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Tue Jun-26-07 08:55 PM
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Here in silence are 16 more |
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last night it was 20. I look at each face and wonder... What caused them to enlist? How did they die? Who is left behind to mourn them? When will this end?
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Tue Jun-26-07 08:56 PM
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1. this one hits close to home |
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Wed Jun-27-07 09:02 AM
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19. Did you read those comments? |
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He died for our freedom??
People are still drinking the koolaid I see.
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Tue Jun-26-07 08:56 PM
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Tue Jun-26-07 09:13 PM
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3. It is heartbreaking...and maddening. Out NOW! eom |
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Tue Jun-26-07 09:23 PM
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4. 16 or 20 and it's barely acknowledged.... |
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If BushCo had said, "We're going to war and five years from now we'll be losing 16 Americans a day," what are the chances even the coldest Rethug would have thought is was a good idea?
It just makes me so sick. :(
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Tue Jun-26-07 09:28 PM
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5. My extended family has someone over there. |
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He was just following his father's shoes (retired air force). Hopefully he'll make it through this war and occupation for big oil.
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Tue Jun-26-07 09:28 PM
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6. I just can't read all the deaths anymore |
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I skim over them now. If I think about it too much my mind starts picturing my brother's wife and kids with some officer walking up the walkway.
Gotta stay positive so family doesn't have a nervous break-down.
When will the madness end?
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Tue Jun-26-07 09:41 PM
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7. all this needless and illegal death for lies. it's so shameful. |
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Tue Jun-26-07 09:51 PM
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8. Bless Jim Lehrer and Gwen Ifill. I make it a point to read each name, look at each face... |
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They are so young, most of them. For each one that dies, a family's heart is ripped out.
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Tue Jun-26-07 09:59 PM
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It's really getting to me the last couple of days.
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Tue Jun-26-07 10:03 PM
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10. So this is where the information came from ? |
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I'm not a viewer of PBS newshour. Well, I admire them for doing that. May they RIP.
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Tue Jun-26-07 10:18 PM
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11. "And here in silence are XX more. We add them as their names and pictures are made available." |
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That's PBS's Jim Lehrer's line at the end of the evening news. Gwen Ifill reports with him, and also heads up Washington Week in Review.
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Tue Jun-26-07 11:01 PM
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I noticed that I hadn't mentioned the source at all in my OP. D'OH!
I'd just seen today's faces and was so overcome by them that I forgot. Thanks for providing it.
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Tue Jun-26-07 11:05 PM
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13. Thanks for the OP. The presentation is always so dignified, so very present. nt |
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Wed Jun-27-07 09:42 AM
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20. Thanks. I was wondering what was going on here. nt |
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Wed Jun-27-07 08:58 AM
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18. I can't watch it anymore. I have to leave the room when I hear the |
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lead-in. So many lives wasted. So many families grieving.
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Tue Jun-26-07 11:16 PM
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14. K&R A guy I work with left the marines in 2000 (asked him about it today). |
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Edited on Tue Jun-26-07 11:28 PM by gulfcoastliberal
I remarked that was good timing. He still has friends in the service and is sick about the war, very opposed and angry. I said "support the troops, bring them home NOW" and he is all for it. I even remarked that the politicians There's another 16 priceless reasons to demand the war pigs cease and desist.
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Tue Jun-26-07 11:18 PM
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15. What were their struggles and triumphs? What were their biggest lessons from living? |
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Did they leave love behind in anguish and untellable dispair?
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Wed Jun-27-07 01:08 AM
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16. What were their dreams and aspirations? |
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Why did they decide to join the military? Love of country? Belief in the cause? Loyalty to *? A job? I think of the mothers crying that their sweet baby is gone.
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Wed Jun-27-07 09:46 AM
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21. Who cares? Paris is out and about! Rawr... |
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