Fallen US Soldiers in Iraq - Are Their Deaths Worth It?

Every Sunday I watch CNN morning shows. Watching these shows is honestly the most depressing part of my week. Every week, they show the names, photographs, ages and hometowns of the soldiers who have died in Iraq that week and call them "The Fallen". Most of them are men, most of them are young, some incredibly young, and many leave wives (or husbands) and small children behind. Every week, the number of dead gets larger, but are their deaths worth it?

CNN has interviewed families of the soldiers that have been killed and one thing they almost all say is that they "signed up for their country, to save democracy and to make sure the world is a better place for their children". That always makes me sad. How can the world be "a better place" for their children, when their father or mother is gone? When these soldiers have been lied to by a government they trusted, and by a President who was only out for his own ends. How has the world become a better place when terrorist attacks are up world-wide, and when these attacks have been planned again and again because of US involvement in Iraq?

The saddest thing watching these photos flash by, to me, is most of these men and women signed up because they sincerely thought they were making a difference. They believed fighting a 'war' in Iraq was preserving freedom and democracy in America. How could they not? That's what their President told them.

I often wonder now, how do their families feel when reports come out of Iraq every day of tens more US soldiers killed? When Iraqis themselves are asking the US to leave and stating "It's worse here now than it was under Sadaam Hussein"? When George Bush is still insisting on talking about the US 'winning the war' when in actuality, just like in Vietnam, the US is getting its ass soundly kicked. How do they feel now?