WHY ARE WE FIGHTING FOR THESE PEOPLE?!

I implore you to take a look at these disgusting and incredibly disturbing pictures. What are you looking at? You're looking at a 17-yr-old Kurdish girl named Du'a Khalil Aswad who was stoned for a 1/2 hour until she died. Why? To salvage her family's honor which had supposedly been shamed because Du'a was in love with a teenage boy who is Sunni Muslim and she stayed out all night one night.

My eyes are full of tears thinking of how this girl was hiding for her life - how 8 or 9 men reportedly stormed the home of a Yezidi tribal leader in Bashika - dragged her outside in front of a large crowd - and pummeled her with large stones she finally died. A large crowd watched - a local security force watched - AND NO ONE DID ANYTHING. SHAME ON ALL OF YOU. SHAME ON EVERY FUCKING LAST ONE OF YOU.

Please don't try to tell me that honor killings are rare these days. I call bullshit on that. What's rare, and I'd like to know if it has ever happened, is that bastards responsible for these killings, acid attacks on women & beatings, being brought to justice.

I have never approved of this war but for reasons with my own government - but these last few years have really shown me just how deeply rooted middle eastern problems are - how these civil wars amongst religious groups will never end because nobody wants to put down their fucking guns and swords to live in peace. How can a place ever be peaceful when they think it's OK to beat, throw acid at, behead or kill in any way, women whom the men deem dishonorable.

Of course not everybody in the middle east condones or participates in this behavior but no one intervened either. Let those who disapprove of such behavior and civil war stand up and take control of their country.

I beg to know: WHY ARE WE FIGHTING FOR THESE PEOPLE?! We may want peace and harmony for Iraq and the rest of the middle east - but wanting it more than they do gets us nowhere but home with thousands of dead soldiers and dozens of thousands of amputees, soldiers with brain trauma, burn victims & more.

BRING EVERY SINGLE SOLDIER HOME NOW. Their barbaric acts and thousand(s) year old civil war is NOT OUR FIGHT.

Shame on everyone who watched 17-yr-old Du'a Khalil Aswad die in the streets while being stoned. Shame on a group of people who find honor in such killings. Shame on a society refusing to investigate and prosecute these barbarians. Shame on our President and this administration for sending our mothers, sisters, brothers, fathers, uncles, aunts, nieces, nephews, cousins, friends, future doctors-teachers-laborers - you name them - over to fight such a ridiculous war. SHAME ON ALL OF YOU.

I pray that Du'a Khalil Aswad is at peace. I am so sorry she had to live and die the way she did. You are not forgotten.

Ongoing Horror: 25,000 Dead Or Injured U.S. Military

On celebrity blogs we don't hear too much about the Iraq war and the misery our government is perpetuating on this world (I know, we do good too but that's not what I'm talking about here). In light of the horrific massacre at Virginia Tech University yesterday in which 32 students/teachers/lecturers were killed (33 including the twisted murderer) - I wanted to spotlight the ongoing military deaths as a result of the Iraq war.

Over 25,000 dead or injured soldiers to-date and let's not forget the countless Iraqi military and civilian deaths (granted a lot of civilian deaths are part of the ongoing civil war there). Click here to go to the Iraq Coalition Casualty Count website for tons more information.

Military Fatalities: By Month

Period US UK Other* Total Avg Days
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4-2007- 62- 8- 0- 70- 4.12- 17
3-2007- 81- 1- 0- 82- 2.65- 31
2-2007- 80- 3- 1- 84- 3- 28
1-2007- 83- 3- 0- 86- 2.77- 31
12-2006- 112- 1- 2- 115- 3.71- 31
11-2006- 70- 6- 2- 78- 2.6- 30
10-2006- 106- 2- 2- 110- 3.55- 31
9-2006- 72- 3- 2- 77- 2.57- 30
8-2006- 65- 1- 0- 66- 2.13- 31
7-2006- 43- 1- 2- 46- 1.48- 31
6-2006- 61- 0- 2- 63- 2.1- 30
5-2006- 69- 9- 1- 79- 2.55- 31
4-2006- 76- 1- 5- 82- 2.73- 30
3-2006- 31- 0- 2- 33- 1.06- 31
2-2006- 55- 3- 0- 58- 2.07- 28
1-2006- 62- 2- 0- 64- 2.06- 31
12-2005- 68- 0- 0- 68- 2.19- 31
11-2005- 84- 1- 1- 86- 2.87- 30
10-2005- 96- 2- 1- 99- 3.19- 31
9-2005- 49- 3- 0- 52- 1.73- 30
8-2005- 85- 0- 0- 85- 2.74- 31
7-2005- 54- 3- 1- 58- 1.87- 31
6-2005- 78- 1- 4- 83- 2.77- 30
5-2005- 80- 2- 6- 88- 2.84- 31
4-2005- 52- 0- 0- 52- 1.73- 30
3-2005- 35- 1- 3- 39- 1.26- 31
2-2005- 58- 0- 2- 60- 2.14- 28
1-2005- 107- 10- 10- 127- 4.1- 31
12-2004- 72- 1- 3- 76- 2.45- 31
11-2004- 137- 4- 0- 141- 4.7- 30
10-2004- 64- 2- 2- 68- 2.19- 31
9-2004- 80- 3- 4- 87- 2.9- 30
8-2004- 66- 4- 5- 75- 2.42- 31
7-2004- 54- 1- 3- 58- 1.87- 31
6-2004- 42- 1- 7- 50- 1.67- 30
5-2004- 80- 0- 4- 84- 2.71- 31
4-2004- 135- 0- 5- 140- 4.67- 30
3-2004- 52- 0- 0- 52- 1.68- 31
2-2004- 20- 1- 2- 23- 0.79- 29
1-2004- 47- 5- 0- 52- 1.68- 31
12-2003- 40- 0- 8- 48- 1.55- 31
11-2003- 82- 1- 27- 110- 3.67- 30
10-2003- 44- 1- 2- 47- 1.52- 31
9-2003- 31- 1- 1- 33- 1.1- 30
8-2003- 35- 6- 2- 43- 1.39- 31
7-2003- 48- 1- 0- 49- 1.58- 31
6-2003- 30- 6- 0- 36- 1.2- 30
5-2003- 37- 4- 0- 41- 1.32- 31
4-2003- 74- 6- 0- 80- 2.67- 30
3-2003- 65- 27- 0- 92- 7.67- 12
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Total: 3309(US) 142(UK) 124(other) 3575(total) 2.4(avg/day)
....in 1490 days at war....

Click here to watch an interactive video of the Iraq war covering deaths/injuries timeline.

Prince Harry Off To Iraq

It would be an absolutely freezing day in h-e-double-hockey-stick before Bush would let anyone in his family serve...Well done Harry. Sorry we got you into the mess in the first place.

Check out the full article at USA Today.