\”Bloody Week\”

wounded American soldier in Iraq

While Americans are all snuggled up to their viewing screens, watching cats flush toilets on YouTube or the latest quasi-celebrity learn how to do the Samba on the ol Idiot Box, American Troops on the front of our great war have engaged in a massive operation to retake the Iraqi Countryside, and bring glory and heroism to the war’s architects.

So far this week, which began with the quiet announcement of a major operation in Central Iraq’s Sunni territories, has claimed 30 American soldiers, 14 in the last 48 hours alone and an unknown number of Iraqi civilians caught in the crossfire. This latest attempt to prove to the world that Bush and Cheney were correct to senselessly and recklessly invade a third world nation has come at a major price, paid in full with American and Iraqi blood.

Just a reminder to those escaping the realities of the world that every day your money is financing the death and destruction of good people, all for a cause that has changed so many times the White House doesn’t even know what for anymore.

May we soon bring an end to this awful tragedy.

iraqi child caught in the crossfire

About Joshua Johnson

For 8 years, Soapblox.com has functioned as the political blog for up and coming writer, Joshua Johnson. While he writes many different styles of writing ranging from science fiction to social commentary, his true love lies in politics and history. With a degree in History from CSUN, his love of history shines through in his perspective. Josh’s articles are focused heavily on telling the truth and cutting through the subjective and relative nature that is prevailing these days. Hailing from the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, Josh has had a decidedly middle-class upbringing, which has translated into a deeply rooted love of the Progressive movement of the early 20th Century. A self-described “progressive” Josh’s political views are quite mixed though lean left of center.