While we are safe at home, please think of all the troops and civilians that have given their lives in this war. Direct death tolls are over 700,000 and indirect death tolls are over 300,000. What, you thought the US had only lost 4,000 people? I'm not talking about the US. I am talking about the 1,000,000 people we have killed, most of which were civilians. So, while you are carving up your Christmas meal, feeling patriotic, try to remember a family like yours that has nothing to do with the war, sitting down for dinner and getting the door kicked in, getting thrown around and searched and yelled at in a language they don't understand. Maybe you could be one of the many lucky families where the father gets shot, the mother gets slapped around, and the daughter gets gang raped by soldiers. But they do that all for you. Merry Christmas.
