Might fuel a protest movement...

Think of it. Thousands crippled. Paraplegics. Others with lost arms and legs. Or severe brain damage. And 4,000 soldiers killed. So many civilians, too. Innocents. Women. Children. Killed. Maimed. And the toll keeps rising. George Bush wants to tell us that it’s worth the toll. Fighting a pre-emptive war in Iraq. Of course, he’ll hope that history proves him right. But I’m guessing that history will show he’s wrong. That America took a wrong turn. A tragic turn. And so this obscene war goes on. There’ll be more death. More wounded. All this because of imagined fears. That Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. He didn’t. Turns out George Bush exaggerated the threat. To get us into war. Yes, an unnecessary war. Expected to cost $3 trillion. Maybe more. What’s the price tag on all those lives? George Bush will tell us they’re all patriots. Fighting for freedom. Yes, patriots sent to die by politicians who mostly never served in combat. Many of them didn’t even serve in uniform. Instead, living safely at home. While others made the ultimate sacrifice. But finally, the anti-war movement is gaining momentum. Broadcaster Phil Donohue has financed a film, a documentary, that will begin showing across the country in April. Focusing on a paraplegic. A young man. A soldier that took a bullet in George Bush’s war. There are many, many like him. They’ve lived to tell their stories. But the life of a paraplegic – well, it’s not an easy life. It’s agonizing. Wouldn’t surprise me if he commits suicide one of these days. See the film, folks, if it comes to a theater near you. Start catching a glimpse of war. Not the sanitized version that the Bush administration would like us to see. Bush doesn’t even want us to see the flag-draped coffins. Might make us a bit too quesy. Too sad. Might fuel a protest movement over this senseless war. –Jim Broede