My Heart Is Broken 2,000 Times

IRAQ

Now, 2,000 of our kids are dead, thousands more maimed for life, and thousands of innocent civilians are dead and maimed as well.

Surely most of us agree that terrorism has to be addressed. But it makes no sense to "declare war" on an unseen enemy. Yet that is just what our "leaders" chose to do.

Anyone who criticized the war was accused of not supporting the troops.

How does sending our young men and women off to die based on an untruth show support?

How does sanctioning torturing suspected terrorists in inhumane ways, this escalating the hatred for our nation show support for our troops?

When our soldiers return home their families are struggling as necessary "safety net" services are cut to provide billion-dollar contracts for companies to profit from the war.
How does that show support for our troops?

To do these things to our troops is unconscionable.
What galls me more is that these "leaders" drag Christianity into the horror of returning evil for evil.

My heart is broken 2,000 times over.

I cannot remain silent while our "leaders" continue to slaughter our children.