The Human Cost of the Afghan War. I can’t imagine having bombs dropped on my country and neighbors for 6 weeks and then being invaded by the world’s largest military power. This is not even to mention the million or so people who might starve this winter thanks in part to the United States and the Taleban. If this has taught us anything, these terrorist attacks and now this war, it’s that human life is cheap. There is no thought given to human life. The Northern Alliance massacred 500 people, the United States has killed who knows how many, 5000 people died in the World Trade Center, and the Taleban has killed at least 150 deserters. This is not even over. Our government no doubt has plans to kill many more people in order to somehow ‘even the score’. Then the cycle continues. Human life is seemingly worthless. According to Fox News, civilian casualties are ‘not news’, but what would you expect from them?
This is something that always struck me as funny about anti-abortionists. As most anti-abortionists are fundamentalist christians, they are most likely pro-death penalty and pro-war. This is despite the self-applied moniker of ‘pro-life’. Pro-life would suggest something quite different, at least a bit more consistency. If you were pro-life you would be against execution, eating meat, and warfare. I think anti-abortionists are more about getting upset that people are having sex without horrible consequences.