Socrtease
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Many that support the war will tell you that 4,000 is not alot of dead and they are right in the scheme of things. But I would remind everyone that the bulk of these deaths came after "our" president stood on an aircraft carrier with a sign that proclaimed Mission Accomplished. And they are still dying 5 years later and will be dying 5 years from now if we are still there. They lay down their lives because that is what they signed up for. It was the first thing on the list in the job discription. The sad thing is, when we signed up for that duty we had a hope, an expectation, that the men in charge would not haphazardly place us in harms way. That the enemy we would fight would present a real clear and present danger to the United States and the people of the United States. That was clearly not the case here. Men and women that took my place in that uniform have been placed in harms way based on intelligence that was old. The supporters always want to tell us how Clinton and his administration thought it was so. THe only time Bush supporters turn to Clinton to justify this ill conceived, and for the most part poorly carried out war. We have allowed the Taliban to take control of large portions of Afghanistan again though not Kabul so that must be a victory. The Bush administration points to the fact that there have been no terrorist attacks on US soil so the war must be a success, but there have been attacks on allies, the so called coalition of the willing. That success can be so frail is apalling. Because what it means is that if, or when the next attack occurs on American soil the WHOLE thing becomes a failure. Which also does not make that true. The truth is, our intellilgence services have become more dilligent and rely less on sigint and more on Human Intel. The Brits have foiled plots in GB, not because we went to Iraq but because their intelligence services stopped those plots.
I hope that all of you stop for a moment sometime in the next few days and think about the 4,000 that have died and the tens of thousands that have suffered wounds in this conflict. Remember that we not only owe them our freedom, but we owe them a debt of gratitude for the sacrifices in life, limb and family that they have made. If you know a vet invite him or her over for dinner this week, if they are older, mow their lawn or go to the store for them. Show them that we remember the sacrifices they made as well as the sacrifices made by their buddies that did not come home.
I hope that all of you stop for a moment sometime in the next few days and think about the 4,000 that have died and the tens of thousands that have suffered wounds in this conflict. Remember that we not only owe them our freedom, but we owe them a debt of gratitude for the sacrifices in life, limb and family that they have made. If you know a vet invite him or her over for dinner this week, if they are older, mow their lawn or go to the store for them. Show them that we remember the sacrifices they made as well as the sacrifices made by their buddies that did not come home.
