We need to sober up and face the results for the Iraqi people -- innocent of 9/11 but selected by us as scapegoats. The United Nations estimated the Iraqi population at about 26 million in 2003. Of that number, an estimated 5 million became internal or external refugees. Depleted uranium has poisoned the environment. A recent study of cancer rates in Fallujah found a four-fold increase in all cancers and a 12-fold increase in childhood cancers. While Hiroshima produced a 17-fold increase in leukemia, there is a 38-fold increase in Fallujah.
As we enter the month of Av we intensify our traditional mourning for the Holy Temple, but are we really in touch with what we are mourning for? Are we ready...