Thursday, January 10, 2008
Iraq - Apathy Sets In
It seems that people are getting bored with being reminded that there is a war going on Iraq, and that's why it's not making the front-page news any more.
However, let's not forget that we did go to war (to find WMDs that didn't exist) and the latest count puts it that approx 151,000 Iraqis have died as a result between March 2003 and June 2006.
The problem is, when talking about figures like that, it's just a statistic to people. Without witnessing the deaths, it's just a number. It might as well be 15 million. Maybe putting it other ways would be better: it's approximately 50 September 11th's.
However, let's not forget that we did go to war (to find WMDs that didn't exist) and the latest count puts it that approx 151,000 Iraqis have died as a result between March 2003 and June 2006.
The problem is, when talking about figures like that, it's just a statistic to people. Without witnessing the deaths, it's just a number. It might as well be 15 million. Maybe putting it other ways would be better: it's approximately 50 September 11th's.
