Freedom and Democracy

On the day we mourn as a nation for the souls at VaTech, it is vital we remember this type of suffering is a daily occurrence within the borders of Iraq. Only a fool or a blatant racist would attribute this suffering to something other than our occupation and rape of this supposedly sovereign country. Our young women and men are giving their lives for what (other than for the comradeship of their fellow soldiers)? If the above is what freedom and democracy look like, then I want no part of it.