By Anthony Wade
We all got caught up in the moment three years ago. Someone had violated our country and our psyche like no way before in our history. We wanted those responsible brought to justice. We wanted an eye for an eye. We wanted justice. Now three years later we must ask ourselves, how much is enough?
Our troops are halfway around the world, fighting a war in a desert against people that had nothing to do with 911. They are dying every day. Over 1000 of them have now died, for what this president calls a just war. That is 1000 kids that had families, futures and dreams. Some dreamed big, some dreamed small. Some simply dreamed of a world where you should be able to trust your government. They believed in the creed that says the United States of America never sends our soldiers into harms way unless it is absolutely necessary. It is quite disturbing to see your dreams shattered in such a brutally horrific way. These 1000 Americans leave behind family, friends, and the hopes of a generation that are dangerously slipping into oblivion. 1000 of our kids are dead. How much is enough?
In the rage for bloodlust, it is not only our own that are dying every day in the sands of a world that we have no business being in. There are also civilians. I know sometimes we tend to overlook them because they are not our own. We have clever ways of dehumanizing the cost by referring to them as collateral damage, or just simply, the enemy. There are anywhere between 10,000 and 30,000 dead civilians because of our wrath. That is 20,000 people dead that had nothing to do with 911. Who cries for them? They had futures too. They had lives too. Now, they are the forgotten dead.
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