I was going to start this post off by apologizing in advance for it's political topic, but I just decided there is no reason I should feel obligated to say, "I'm sorry", for mentioning the truth.

I couldn't help but notice this morning on yahoo!'s home-page; under "In the News", the headline reading: American Death Toll in Iraq Reaches 900. And then I couldn't help but wonder how many American Soldiers have died since the "Mission Accomplished" speech, the answer: 661 Soldiers have been killed since the 1st of May. But even more shocking [saddening, and infuriating] are these numbers;

Wait... actually, before I get into this, I think something needs to be said; I mean this, all of this, in the most educational, eye-opening, truth seeking, humanitarian way possible. I'm taking the time to write this post not because I hate our country, but because "blind faith in bad leadership isn't patriotic". Having said that;

2,752 American civilians killed on 9/11

7,792 Iraqi civilians killed since 'Operation Iraqi Freedom'

Almost 30% of the 7,792 Iraqi civilians we're children under the age of 14, that's in the ballpark of 2,300 kids... almost the total number of American adults killed on 9/11

* numbers based on 2003 statistics

Now, maybe these numbers had such a great impact on me because they were accompanied by pictures... which I have decided were not necessary to express my point. Maybe I find these numbers so mind-blowing because they're on account of a personal vendetta, now proved to have no connection with 9/11 what-so-ever. Maybe I'm upset because I feel there is nothing I, or anyone else can do to stop it... it's not like our government listens to us anyways.