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[yesthattom]

Sen. Joe Biden, [has] begun making the case. “This was a war of choice, not necessity,” said Biden last week. “Why is it that, 20 months after Saddam’s statue fell, our troops still don’t have the protection they need?”

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Let me repeat that: half of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq might still be alive if only our troops had been properly equipped.“

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American soldiers in Iraq are having their limbs amputated at double the rate of previous wars, while Army suicide rates are soaring, up 40 percent in the past year.

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The time has come to stop being cowed by accusations that criticizing the war is the same as criticizing the troops and to start speaking the truth: Tens of thousands of young American men and women are having their lives destroyed because of the Bush administration’s willful negligence.

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The loyal opposition needs to finally start opposing this administration’s most catastrophic failure – and make it clear that standing up to its delusions and incompetence is standing up for the truth.

http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/20764/