If you honestly believe that the U.S., as the goal of the war in Iraq, has the "intent to destroy, in whole or in part," the Iraqis then, well, there's no reasoning with you. I'm sorry SLAD, but not even Bush and Cheney are that sort of evil. Iraq is a horrendous, horrific quagmire that the Bush administration lied and obfuscated the U.S. into entering. The conduct of the war has been, shall we say, stupefyingly bungled at every stage and there is terrible profiteering going on at the expense of the soldiers, our treasury and the Iraqi people.

However, it is not genocide. Neither are the media ignoring the civilian casualties. Are they reporting the civilian death toll enough or placing the proper emphasis on it? No, I don't think so. But the Lancet study and the latest WHO study have been widely reported and much talked about in the media.

You can believe what you want. You're entitled to your opinion after all. But you are also wrong.

So go ahead and respond in ALL CAPS, with your tirade of youtube music videos and your deep, meaningful song lyrics. Call me all the jingoistic names you want, sputter and spit at your monitor, hell, stick pins in a salvorhardin voodoo doll for all I care. It won't change anything and it sure as hell won't save one single life. But maybe you'll feel better and often times I think that's what the rancor and venom is all about.