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Public
Employee Press Letters to
the editor Five years and 4,000 deaths: End
the war! Today, as I write, it is the fifth anniversary
of the war in Iraq, a war based on lies about weapons of mass destruction by George
W. Bush. This war has now lasted longer than the Civil War or either World War.
Any
day now we will pass another tragic landmark as the number of American men and
women whose lives have been needlessly sacrificed tops 4,000. Tens of thousands
have been wounded and many may spend the rest of their lives missing arms and
legs and being treated for disabling brain and spinal injuries. Over 80,000 Iraqis
have died, the vast majority of them civilians.
And the answer to the big
question, Are we any safer from terrorism? is absolutely not.
The
true cost of the war, which Bush has tried to hide, is over $3 trillion according
to respected economists like Joseph Stiglitz. And most of that is debt that will
have to be paid off by our children and grandchildren.
Gasoline is aimed
for $4 a gallon and our economy is a wreck. If an investment banking house like
Bear Sterns is in trouble, the Bush administration is right there to help with
billions from the taxpayers, but the government doesnt care when millions
of Americans are deep in debt. There is only one answer: Democrats, independents
and any Republicans who understand whats happening must unite to kick out
Bush and his right wingers and take back the White House for real Americans. Melissa
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