"We don't do body counts," General Tommy Franks, U.S. Central Command.
Saddam Hussein was executed earlier today. I will probably find myself standing quite alone among most Americans when I say what I am going to say, but I have never stood silent and I refuse to do so now.
I am not condoning the atrocities that Saddam Hussein committed against the people of Iraq. However, I stand by my own convictions that killing people to show that killing people is not the answer. And if we, as the American people, are going to uphold this form of eye for an eye righteousness, than I think we all need to take a very hard look in the mirror.
There are a lot more than 148 innocent Iraqi bodies on our own hands. Our administration is currently responsible for over 57,000 dead Iraqi's. Dead. Our occupation of their country, our insistence on bringing democracy and liberation and freedom to their land, has resulted in the death of over 57,000 men, women and children.
Yes, we are nearing 3,000 dead in the American tally of service men and women. I don't think that is right, either. We, the American people, don't belong in Iraq. Period.
If Saddam's death is considered justice, than I can only ask when justice will be served for the blood on the hands of George W. Bush, as well?
Think about it.
