Just found out that a very good friend from High School died in Iraq

[sleipnir]

This war gets worse and worse every day. And more pointless too....

[jiacinto]

1. I am sorry

I really am.

[Mari333]

2. Im so sorry

so very sorry. I am so angry I cant say anymore.

[Spazito]

3. That is very sad,

my condolences to all the families that are grieving their loss in this horrid invasion and occupation.

[Melinda]

4. I'm incredibly sorry for you all.

So very, very sorry. :(

[blondeatlast]

5. I'm so sorry. God bless him/her.

[susanna]

6. I am so sorry, sleipnir...

You have my deepest sympathy.

From my own experience, the folks on DU are very kind people. They gave me many words of comfort when I, too, lost a dear friend to this nightmare back in March. I have to say that though grieving never really ends, eventually the best memories begin to crowd out the painful ones.

Take care.

[alcuno]

7. I'm sorry.

That's very sad. I hope that he finds peace with God.

[Cha]

8. I'm so Sorry...May he rest in Peace! It's really surreal when

it gets so close to home! :-(

[KharmaTrain]

9. Keep Constant Thoughts

Of those who have died in this Invasion as serving nobily in a criminal enterprise.

Also, please never forget those who suffer injuries...physical and mental, from this military action as their hell has just begun. This definitely includes their families whose lives have been turned upside down and permanently altered. You know the chickenhawks and the Repugnicans surely won't.

[blondeatlast]

10. With deepest respect to you,

I wanted to know that I have asked for this to be moved to the Lounge. Things can get pretty rough in GDF.

[JVS]

11. Sorry for your loss

[laruemtt]

12. so sorry sleipner

we're here if you need us. this idiocy must stop NOW.

[morningglory]

13. What a stupid, useless, loss of young lives.

There are no words...

[Skittles]

14. sleipnir

I am so very, very sorry.

[markses]

15. Here's a strange thing

On 9/11, just after the second plane hit, I bumped into an old friend from elementary school in lower Manhattan. I had been a block away when the plane hit, but I'd made it down to the intersection of Broad Street and Stone Street (about 3 blocks south of the NYSE), where we just happened to meet on the street. We were both obviously freaked out, but it was good to see an old familiar face. I seriously hadn't seen the guy since junior high school (about 15 years), but we had been very close.

I found out later that a third friend we had hung out with died in the towers. He was a firefighter. A weird confluence. The three of us had been thick as thieves (ask the candy store owners in our Queens neighborhood!) in elementary school and junior high school, and then nothing for 15 years. Then, in the great contingency - the great game of chance - we were all in that horrible circle of lower Manhattan.

I am sorry for your loss. I feel a strenge ambivalence, because my old friend who died was just a memory for me, and if I never saw him again, I would probably only remember him faintly from time to time. But now I think back to us riding bikes (no helmets - 1984!), and playing touch football in the schoolyard during recess, and playing Chinese handball and I think "Who could have known that this is where we were heading." It all seem so long ago now, so long ago...

[karlschneider]

16. Bummer. (Read the rest before flaming)

I lost four good friends in Viet Nam in the 60s. Yes, I'm an old phart.
But these things happen when regular folks permit assholes to dictate policy. Harsh? Damn right. But it's the truth. And it's actually pretty basic: either we allow the assholes to run the world or we don't.

[seventhson]

17. I send my good thoughts to you and his(her) family

This is what Vietnam was like, for those who wish they knew what the sixties were about.

Friends and friends of folks dying daily. Horror stories. Injustice for the troops as well as the people fighting for their own country.

The sadness never goes away. The rage and anger needs to be channeled to STOPPING the war and the fascists who make profits from war.

I am very sad for you. Make sure that his/her death is NOT in vain in terms of our freedoms.

[LWolf]

18. I'm so sorry.

The loss of a good friend comes hard. Especially when it's a wasteful, disrespectful, unnecessary expenditure of life.

I just found out tonight that my oldest friend, and the only childhood connection left in my life, has leukemia.

[Octafish]

19. Yours is an irreplaceable loss.

My deepest sympathies to you and all who knew your friend. May God grant peace to the family and you.

[RamboLiberal]

20. sleipnir - I'm so sorry to hear that

I feel horrible every time I hear more have died there. Wonder if it will get to the point where most of us will know someone killed, injured or who's in Iraq. I hope not.

[Clark Can WIN]

21. I'm sorry for you, your friend, the family and all of us

GDBATH!

God Damn Bush All To HELL.

[Eloriel]

22. The senselessness of it is unbearable

And I can't say more because I'd go political -- and I don't think that's appropriate on this thread.

I grieve with you.

Peace,

Eloriel

[Feanorcurufinwe]

23. I'm so sorry.

Remember the life your friend led and don't let bitterness over the injustice of this war diminish the honor and nobility of your friend's sacrifice.

[eileen_d]

24. adding my voice

to the chorus of sadness and anger. Take care.

[ronzo]

25. Where are you guys from?

I'm sorry to hear it...

[bigtree]

26. thanks for sharing

We need more reminders that these soldiers are a vital part of us all.

[sleipnir]

27. THANKS

Thank you for all your thoughts and comments. It's kinda a surreal time for me, I keep remembering different times and such. Really nice guy, creative, funny, damn, I'm really going to miss him. I can only imagine how the families of the 307+ feel right now. I'm not sure where to go from here, it's so hard to actually lose someone when you've been protesting and trying to stop the stupid thing from the beginning. I'm more committed now to getting that Son of a Bush out of office, so we don't have to lose any more good guys and girls.