by Cliff Carson

On Memorial Day, 2008 we mourned for all soldiers who have been lost in the defense of America.  This included American soldiers, men and women, lost in Iraq since the beginning of that sinful and immoral war. 

There is a difference to be noted between the many of those who have died for our country before the Iraq debacle and those who have died in that war, but the saddest truth is that of all the soldiers lost in Iraq, and still yet to die in that Godforsaken mistake, not one died protecting our country, our freedom, or our way of life.

No, they were sacrificed to the Gods of profit and power  - you know who I mean, the Blood Profits faction - those who started this war to enrich or empower their way of life.  These ghouls lusted after the resource of Iraq - Oil - and the profits to be realized from feeding the war machine; it seems they have gotten their desired filthy lucre. 

But that won't satisfy them.  They're already preparing the next profit venture  - Iran.

If reports that the Bush Administration and Iraq's co-conspirators, the Al-Maliki Iraqi Government, are true, then a deal is imminent that will transfer the wealth of the Iraqis to the Blood Profiteers.  The good news is that this might signal a trend toward diminishing the hostilities in Iraq. 

The profiteers will have raked in Billions in war materials profits and will be getting around 88% of the $300 Billion ( at $100 per barrel ) of the proven Iraqi Oil reserves.  A pretty good return for the profiteers, all they needed to do was spread some money around to buy off enough of the resistance.  With the influence of 24/7 propaganda, the war was on  - but with a cost to humanity, more than one million dead and many more injured, destruction of a country and the future of the people of that country, and creation of over four million refugees.

The bad news for humanity is that the profiteers have started the run up denigration of another people and their country - Iran (they have almost as much oil as Iraq).  And in Congress right now is a pending bill to give the Bush Administration the authority to start a new war in the Middle East (H R 1194).

Members of Congress claimed, "being misled" in the Iraqi War vote.  There's an old adage "Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me".  Any member of Congress who votes for giving Bush "authority" to take action in the Middle East this time around does not deserve your vote for re-election.  Vote them out.

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