Editorial from AAEI leader
Via Fighting29th, Cyril Mychalejko from Americans Against Escalation in Iraq, has a guest column in the Steuben Courier. Here’s an excerpt:
Presently, Iraq is a wreck. The 2007 Failed State Index released in June by Foreign Policy magazine ranks Iraq the second most unstable country in the world, behind only the war torn nation of Sudan where genocide is being carried out in the Darfur region. In addition, the international relief agency OXFAM released a report in July unmasking the growing humanitarian crisis in Iraq. The report, “Rising to the Humanitarian Challenge in Iraq ” found that “43 percent of Iraqis suffer from ‘absolute poverty’… Child malnutrition rates have risen from 19 percent before the US-led invasion in 2003 to 28 percent now…[and] 70 percent [of Iraqi's] are without adequate water supplies.” I could go on–the report is 40 pages long.
While the misery suffered by Iraqis is very obvious and should be considered, we must of course not forget our brave soldiers who are fighting this reckless and seemingly endless war. It’s been reported that close to 3,800 soldiers have been killed thus far, while over 27,000 casualties have been suffered. Now soldiers are being asked to referee a civil war while assisting to rebuild an entire country. Tragically our soldiers are not trained or equipped to handle this.
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