Photo: A boy cries while holding the feet of his father outside a hospital morgue in Baquba, about 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad, October 18, 2006. His father was killed by gunmen in a market in Baquba, police said. REUTERS/Helmiy al-Azawi (IRAQ)This picture was used for my blog post on Iraq (News About Iraq) on October 18, 2006. It is the suffering of the children that gets me more than anything.
I am also deeply disturbed by the general attitude in the American population. They seemed to have forgotten about the Lancet study that showed between 400,000 and 900,000 excessive deaths in Iraq since the US/UK invaded. Some claim it isn't true, and some I think are very concerned but ignoring it to perserve their own sanity...... this last group would be the ones who have been against this war all along, and feel horrible that things are turning out so badly for the Iraqi people.
But most of the population is just concerned with their own little lives and their own little concerns - they may get out to vote, they may read a paper or watch the so-called "news" on TV, but they will do little else. They will never notice this little boy and his dead father. They will never notice how they contributed to this situation. They will never notice their responsibility for what has happened here.
They have noticed that Bush is incompetent and a liar, but a significant majority of them noticed over two years too late.
PBS is going to show a movie called "My Country, My Country" about a doctor in Baghdad at the time of the elections. It looks like it will be a very good film, please click HERE for more information and for listing times.
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