Riverbend is back

River is alive and well, and she had a post today about the Lancet study. Very moving testimony from a woman who lives with the consequences of our actions in her country every day. Read her words. Please.

Let's pretend the 600,000+ number is all wrong and that the minimum is the correct number: nearly 400,000. Is that better? Prior to the war, the Bush administration kept claiming that Saddam killed 300,000 Iraqis over 24 years. After this latest report published in The Lancet, 300,000 is looking quite modest and tame. Congratulations Bush et al.

I can not say it any better than she can, so I will not even try.