The Pentagon today announced the deaths of 14 more U.S. troops [1], bringing the total acknowledged U.S. troop deaths to 3,493 — just seven shy of yet another grim milestone…which will probably be surpassed by the time anyone reads this post. Has anyone else noticed that the river of American blood is continuing to flow, despite (or probably because of) Bush’s nonsensical troop surge?
Over the past several months, I’ve been tempted to post U.S. casualties every day, to drive home the point that Bush’s failed policies in Iraq are continuing to kill people. I’ve refrained simply because the casualties accumulate more often than I have time to keep track. But I still do notice the almost daily announcements. Seven one day, a dozen two days later, three the next…exactly what is America trying to prove? That we will keep sending targets for suicide bombers until Bush finally gets replaced by someone with a better strategy?
Here’s what I’d like to see — instead of calling Bush a “wartime president,” let’s call him what he is: a moron president, a failed-strategy president, pointless-death president. With 3,500 American troops dead, and virtually nothing positive achieved, calling him a “wartime president” is far more valorous than he has ever deserved.
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