Report Shows US Invasion, Occupation of Iraq Left 1 Million Dead
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/30164-report-shows-us-invasion-occupation-of-iraq-left-1-million-deadA recently published report has revealed that the US invasion and occupation of Iraq was responsible for the deaths of approximately 1 million Iraqis, which is 5 percent of the total population of the country. The report also tallies hundreds of thousands of casualties in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Authors of the report, titled "Body Count: Casualty Figures After 10 Years of the 'War on Terror,'" have told Truthout that other casualty reports, like the often-quoted Iraq Body Count (IBC), which has a high-end estimate at the time of this writing of 154,563, are far too low in their estimates, and that the real numbers reach "genocidal dimensions."
The report states that, in addition to the deaths in Iraq, an estimated 220,000 people have been killed in Afghanistan and 80,000 in Pakistan as a result of US foreign policy. These findings come on the heels of a UN report that finds that civilian deaths in Afghanistan in 2014 were at their highest levels since the UN began producing reports on the topic in 2009.
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I wonder whether she will come out against the constant testing in the schools. That testing is evil.
My mother was a great mother. She studied child development way back in the 1930s. When I was a little girl and beginning my baby-sitting career (my second of a number of "careers"
, she told me, "There's positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement, and positive reinforcement works best."
I have never forgotten that advice when I deal with children. This constant testing is the worst form of negative reinforcement I can think of. Children are constantly being told that they have to measure up on absurd tests that do not and cannot test what is really important: how they apply what they have learned, the facts and methods they have learned, in real life.
I am hoping that Hillary will propose legislation that will drastically change the testing culture in our schools. At the very least, if they are going to require testing of public school children, they should also require it of home-schooled and private-schooled and charter-schooled children. There is no point in only requiring it of public school children. And I understand that it is only required in public schools. If tests are to be required or if the giving of tests is to be rewarded, then the tests should be national and required of all school-aged children. The tests are meaningless if only given in public schools. They do not reflect the academic progress or standards in our education in general. They only reflect the standards and progress in public schools. That is pointless.
So I am waiting to see whether Hillary will prove to be a champion of children and propose and end to the frequent testing. That will be a test for her.
I also want to see whether she supports teachers' unions. That will tell us just how far to the right she will go.
You were saying? 
I blame the government and the media more than I blame the population. So many just read the talking points. Heard the bs the media threw at us night and day. I had so many discussions with intelligent people that had no clue what the reality was, it was mind boggling.
My whole family knew what was really happening. My mom was even on the news in Chicago at a protest she helped put together. 
And move along... there is no such thing as American war crimes, or crimes against peace. 
Like after Iran-Contra.
Works "Right" every time.
so lets not bring up the past or anything
