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http://www.alternet.org/audits/68568/

The estimate of more than one million violent deaths in Iraq was confirmed again two months ago in a poll by the British polling firm Opinion Research Business, which estimated 1,220,580 violent deaths since the US invasion. This is consistent with the study conducted by doctors and scientists from the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health more than a year ago. Their study was published in the Lancet, Britain's leading medical journal. It estimated 601,000 people killed due to violence as of July 2006; but if updated on the basis of deaths since the study, this estimate would also be more than a million. These estimates do not include those who have died because of public health problems created by the war, including breakdowns in sewerage systems and electricity, shortages of medicines, etc.

If you haven't noticed, the United States is preparing for a war in Iran. They've put Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on the terrorism list, there are murmurings about reinstating the draft, and unnamed administration officials are beginning to whisper of its inevitability. Many think that the Bush administration will attack Americans themselves and blame Iran, just to get the ball rolling. American troops have already been in Iran collecting targeting data.

So I hope Americans like sending their sons and daughters to Afghanistan and Iraq, because fighting Iran is going to be at least as hard as those two wars put together. The amount of resources (American lives and money) will be staggering. If you could see the price tag for this war, in terms of dollars, deaths, damage to our international standing, loss of support from allies, degraded security at home and abroad, you would revolt. The war with Iran is not something that Americans want to pay for. What benefit we could possibly get for once again invading another Middle East country is not worth the suffering. The pain America has felt in the past six years is minor compared to the pain a war with Iran will bring us, especially since the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are not finished. George Bush, Dick Cheney, I blame you for making the world a much worse place to live.

UPDATE: Nov. 11 Since this video isn't available, here's the synopsis. You see American soldiers yelling at Iraqi(?) civilians. The soldiers then shoot the white car pictured below with handguns. They then run over the car with a battle tank, put the tank in reverse, and run over it again. I'm quite sure that this brings amazing tactical advantage to the US, and that American citizens are more than happy paying $$$ for this to be done on their behalf, in the name of democracy and freedom.