep, and I am concerned that domestic politics are going to lead to a suboptimal outcome in that part of the world, which is something we should all fear.
That said, I post the figures because I think it is all too easy to lose sight of the fact that people are being killed daily there. I am not comfortable with the idea of getting comfortable with people killing and dying half a world away.
As I told another blog-browser earlier, I would gladly post a running casualty figure for Iraqis too, but I haven't been able to find a reliable counter. I don't feel that any particular subset of lives is more precious than any other subset, but the MSM disagree with me on that point.
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