Four Million More: The forgotten plight of Iraq's refugees

Five years. 4,000 dead Americans. But there is yet another number that has been widely overlooked and that is the about 4.5 million refugees from the war in Iraq. They have for the most part been swept under the rug and forgotten, and it is far past time that we do more to help them piece together their lives out of ruins. Not only is this is a humanitarian responsibility, but is in fact a moral necessity to aid those whose lives have been destroyed through our war. Whether anti-war or for its continuation, it should not be controversial to recognize that we owe the Iraqis. It was our invasion that set off events that killed family members, destroyed homes and livelihoods, and forced these millions to leave their homeland.