I just received an email from Sen. Barack Obama. I just wanted to respond to a couple of things in the begining of the letter (before he started asking for money):
Dear Robbie,
The thousands of American deaths and (1) tens of thousands of casualties in Iraq have had ripple effects that touch millions of Americans.
Too many have seen friends and family killed or wounded, and all of us have seen (2) the damage to our national security and good standing that will take years to undo.
This strategic blunder will have consequences for a generation of Americans and beyond.
That’s why more than ever, this fourth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq reminds us that politics is not a game.
Millions of people have tuned into this presidential race wondering who will provide (3) the leadership to end this war and the judgment to avoid strategic disasters like this in the first place.
(1) Casualites? Is that the sanitized term Barack is using for “dead terrorists”? (Yes, I know that there have been civilian casualites in Iraq, too. But mostly at the hands of terrorists, not US forces.)
(2) What “damage” to our national security is Barack making an ambiguous and undefined-reference to? There has not been another terrorist attack on our nation’s soil, despite our Islamist enemy’s best intentions and lofty ambitions. Our nation’s security is more secure when we are fighting them on their soil, rather then reacting to them on ours.
(3) No, Barack, many of us are wondering who will provide the leadership to win this war. And that is the only acceptable path to ending this war — winning it. Not cutting and running. Which is the type of “leadership” you are promising.
(Yes, I know that there have been civilian casualites in Iraq, too. But mostly at the hands of terrorists, not US forces.)
Got a source for that? The only data I’ve seen says otherwise.
Left by Preston on March 20th, 2007 at 2:11 pm