The reality of the war in Iraq

With news that President Bush will request an additional $50 billion from congress for the war in Iraq, I'm left to wonder how this war could be allowed to expand in light of the unjust damage our military continues to cause. Isn't knowing that our invasion was uninvoked, without merit and intentionally deceptive enough to warrant an end to this entire fiasco, let alone to even speak of expanding it? If it isn't, then this should be. Our war is having a severe strain on the civilian Iraqi population, causing severe power and water shortages which are having devastating health related effects on the population. It is morally corrupt to allow this war to continue in light of the terror we have brought to Iraq.


With heat reaching 120 degrees some days during the blistering Iraqi summer, it is unfathomable from an American perspective that people could live without electricity or water for 23 hours out of the day and survive, but that is the reality in Iraq. Prior to the U.S. led invasion in 2003, residents of Baghdad received on average 16-24 hours of electricity per day. As of now they receive merely one hour per day, far short of the amount of power needed to supply the water needs of the population. Furthermore, the situation has created unsafe drinking water, making what little water available toxic. Currently, 70% of Iraqi's lack proper water supply, up from the 50% lacking in 2003.


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All we ever hear from the President is how the war must be won at all costs, and that by leaving now we would admit defeat, but there is no ground for him to stand on. We have done serious damage to this region, and continue to every second spent supporting this assault. None of the propaganda this war has been based on was ever true, but what is true is our place in the wrong. It is appalling the conditions we have created for this people, hailing ourselves as the bringers of hope. All we have done is bring death, devastation and unlivable conditions to a land we had no business invading. No good can come about from this through as much bad as has already taken place. We cannot allow this war to be expanded any further. It is far past time for Congress to hold the President in check and refuse his request to expand on the war. It is an atrocity how far our nation has been misled.


In the words of Baghdad resident Nabhan Mukhlis, "The problem is that we do not have a government like any other country. We should just stop complaining and surrender to the death penalty that was issued the day Americans decided to invade our country."


Those who support this war should let that settle in.

Iraq is not Afghanistan, and Afghanistan was never the truth.


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