Four thousand American lives, probably upwards of 100,000 Iraqi lives, unknown numbers of severely wounded, four million displaced Iraqi citizens, and a huge drain on our economy.
And yet, John McCain is still wearing his rose colored glasses, refusing to acknowledge the terrible toll of this misguided war. Really, can any rational person consider voting for someone who would continue this massive disaster for another hundred years? Or joke about starting another war in the Middle East?
Senator Kerry was in Massachusetts this past week, and commented on the fourth anniversary of Bush's disaster, but before he left Washington, he spoke with a group of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. In MA, he met with vets in Bristol County, and wrote to the VA about voting rights for veterans.
In addition to standing up for our veterans, Sen. Kerry spoke with women entrepreneurs in Framingham, discussed the failures of the current administration, stopped by a blood drive in Chelmsford where he met Stefani Bush (no relation) and her kids who are battling a genetic disorder that he has introduced legislation to help combat, spoke with South Coast Today (for which he took some flack, but was absolutely correct in his statements about Obama) on a number of topics, including home foreclosures, rode a zero-emission motorcycle, and sought emergency funding for fishermen. He also addressed small business funding, and proposed legislation with Barack Obama to prevent government contractors from avoiding payroll taxes.
I hope he took Sunday off.
