Off Math: 120,000 Iraqi Deaths Vs One American

Good read ...

First, let us pray for the soul of Mrs. Terri Schiavo; would that she did not have the accident and go on life support systems and end up as she has, in a vegetative state, with no hope for recovery.

What is sad and shameful, and even Mrs. Schiavo would agree with me on this if she were able to speak and to think, that men like Tom DeLay and his cohorts in Congress have taken political advantage of Mrs. Schiavo's condition by passing a law in the middle of the night to counteract 7 years of court cases that have been in favor of having her feeding tube removed because there is no hope for her recovery. All of us, when it comes to a loved one, never want to give up; we always hope for a miracle. But none has come in the 7 years of Terri Schiavo's internment in this hospital bed and with a feeding tube; though I would not want to give up either, as her parents do not want to give up, I think it is time they faced the awful truth that there is no hope left"and that they should let her go to her maker.

But what is even more horrific is that over 120,000 Iraqi women, children and men have died from our illegal invasion of Iraq, and more will die from the Depleted Uranium we are shooting in Iraq every day - thousands of rounds of this poisonous ammunition - and yet few, if any, congressmen and congresswomen and senators have raised their voices to stop this killing. (And let us not forget the million plus Iraqis killed and who died in Gulf War 1 and from the subsequet US embargo and quarantine of Iraq for over ten years thereafter. -ed)

What has happened that an American life is worth more than an Iraqi life? Aren't all lives, in the eyes of God, holy and worth the same? Why is it that when an Israeli is killed, the American media stops and puts it in the headlines, but when dozens of Palestinians are killed that the American media ignores the event? Why is it when there is an earthquake in other parts of the world, nothing much is said after the initial report"as if the damage disappears as fast as the news story"yet when there are small floods in parts of America, people go mad and donate so much that the Red Cross often cannot keep up with the donations and new stories?

Something is wrong with our value system. Something is wrong with this alleged Christian, Tom DeLay, when he uses a woman's death for his political advantage, and forgets about the thousands of American homeless who will die on the streets, the families without insurance, the people in Texas who die because they had poor representation, Tom DeLay who has had laws passed to protect his seniority in Congress, all the while talking about "democracy along with his buddy, George W. Bush.

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http://www.rense.com/general63/cser.htm

Essentially these people are full of s**t. Tom especially.