2500 American Soldiers Dead

It's official: The number of dead American soldiers is now 2500. Wonder will the corporate media give these courageous soldiers the coverage they deserve despite all of the distractions? We know that the actual coffins of the soldiers will never be shown on American television, but a framed picture of a dead Abu al-Zarqawi can be shown 24 hours a day on the cable news channels - for all of the children to see. How ironic is this?

And on this, the same day that we are told that the 2500th American soldier has given his or her life to defend American democracy, our Supreme Court hands in a 5-4 decision saying "police armed with a warrant can barge into homes and seize evidence even if they don't knock". Who was the deciding fifth justice? Why, Justice Samuel Alito who took moderate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's seat - of course. The Bush Administration rejoices today. Our Constitution sustains yet another body blow in its previously tattered condition.

Yes, we are making our American soldiers proud.

Today the Republicans continue to play political games with the lives of our troops and the innocent Iraqi men, women and children as they engage in a farce of a debate on Iraq in the U.S. House and Senate. I hope that the anti-war Democrats and Republicans will stand their ground and demand an end to our Iraq invasion. The American people are behind the anti-war platform.

We need to get out of Iraq and bring our troops home. I fully support Congressman John Murtha's plan to re-deploy our troops. Here it is. It is a reasonable and wise plan (dictated in the ears of conservative Democrat Representative John Murtha by the frustrated military brass in the Pentagon) that will get us out of the greatest foreign policy disaster in the history of the United States of America.