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Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Mission Accomplished

Since the start of shock and awe, Iraq is a devastated country. Unemployment and disease is rampant. Extreme violence is commonplace. The war has reduced the country to a crumbling heap.

Alter Net: U.S. Occupation of Iraq More Than Doubles Poverty, Sickness -- Leaves Country a Total Disaster
Iraq has between 25 and 50 percent unemployment, a dysfunctional parliament, rampant disease, an epidemic of mental illness, and sprawling slums. The killing of innocent people has become part of daily life.


According to the U.S. Census of 2000, 80 percent of the 285 million people living in the United States are urban dwellers. Those living in slums are well below 5 percent. If we translate the Iraqi statistic into the U.S. context, 121 million people in the United States would be living in slums.

4 comments:

Glynn Kalara said...

This is how the GOP leaves it's victims isn't it? Crumbled and broken. Look @ America today , falling apart millions without work struggling and these same vandals now want more tax breaks for their base ( the top 2%). What's amazing is the number of idiots that still vote for these thugs.

Jim Sande said...

Yes, the parallels are a little too close for comfort. I would say another Bush in there would end all entitlements, completely break up the middle class, start a few more wars, finish off SSI, really make the space between rich and poor span the universe, not half a universe like it is now.

Glynn Kalara said...

Then we need to get Jeb in there ASAP to finish the job. I think he should also pass a law to means test marriages. We don't want rich folks mixing with the lower classes do we?

Jim Sande said...

Absolutely not -

I agree Jeb could the trick, Palin is perfect but probably not electable. Newt could wreck everything just fine.