we've known this for more than a year

it's been written about but not covered much by msm. we send kids out to a foreign country to kill people who never did a thing to deserve it (well BEFORE we invaded their land they NEVER did anything to us. sure saddam had to go. he was evil and a murderer. BUT WHAT THE HELL ARE WE?)

there are 4,221 dead american men and women who are dead because they were sent to iraq. there are COUNTLESS TENS OF THOUSANDS (my guess) that are wounded INSIDE and we can't see it. by the time we know, it may be way way way too late

we sent them over there, they 'defended their country' when they come home they deserve MORE than just being kicked to the curb.

the cost of the war is; $584,719,230,222.00 (as of 1:12 am). that is ONLY THE SURFACE COST. that doesn't include all the money we need to fix the men and women coming home. not just PHYSICAL injuries but MENTAL ONES AS WELL. and guess what? same as with viet nam and other 'wars' we're NOT DOING A VERY FUCKING GOOD JOB OF IT

A Focus on Violence by G.I.’s Back From War
By LIZETTE ALVAREZ and DAN FROSCH

FORT CARSON, Colo. — For the past several years, as this Army installation in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains became a busy way station for soldiers cycling in and out of Iraq, the number of servicemen implicated in violent crimes has raised alarm.

Nine current or former members of Fort Carson’s Fourth Brigade Combat Team have killed someone or were charged with killings in the last three years after returning from Iraq. Five of the slayings took place last year alone. In addition, charges of domestic violence, rape and sexual assault have risen sharply.

Prodded by Senator Ken Salazar, Democrat of Colorado, the base commander began an investigation of the soldiers accused of homicide. An Army task force is reviewing their recruitment, medical and service records, as well as their personal histories, to determine if the military could have done something to prevent the violence. The inquiry was recently expanded to include other serious violent crimes........

.....Last January, The New York Times published articles examining the cases of veterans of the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan charged with homicide after their return. At the time, it counted at least 121 such cases. In many of them, combat trauma and the stress of deployment appeared to have set the stage for the crimes............