Is it worth the price?

So the total number of US military casualties in Bush's oil/vengeance-war with Iraq is now 2,978, five more than the number of people who perished in the 9/11 attacks on the US.

There is no end in sight, and the total will soon pass the 3 thousand mark. Was is really worth it? Or rather, is it really worth it, since the carnage is, unfortunately, ongoing?

This morning I heard 3 different news on the radio:

• One was about the fact that today people will scour stores looking for bargains after Christmas, this after having already spent $8 billion the day before Christmas.
• One was about the total number of American deaths in Iraq surpassing those of 9/11.
• One was about the death of music icon James Brown.

Thankfully, James Brown's death, newsworthy as it may be, came in last, but sadly, the troops' deaths didn't make top billing. That honor went to the more closely guarded American consumer-spending index for Jesus' birthday, clearly this being much more important than the deaths of their countrymen.

How sad.