It's official. At least for Washington Rep. George Nethercutt (R), who is running for Senate, dead US soldiers in Iraq
are not important.
The Spokane congressman, best known for knocking off the sitting speaker of the U.S. House, Tom Foley, in 1994, told a University of Washington forum Monday that "the story of what we've done in the postwar period is remarkable," better than the news media are portraying.
"It is a better and more important story than losing a couple of soldiers every day," he told his audience, while adding he did not want any more soldiers to die.
I'm glad he's not rooting for more deaths, unlike Bush and his "bring 'em on" taunt and the Neocons with their insipid "flypaper" strategy.
But his flippant remarks about "losing a couple of soldiers every day" are nothing short of breathtaking. I hope they end up in Sen. Murray's campaign ads.