Four years ago, George W. Bush proudly proclaimed these words.  "Mission accomplished."  Really?

What exactly was the mission again?  Was it to liberate a country that doesn't seem to want liberation?  Four years ago, "we" rushed in like the big heroes, only to find that we are perceived as the villains by the rest of the world.  Are the Iraqi people any more liberated now?    Well, more of them have cell phones now than four years ago; however, less of them have water & electricity, so you be the judge.

Was the "mission" to kill & wound thousands of young men and women?  If it was, then mission accomplished.  Since the war began, 3,316 soldiers have been killed, and 24,764 have been seriously wounded.  Just since the beginning of April, we've seen over 100 deaths, giving us our deadliest month since December.

Four years ago, we were lied to about what the "mission" really was in Iraq.  The lies were huge and dangerous.  They got us into this cluster-fuck in the first place.  We were told that Iraq had WMD's (we all know how that turned out), and that we were combating terrorism.  (Let us not forget that North Korea & Pakistan actually pose the greatest WMD threat to us.)  Another false reason we were given was that we were promoting democracy (because it's worked so well here in the last 7 years).  It's interesting to me that four years ago, we were calling for a regime change in Iraq, and today the world (& I am in the world) is calling for a "regime change" here.  Just a little something to think about.  After all, what are the real reasons we are in Iraq?  Oil and the dollar.

Until Next Time,
Rose