A Hard Numbers Look At The War In Iraq After 5 Years

Run time: 03:02 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoRvfowY5uA   Posted on YouTube: March 25, 2008 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: March 25, 2008 By DU Member: rjx Views on DU: 565

 
608 billion dollars
4,0000 dead
29,451 wounded
1,031 amputees
30% of returning solders have symptoms of post traumatic stress
20% of Iraq war vets have post traumatic stress syndrome

look what they've done to our country.
it's completely different from what it was eight years ago...

It is my experience that people are in denial/indifferent, ignorant of the facts, or simple feel powerless against the state. They vaguely know we are in a war that isn't exactly justified, but they have been taught through the television (where most of them get their news) that supporting the war is patriotic and protesting the war is unpatriotic. Others are just plain unaware of the illegal nature of the war, unaware that the 3 justifications for war sold to them in 2003 have been proven untrue, and they are unaware that they should be angry. And, sadly, most have been taught to be submissive to authority and they feel powerless even if they do want to do something about the injustice.

welcome to DU....