Another one bites the dust

[pickel]

"Meanwhile, another U.S. soldier died in the region from a rocket-propelled grenade attack. "

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/...ain/index.html

As Hardy told Laurel...." This is another fine mess you've gotten me into "

Now that the war is over , we should switch production from bombs to body bags,

Heard on TV the Iraqi's are saying one US soldier will be executed per day until the occupying forces leave.

Bush is getting this country deeper and deeper in this mess.

Now he's thinking of attacking Iran. The man has gone nuts.

[daveleau]

The title isn't very respectful of our fallen comrade, IMO.

[osprey4]

Obviously neither pickel nor shahani know anyone who has a loved one willing to put his or her life on the line in defense of freedom.

I'm thankful there are such men and women, and that they'll stay there until the job is done.

I am only underscoring the extent of devastation Bush's actions are causing for the families of servicemen.

Obviously, individual soldiers have nothing to do with starting and continuing the war. They are just doing their duty.

It is the politicians that are playing with hundreds/thousands of lives for petty financial/power gains.

[MTAtech]

Osprey, it is naive to think this is about the defense of freedom. The U.S., the Bush's, Cheney and Rumsfield have all supported anti-freedom dictators when it suited their interests. So, all of a sudden they saw the light?

I have great respect for the common soldier but no so for those that put them in harm's way.

[pickel]

Dave... I titiled the thread to make a point. My uncles died in he pacific during WW 2 and Korea. I attended numerous funerals during the Viet Nam war. I've seen greif firsthand just as much as anyone in this country. When I go the VA hospital to pick up my medications, I'm reminded of the continuing pain and suffering of our comrades who have to live and relive the war with their broken bodies and minds. It's all a sham for the oil and the perpetuation of our corporations at the expense of our brave , young men and women. The posted account of fatalties in Nam was slightly over 50,000 but according the on going records of the cummulative reports given by the media , it was more like 85,000 died. Hide and watch..If there is ever a peace over there, guaranteed within a year some faction will take over and another Sadamn will comes of the ashes and all those ghosts of our fallen will shrell in the night to have fought for nothing. You can put animals in the zoo, but don't try to feed them by hand

[Mike]

Sorry to see this happening. Aren't we close to averaging one a day in U.S. casualty rates?

[Chuckiechan]

I don't think the voting people of the USA are willing to have the nation run off due to casualties. We are accepting casualties rather than persuing a scorched earth policy against our opponents. There are many bloody options the US hasn't chosen to use. The most obvious one is rather than sniper vs. sniper, how about sniper vs. 1000 lb. bomb and forget the civilians? Well I guess we do have morals, don't we?

There are always those who cry "one death is one to many" and this shortsighted viewpoint is what encourages enemies to try to run us out by killing our soldiers. They read the news from the lobby of the weak, and stand terrified when they find we aren't a nation of weak-kneed, liberal pot-smoking cowards, instead we go in blindly seeking justice for strangers and cleaning up a mess neither the Arabs nor the Europeans had the stomach to do. Why? Because peace is good for business. Our business and thiers. One death to many only counts when it's you. Those soldiers know their chances of getting killed are slim, but real and they knew it when they signed up. Lives aren't being wasted like in 'Nam for senceless landmarks and right-of-ways. Viet Nam lasted 10 years and that was 8 years too many.

Our enemies are hoping for another Somalia where we turned and ran. Sadly for them they are wrong and those who stand in the way of the US forces are going to pay the price.

Forget all about those platitudes about who "protects your freedom of speech", yada, yada. This country has our radical left, just like Islam has it's radical mullah's. Same extremists, different viewpoints, same alligator tears, different area codes!

The idea here is to prevent those who don't have nukes from getting them! It may not qualify as fair play in the schoolyard, but in the real world this game is for keeps.

The Bush policy is basically as follows:
"Yes, we have nukes, and No, you can't have nukes, too."