Thursday, January 06, 2005
Senseless
Dictionary Definition of Senseless:
1. Lacking sense or meaning; meaningless.
2. Deficient in sense; foolish or stupid
An earthquake and tsunami that kills hundreds of thousands of people is senseless in the first sense of the word--lacking meaning; we can't make sense of such a destructive act of nature.
But today's news that nine more U.S. soldiers were killed in Iraq and a separate newsstory reporting that 700 bodies have been recovered so far in Fallujah, including 550 bodies of women, children, and elderly men--clearly not insurgents--is senseless in the second sense--"deficient in sense; foolish or stupid."
Senseless is starting a pre-emptive war with a country that, while ruled by a ruthless dictator, posed no threat to the U.S. Stupid. Senseless is taking the focus off the perpetrator of 9-11, Osama bin Laden, and getting us embroiled in a war we cannot win and that is costing American taxpayers billions of dollars. Foolish. Senseless is going into Iraq with no post-war planning, with not enough troops, and without adequate armor and supplies for the troops. Stupid and foolish.
Senseless is that, based on this unnecessary war without end that is daily claiming the lives of innocent victims, 51% of voters decided to give Bush another term to wreak more havoc. Stupid and foolish.
Yahoo! News - Nine American Troops Killed in Iraq
1. Lacking sense or meaning; meaningless.
2. Deficient in sense; foolish or stupid
An earthquake and tsunami that kills hundreds of thousands of people is senseless in the first sense of the word--lacking meaning; we can't make sense of such a destructive act of nature.
But today's news that nine more U.S. soldiers were killed in Iraq and a separate newsstory reporting that 700 bodies have been recovered so far in Fallujah, including 550 bodies of women, children, and elderly men--clearly not insurgents--is senseless in the second sense--"deficient in sense; foolish or stupid."
Senseless is starting a pre-emptive war with a country that, while ruled by a ruthless dictator, posed no threat to the U.S. Stupid. Senseless is taking the focus off the perpetrator of 9-11, Osama bin Laden, and getting us embroiled in a war we cannot win and that is costing American taxpayers billions of dollars. Foolish. Senseless is going into Iraq with no post-war planning, with not enough troops, and without adequate armor and supplies for the troops. Stupid and foolish.
Senseless is that, based on this unnecessary war without end that is daily claiming the lives of innocent victims, 51% of voters decided to give Bush another term to wreak more havoc. Stupid and foolish.
Yahoo! News - Nine American Troops Killed in Iraq
