A Month of Death
The price of “Freedom” and the cost of “Democracy” is not to be taken lightly. What we “Amuricuns” take for granted is how much we’ve already paid for our perceived rights. Meanwhile, a quarter way around the globe, we see the price is much higher than we would prefer to believe.
NY Times has a great graphic depicting all the deaths in January due to the “insurgency” in Iraq.
A nice word - insurgency. It kind of make us forget that they’re actually fighting for their way of life, for the safety of their homes and families, and for their jobs against an imperialist superpower. Didn’t this used to be called a “rebellion?” But then rebellions, we’ve learned, sometimes are worthy causes. Better use a new term…