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Democrats mark 'grim' milestone in Iraq

Posted by Foon Rhee, deputy national political editor March 24, 2008 12:34 PM

Within a couple of minutes, both Democratic presidential hopefuls issued statements today marking the 4,000th US death in Iraq by vowing to honor the sacrifice by bringing the troops home.

"Each death is a tragedy, and we honor every fallen American and send our thoughts and prayers to their families. It is past time to end this war that should never have been waged by bringing our troops home, and finally pushing Iraq's leaders to take responsibility for their future. As we do, we must serve the memory of all who have died as well as they served our country, by providing support for their families, caring for our troops and veterans, and upholding the American values which our fallen heroes exemplified through their service," said the statement from Barack Obama.

Hillary Clinton also promised to bring "a responsible end to this war." "In the last five years, our soldiers have done everything we asked of them and more. They were asked to remove Saddam Hussein from power and bring him to justice and they did. They were asked to give the Iraqi people the opportunity for free and fair elections and they did. They were asked to give the Iraqi government the space and time for political reconciliation, and they did," Clinton's statement says.

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America should be disgusted at the Bush / Cheney adminstration and they should be disgusted at all Republicans and those who were in favor of this illegal unconstitutional war. Each American and Iraqi death is one that has nothing to do wth protecting and serving America, making Americans safer from terrorists, or making Iraqi people free. Our troops were all used by the bush administration for political gain and that is all their deaths were for. Bush & Cheney misused and abused our nation’s military and the deaths of our soldiers means nothing to these spineless Republican chicken hawks who are in favor of waging war from afar as long as it is someone elses children who have to fight it and die in it. And don’t fool yourself America…just because John McCain was a prisoner of war, that does not qualify him to lead this nation in any military fashion. It simply qualifies him to be a prisoner of war and nothing more. The blood of every dead and wounded American and Iraqi is and will always be on the hands of Bush, Cheney and all Republicans who were for this war and all Democrats who were stupid enough to be duped into supporting this Republican war of greed. The only real beneficiaries of the Bush / Cheney Republican war in Iraq are the oil companies, Haliburton and various contractors like Blackwater. The real losers are our troops, the USA and the Iraqi people.

Posted by Dennis from Phoenix March 25, 08 10:40 AM
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