Five years ago today the war in Iraq began. Babies born five years ago have been weaned from bottle and breast, inoculated, potty trained and this year were sent off to Kindergarten. Teenagers just starting high school five years ago, today are close to finishing their first year of college. And in that time, in Iraq, there have been the deaths of countless numbers of Iraqi civilians and 3,990 American troops. Five years ago, we first heard the terms "Shock and Awe" and "Pre-emptive Strike", and now five years later I still stand in shock that this war goes on and am still in awesome wonderment as to what was being pre-empted.
Read More