A Marine Friend of mine was killed...

[genie_weenie]

I don't have words, he was a good man, and I feel ashamed.

Staff Sgt. Jay T. Collado, 31, of Columbia, S.C., died Feb. 20 from an improvised explosive device near Baghdad, Iraq.

http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2006/nr20060222-12549.html

Edit: Thanks to all, just send any thoughts to his family, he had a nice wife and a beautiful little daughter. He was kind and put up with me during our tour together...

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. I am so sorry *hugs*

[Arkansas Granny]

2. Our thoughts are with you . I'm sorry for your loss.

[rockymountaindem]

3. My condolences n/t

[Wheezy]

4. I am so sorry, genie.

We have lost so many the past few days.
My sympathies to you and his family. :(

[IndyOp]

5. I am so sorry about your friend. I understand your shame...

I feel so ashamed of this government, this country, the people who are dying...

:hug:

[still_one]

6. I send you condolences

but why on earth would you feel ashamed?

[Penndems]

7. Please accept my deepest sympathies

I'm so sorry to hear of the loss of your friend. :cry: :hug:

[SeattleGirl]

8. I'm sorry for your loss, genie

[Blue Belle]

9. I'm really sorry. I had a friend killed over there too.

My thoughts are with you.

:cry:

[nonconformist]

I'm so sorry for your loss. nt

[TayTay]

10. There are no words....

Just my deepest sorrow and sympathy. :cry:

[benburch]

11. Oh my god! I am so sorry abount your loss!

Did he have a family?

Do they need any help?

[Nashyra]

16. My deepest sympathies

for you and for his family. I will keep all of you in my prayers. I'm very sorry you have to go through this, that anyone should have to go through this.

[applegrove]

12. Sorry. An embarrassment of loss. Not your fault. Sorry.

[Synnical]

13. My thoughts are with you

They're still calling it, "Operation Iraqi Freedom"?

[Wetzelbill]

14. sorry for your loss

I know several people over there right now. It's tough worrying about them. My condolences.

[Longhorn]

15. I'm so sorry.

I feel pain in my heart every time I hear of a death in the military, especially one of these wasted deaths in this needless war, but it especially hits close to home when it is a Marine who has died, since my son is a Marine. I wear a black dogtag from www.herobracelets.org to honor a friend of my son's who was killed in September of 2004. :hug:

[Ilsa]

17. I'm very sorry. Truly sorry for your loss and for others who will

miss this fine man.

I don't understand why you feel ashamed. I suspect you only wanted the best outcome for him. Please take care of yourself. :pals:

[stillcool]

18. So sad.... ...

i'm sorry for your loss, and the loss of all those, who's lives this man graced during his too brief stay.

[Tin Man]

19. May your friend rest in peace.- my sympathies to his loved ones.

[FreedomAngel82]

20. I hope he RIP's

:( So sad.

[kster]

21. My condolences .......nt

[Botany]

22. Blessings and prayers for his soul and his family & friends

Staff Sgt. Jay T. Collado :patriot:

If I could say something I would say it.
If I could do something I would do it.
If I just knew what to do.

Your hurt is proof of your friend's quality of being. The better the person and the
more you loved that person the deeper the hurt. Do not be ashamed of your tears
or hurt because they show the world your goodness too. Please honor me by giving
my love and sympathy to your friend's family.

[Tigress DEM]

23. Dear Lord, how many more?

Good thoughts to you and his family.

You obviously cared about this friend. Ties formed on tour are pretty strong.

If your shame is because this administration didn't value his life as much as you do, then I too feel for you and with you.

If your shame is survivor's guilt, try to find a way to talk about it or at least write it down so it doesn't imprison you inside your strength.

[Hissyspit]

24. The ripple effects...

My sincere sympathies to you and his loved ones.

[hopeisaplace]

25. That is so sad, so horrible, I'm so sorry for you and for his family

what a sad day for them and you, my gawd :cry: :cry:

[caligirl]

26. I'm sorry for your pain and loss, and that his daughter will have to

grow up without the benefit of her fathers warmth and support. The children get hurt the worst in this and will feel it for a lifetime.

[Kahuna]

27. Sorry to hear this.

:cry:

[land of the free]

28. I'm so sorry

for you, his family and other friends.

[mitchtv]

29. It breaks my heart, one more

My sincerest condolences to his family

[ClayZ]

30. We are sorry for your loss!

[proud patriot]

31. I'm sorry

words truly can't expess ....my condolences :hug:

[zulchzulu]

32. Deep condolences to all

Sad news indeed.

[Zhade]

33. Not sure why you feel ashamed, but my condolences.

NT!

[TacticalPeek]

34. Bummer.

A Poem That I Wrote In A High Fever

You who are lengthening your lives
with the best doctors and the best medicines
remember those who are shortening their lives
with the wars
that you in your long lives are not
preventing.

You who are again screwing
the younger generations
and winking at each other
the winking of your eyelids
is like the chill of the swinging shutters
in an empty house.


-- Yehuda Amichai

[upi402]

35. I'll hold a thought for our hero...

then live to see BushCo impeached, tried, convicted, and punished.

[Erika]

36. Our thoughts are with you and the family. n/t

[leesa]

37. Sorry to hear you lost your friend. I'm glad you are out and hope you

don't have to do any more tours.

[me b zola]

38. I am so sorry, genie

I also worry so much about those of you who "made it". Please take care of yourself.






:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

[Tommy_J]

39. I'm so sorry to hear...

Please be strong

[Maraya1969]

40. My most sincere sympathies. May his wife and child be held in loving

arms of all who care. And may you live in peace with this. It is not your fault. :grouphug:

[Festivito]

41. Please feel proud.

Dedicated to help his country. Committing to risk life to help.
Have nothing but pride in your friend, in your knowing him, and as family in being a part of a man who shows us what love of country means.

Thank you.

[barbtries]

42. so sorry

{{{}}}

this damned war.

[Katherine Brengle]

43. I don't know what to say.....

I am so sorry that your friend was killed... I'm sorry for him, for you, for his family...

There are no words...

[troubleinwinter]

44. My deepest sorrow for the loss of this loved one.

[Hekate]

45. I'm so sorry for your loss

:grouphug:
A prayer goes out to you and to his family.

Hekate

[Bigmack]

46. My (much younger) Brother Marine...

Joining my other Brother Marines. Why?

"War is a Racket"..... Gen Smedley Butler USMC - 2 Medals of Honor

[kentuck]

47. Sorry to hear that...

All war is senseless but this one is more senseless than the many others.

[TygrBright]

48. "Greater love hath no man..."

"...than to put his mortal body between what he loves and the devastation of war."

Nothing changes that, even if the war is a fricking Imperialist adventure by a greedy, power-mad cabal with a rabid chimp fronting for it.

Your buddy gave his life for what he loved and valued, that sacrifice will always have deep significance.

And the evil, callous men and women who incited the war that took his life are bound on the Wheel of Karma, as are we all. Karma will look after them, rest assured, whether we see it or not. It will.

sadly,
Bright

[BlueCollar]

49. I'm sorry for your loss

A prayer for your friend's wife and daughter

[JCMach1]

50. I am so sorry....

the roll call continues

;(

[fujiyama]

51. I have a friend possibly heading over there in May or June

I am very sorry about the loss. My condolonces to the family.

[Cleetus]

52. I'm so sorry

Please, hang in there.

Regards

[readmoreoften]

53. sorry

this fucking shit. this war. i'm getting tired of it.

[Dead_Parrot]

54. Damn. Sorry...

"My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie: Dulce et Decorum est
Pro patria mori."

[progressoid]

55. So Sorry for your loss...

[malaise]

56. How sad

How will that poor mother explain this to her daughter.

[myrna minx]

57. I am so sorry for you loss.

:hug: My thoughts are with you, his wife and daughter. :hug:

[lildreamer316]

58. Wishing you and his family peace.

I am so sorry.

[lonestarnot]

59. I'm sorry genie_weenie.

:cry:

[DIKB]

60. I truly understand.

I remember how I felt when I found out about my friend. It is so that others don't have to feel this way that I speak out so vehemently. No one else should have to die needlessly.

There is NO HONOR in sending men to die for lies and corporate profits!!!

[katinmn]

61. I'm sorry, geenie.

A terrible, terrible loss. :-(

[Coexist]

62. that is so sad

I am sorry you lost your friend.

[stillrockin]

63. I am sorry for your loss.

for Staff Sgt. Jay T. Collado

Got the news today:
Senseless war has claimed one more
Husband, father, friend.

:cry:

[democrank]

64. There are no words, genie.

I hope with all my heart that this war ends soon. Peace to you and your friend`s wife and daughter. Take care....

[dogday]

65. My Son is over there from the Greenville, SC

unit. I am so sorry for your loss. This has been the biggest mistake our country has ever made. What do we do when we make a mistake? We correct it by bringing our troops home now.....

[laruemtt]

66. i am so sorry, genie.

may he rest in peace, and peace and strength to you and his family. damn this evil occupation!

[Kadie]

67. Our thoughts and prayers

are with his family and friends.

[bunkerbuster1]

68. My deepest sympathies to his wife and daughter.

Thank you for posting here.

[DaDeacon]

69. Semper Fi Staff Sgt. Jay T.

We have failed you, We couldn't get the mad man out in time to save you. We must and will work harder!

[Catchawave]

70. So sorry ......

:hug:

"In many a strife we've fought for life And never lost our nerve.

If the Army and the Navy Ever gaze on Heaven's scenes,

They will find the streets are guarded By United States Marines."

-from the Marine Corps Hymn

[ThomCat]

71. I'm very sorry.

I hope you have photos and mementos. I hope you have good memories.

I'm very sorry for your loss. :hug:

[genie_weenie]

72. What really upsets me

Is that *we* have allowed the Human Face to be taken off of the war. *We* have allowed BushCo to frame the debate, and Hannity, O'Reily et al to speak in abstracts about the families who have been devastated, some likely never to fully recover, for them to focus and destroy Cindy Sheehan, too drape themselves in the cloak of the blood of the fallen and I don't know what to do.

Thanks to all.

[mzmolly]

73. I'm so sorry.

eom

[wicket]

74. I am so sorry :(

Jay and his family will be in my prayers :hug:

[wryter2000]

75. I'm so sorry.

What a tragedy. Bush et al. need to pay. :cry:

[Tsiyu]

76. A sad day for you and his family

I am so sorry for the loss each of you feels.

:grouphug:

[Javaman]

77. I'm really very sorry.

Thoughts of peace are more than thoughts, it's what binds the commonality of civilizations.

Peace.

[progressivebydesign]

78. My condolences to his family and friends. That's so heartbreaking n/t

[ewagner]

79. I am so sorry

RIP Sgt Collado.... :cry:

[fooj]

80. Another tragedy...another death. I'm soooo sorry.

Peace.

[Minnesota Libra]

81. OMG, I am so sorry!! nt

[MellowOne]

82. So so sorry

I pray peace for the family. It tears my heart out when I hear about the people dying in vain.

And I pray Bush chokes on dinner...sorry.

[RazzleDazzle]

83. Deepest sympathy

for your loss.

And ours.

There are no words, really, but know that we grieve with you and I think most of us feel such a loss as this quite keenly -- not as keenly as you, surely, but keenly nonetheless.

[Pacifist Patriot]

84. I'm very sorry to hear it.

My condolences.

[NMMNG]

85. My condolences. This should not have been.

:hug: