US Casualties in Iraq: 4082.
Total US Wounded: 29,978.
Total suffering PTSD and other mental health problems: Unknowable, probably everyone who’s been there.
Iraqi Civilian Deaths: Unknown, documented estimates between 84,050 and 91,713.
It’s time to stop fighting within the Democratic Party or more broadly, the American Left and come together to elect a president opposed to this war, as well as senators, representatives, governors and the rest who are opposed to this war. This is bigger than whether or not the media likes one candidate better. Real people are dying.
And just to note: John McCain was one of three senators not there to vote for the Webb GI Bill. One of the other two was Ted Kennedy, and we know where he was. I don’t know where McCain was, but considering that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are still actively campaigning and McCain’s got his primary in the bag, his ass should’ve been there. Even if it was to vote against it, he’d at least be on the record. This is what’s at stake, people. Look at it.