Idea War

by poputonian

Iraqbodycount.net reports that more than forty thousand civilians have been killed since America launched its invasion. Dig into the database and you’ll get the gory details: civilians killed by 500 pound laser bombs; children riddled by machine gun fire; deaths by sectarian violence. It’s amazing the multiplicity of ways a civilian can die during an invasion. Recent newspaper reports in the US indicate almost 18,000 Iraqi civilian deaths in the first seven months of this year alone, including 3,500 in July. Ponder the numbers and weep.

It was only a few posts ago that our resident minder Jose commented: “The idea of freedom does not register with the Left.” Naturally, my reaction was, “The idea of genocide does not register with the Right.”