[Vision2020] 2,000 and Counting

[keely emerinemix]

Powerful, Tom.  Thanks.

keely


From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Subject: [Vision2020] 2,000 and Counting
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 11:44:01 -0700

Greetings Visionaires -

Earlier today America suffered its 2,000th casualty in the war in Iraq, and
still no end in sight.

Although one death is inexcusable, it has become painfully evident that
2,000 is a mere statistic.

Perhaps Celeste Zappala stated it best in her poem.

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Today the number passed 2000
by Celeste Zappala

Just a number perhaps
a moment,
at sometime today
some young person's life
swung in the balance,
they drew their last breath
and were gone.
And all the hopes
that rode on them,
all the prayers
that followed them,
from all the people
who loved them
are done.
All the glorious days
of a future
they would have held,
dreams they had in their heart,
words they wanted to say
and maybe children
they hoped to have
are gone.
In the wind of the desert,
in the smoke of explosion
at the speed of a bullet.
Gone.
And we who mourn them
will never know
who they may have become,
what light they may have given
the World.
In their name
and with all the love we possess
let us work
to stop this war.

With hope,
Celeste Zappala

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Pro patria,

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil
and steady dedication of a lifetime."

--Adlai E. Stevenson, Jr.



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