i have just read this week's newsweek. it's about the war on iraq from the US army personel's point of view. it's really depressing to know that despite so many deaths, Bush still is adamant that he was right and believes that the war would benefit the Iraqis. the ultimate sacrifice of so may young men, fathers, brothers, lovers and friends...

the issue shows the letters the soldiers sent home to their families and when the soldiers died and how. if i wasn't reading it in uni, i think i would have cried reading from cover to cover. it's very sad. words really cannot express the horror and the pain i feel for the families. their loved ones were meant to be away on duty for a few months, which dragged onto years. most of the deceased are either young fathers or kids fresh out of college. this particular letter made me cry... he was just 19.

the iraqis have suffered too. most of the deaths in this war are not the rebells fighting to take back their country. it's the civilians, wrongly accused, wrongly identified and obviously, murdered in cold blood. normal everyday people, people that, if were in m'sia, you'd think of as your mamak, or the guy at your local sundry shop... they were INNOCENT.

Sadam is dead... why hasn't the US left iraq?