From my FB page first posted 8/23/12:
Reposted from wagingnonviolence.org: "From the Frying Pan into the fire:
"To be sure, the cost was high — the blood and treasure of the United States and also of the Iraqi people. But those lives have not been lost in vain — they gave birth to an independent, free and sovereign Iraq. And because of the sacrifices made, these years of war have now yielded to a new era of opportunity … We may have ended the war, but we are not walking away from our responsibility." ~ Obama. Sure, it was Bush's war, but history will show that most Americans supported it and then we as a nation failed to take responsibility for the aftermath. This story is about Iraqi refugees caught in limbo because of our actions and inactions:
http://wagingnonviolence.org/2012/08/
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