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Latest news from Iraq: Two soldiers were murdered and mutilated, then their bodies were booby-trapped.

Desecrating, decapitating, otherwise defiling...all in the name of Weapons of Mass Destruction that didn't exist.

Thought you might be interested in the latest totals. Since the war began in March 2003, 2,503 American military men and women have died. The "official" estimate of American wounded in the war is 18,490. Other estimates have put the number between 20,000 and 48,000.

I don't even know what to say anymore. I hear the Republican pro-war rhetoric and simultaneously want to punch someone, vomit and run to Canada.

With the July 4th holiday coming up, flags and all things red-white-and-blue are popping up all over. It's a patriotic time for our country, celebrating Independence Day. But does anyone else experience this...I see this Fourth of July color blitz and fireworks and celebration, and all I think of are the government's lies and lots of dead bodies.

Proud to be an American? Not right now.

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