- Over one million dead Iraqis.
- Millions of Iraqis have fled the country.
- Most Iraqis have only a few hours of electricity a day, which must be especially nice in the summer.
- Most Iraqis don't have clean water to drink, which causes sickness.
- Thousands of dead American soldiers.
- Thousands more soldiers have suffered severe physical and psychological injuries.
Heck of a job, George.
What is especially infuriating about the past five years is Iraq never did anything to America or posed a threat to American security. The Iraqi people had their country destroyed and their lives ruined for no reason. And not many Americans care, even opponents of the war. Most Americans won't say the invasion was morally wrong, instead providing the following arguments against the invasion:
- It costs too much money.
- It diverted America's attention from Afghanistan, as if killing Afghan civilians is OK.
- It makes America look bad in the international community.
- It stretched the military so it won't be able to respond to threats from other countries.
The sad part about these past five years is chances are very high the occupation of Iraq will continue for another five years. Bush will not leave, and Congress has shown it will not cut off funding for the occupation. John McCain is campaigning to continue the occupation. Neither Hillary Clinton nor Barack Obama will commit to leaving Iraq by 2013. It looks like five more years of death and suffering for the Iraqi people. Imagine how bad it would have been if George Bush had a problem with the Iraqi people.
