Such a sad day, my heart goes out to you all...
Last year Non governmental agencies estimated the number of Iraqis dead from the war is about 100,000. (this was before fallujah) I quote that figure because my own government says it makes no effort to count the dead or wounded soldiers and civilians on the "other side." (right. - if you believe that....)
Anyway, our military strategists know that for every person killed in a war zone there are usually 8-10 who are wounded badly enough to need hospitalization. So that's about a million people dead or seriously wounded because the strongest members of the G8 decided a regime change was in order. Since we've mostly been bombing urban areas, it is expected that a large portion of these deaths and injuries are civilians.
Although I find the bombing of london terribly sad, can it be surprising that it happened?
If you had lost your family, home, business, and church because the 'powers that be' bombed your neighborhood based upon upon lies which benefit them , -is it so hard to imagine that there might be a few people overcome with grief and a thirst for revenge? I guessing it isn't too difficult to manipulate someone who has nothing left to live for.
No way am I saying these terrorist attacks are justified. But it was our government's choice to put the war machine into action illegally, and we haven't put Blair or Bush in prison yet so in effect we have given our tacit approval to their actions. We in the US and UK will not be immune from the consequences.
JO
