"She (Cindy) didn't speak for me. Now she does"

[Jersey Devil]

Tennessee National Guard soldiers killed in Iraq

SWEETWATER (AP) — Two Tennessee National Guard soldiers were killed Monday in Iraq, their family members said Tuesday.

Spc. Joseph "Joey" Hunt, 27, of Sweetwater, and Sgt. Victoir P. Lieurance, 34, of Seymour, were members of the 278th Regimental Combat Team. Two other members of the unit on the same combat patrol were injured Monday afternoon southwest of Samarra when an improvised explosive device exploded near their vehicle, ejecting at least one soldier.

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Hunt had two sons — 5-year-old Caleb and 3-year-old Josh.

"They don't have any idea what's going on," Hunt's aunt, Pat Thomas, told WATE-TV. "They went to be with their grandmother, Joey's mom, and she was just holding both of them in her arms. And they kept saying, 'Why are you crying, Mamaw? Why are you sad?'"

Lieurance leaves behind his wife, Penny, and four children, two sons and daughters.

Both his parents said their son's death makes their once-wavering opinions about the war in Iraq much more clear.

Andre Lieurance referred to Cindy Sheehan, the California mother of a slain soldier, who recently camped out in front of President Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas, in opposition to the war.

"She didn't speak for me. Now she does," the father told The Knoxville News Sentinel on Tuesday. "I'm with her. I believe we were lied to. (My son) did what he was supposed to. Bush didn't."

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[neuvocat]

1. That didn't take long.

Of course its still pretty bad that one has to lose his or her child to finally wake up.

[Skittles]

7. see neuvocat, he may have had that mindset

being anti-war would be anti-troop -there's a lot of folk like that but if parents start saying what they really thing it will be all over.

[Fridays Child]

2. Hell of a way to make a believer out of him.

Wake up, people!

[Jersey Devil]

6. Yeah, a damn shame, but look at it this way

With every chink in his armor there is one more person who knows he is a liar talking about it. Just last November he could easily deflect the "liar" charges. Now, every day, every minute, people are waking up, speaking up.

[Champion Jack]

3. KICKED

[KingFlorez]

4. Interesting

It's ridiculous it's takes tragedy for people to wake up.

[randr]

5. True patriots always question their government.

To follow political ideology is the opposite of patriotism.
We are faithful to our constitution.
We are respectful of all Americans
We are unafraid to speak our mind.
We know that power corrupts.
We know the most important things to defend to our death are our rights.

[Jersey Devil]

8. Words first spoken in America by Thomas Jefferson

Where is our Thomas Jefferson in the Democratic Party?

Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you, boo hoo hoo

[Erika]

9. Bernie Sanders is about as close as we can get

We need Dean to come out again.

[Proud2BAmurkin]

10. KICK

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