WE HAVE A NATIONAL EMERGENCY ON OUR HANDS [View All]

[Jcrowley]

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15971.htm

Is It For Freedom?

Rulers of the nations as you fuss and fight
Over who owns this or that and who has the right
To design, build, sell and store and fire
All the bombs and guns to defend your holy empire



There are children hungry, children sick and dying
There are mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers crying



They’re only pawns in your play of power and corruption
Slowly starve them, your new weapon of mass destruction



And prove to me, America, that you care
And prove to me, America, you’re aware
Who’s dying for your freedom in this land
Who pays the cost for the liberties you demand



Is it for freedom, or our comfort and convenience
Is it to profit for big business we pledge our allegiance



Are we prisoners in the land of the brave and the bold?
Held by indifference or hearts grown hard and cold (refrain)



Children of the world, you have the right
To sing and dance, run and play, let your dreams take flight



As the innocent die you rulers carry the shame
And if we stand idly by we share in the blame



And oh, America, do we care
Oh, America, are we aware
Who’s dying for our comfort in this land
Who pays the cost for the convenience we demand?



Children of the world, you have the right
To sing and dance, run and play, let your dreams take flight



Study Claims Iraq's 'Excess' Death Toll Has Reached 655,000

A team of American and Iraqi epidemiologists estimates that 655,000 more people have died in Iraq since coalition forces arrived in March 2003 than would have died if the invasion had not occurred.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/10/AR2006101001442_pf.html

Cost of America's War in Iraq

$351,929,713,140

The $2 Trillion Dollar War

A leading economist says the true cost of Iraq is far higher than President Bush claims -- and America will pay the price for decades to come.

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/12855294/national_affairs_the_2_trillion_dollar_war