So today is the 5th anniversary of the war in Iraq. Bush will be giving a speech later today at the Pentagon, the content of which has already been distributed to media. To be honest, I rarely pay attention to what our current president says. The majority of the time, it just makes me angry and frustrated, which leads to me calling Andy to bitch which leads to a argument because we have different political views. Unfortunately, a headline caught my eye and led to me reading this article which has led to me being pissed off.

There is one quote in this article that has pissed me off more than anything. It really demonstrates how much Bush cares about his “legacy” and how little he gives a shit about the citizens of this country, and especially those who are making sacrifices for it. I’m taking about the service members who are risking, and giving up their lives, and their families. According to the leaked excerpts, Bush will say: “No one would argue that this war has not come at a high cost in lives and treasure, but those costs are necessary when we consider the cost of a strategic victory for our enemies in Iraq.”

I’d like to see Bush tell this to one of the women who have been made widows or the children who are now fatherless because of his warmongering. I’d like to see him tell a mother or father who has lost their child that their death was a “necessary cost.”

Beyond that is the fact that he includes “lives and treasure” as if they weigh the same against each other. Money is money, but I bet every single person who has lost someone to this war would give up every penny they had for one more day with their loved one. To trivialize the lives lost in this war for oil is beyond disgusting. I bet his speech would be totally different if he had lost someone to this war. Or had to spend even one day wondering if that strange car on his street or pulling in the driveway is someone coming to tell him he’s lost a child or spouse. Or spent a night lying awake wondering why he hasn’t heard from his loved one in days and praying their ok.

Or hell, maybe I’m just overreacting because this hits way too close to home. Just yesterday I said goodbye to Andy so he can go to Iraq and join Bush’s crusade for oil. And because no matter how many times Andy tells me he’s going to come back, there’s still that fear in me that when I said goodbye to him and he kissed me and held me it might be for the last time ever and not just the last time until the next time when he gets back.