[Vision2020] The Human Toll

[Tom Hansen]

"The notion that we ought to now go to Baghdad and somehow take control of
the country strikes me as an extremely serious one in terms of what we'd
have to do once we got there. You'd probably have to put some new government
in place. It's not clear what kind of government that would be, how long
you'd have to stay. For the U.S. to get involved militarily in determining
the outcome of the struggle over who's going to govern in Iraq strikes me as
a classic definition of a quagmire." 

- Dick Cheney, 1991
http://www.tomandrodna.com/Stuff/Cheney_Quagmire.mp3

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>From the December 11, 2006 edition of the Army Times -

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U.S. service members who died while supporting combat operations in Iraq,
confirmed by the Defense Department from November 24 through November 30:

Army Spc. Dustin M. Adkins, 22, of Finger, Tenn.; assigned to the Group
Support Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group, Fort Campbell, Ky. 

Army Pvt. Joshua C. Burrows, 20, of Bossier City, La.; assigned to 1st
Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Bridade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort
Hood, Texas.

Army Pvt. Troy D. Cooper, 21, of Amarillo, Texas; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division,
Fort Hood, Texas. 

Army Sgt. Jeannette T. Dunn, 44, of Bronx, N.Y.; assigned to the 15th
Sustainment Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

Army 1st Lt. David M. Fraser, 25, of Texas; assigned to the 3rd Battalion,
67th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

Air Force Maj. Troy L. Gilbert, 34, of Litchfield Park, Ariz.; assigned to
the 309th Fighter Squadron, Luke Air Force Base, Arizona.

Army Cpl. Nathan J. Goodiron, 25, of Mandaree, N.D.; assigned to National
Guard's 1st Battalion, 188th Air Defense Artillery, Grand Forks, N.D.

Army Capt. Jason R. Hamill, 31, of New Haven, Conn.; assigned to the 3rd
Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort
Hood, Texas.

Army Staff Sgt. John L. Hartman Jr., 39, of Tampa, Fla.;assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd
Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.

Air Force Capt. Kermit O. Evans, 31, of Hollandale, Miss.; assigned to the
27th Civil Engineer Squadron, Cannon Air Force Base, N.M. and was deployed
with the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing, Balad Air Base, Iraq.

Army Staff Sgt. John L. Hartman Jr., 39, of Tampa, Fla.; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd
Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga. 

Army 1st Lt. Benjamin D. Keating, 27, of Shapleigh, Maine; assigned to 3rd
Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment (Reconnaissance, Surveillance, Target
Acquisition), 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum,
N.Y.

Army Spc. Chris Kleinwachter, 29, of Wahpeton, N.D.; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 188th Air Defense Artillery, Grand Forks, N.D. 

Army Cpl. Jonerik Loney, 21, of Hartselle, Ala.; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored
Division, Baumholder, Germany. 

Army 2nd Lt. Scott B. Lundell, 35, of Hurricane, Utah; assigned to I Corps
Artillery, Utah National Guard, Camp Williams, Utah. 

Army Spc. Christopher E. Mason, 32, of Mobile, Ala.; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne
Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.

Army Spc. Bryan T. McDonough, 22, of Maplewood, Minn.; assigned to the 2nd
Combined Arms Battalion, 136th Infantry, Crookston, Minn. 

Army Staff Sgt. Daniel M. Morris, 28, of Clinton, Tenn.; assigned to 1st
Squadron, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort
Hood, Texas.

Army Staff Sgt. Jeremy W. Mulhair, 35, of Omaha, Neb.; assigned to the 1st
Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort
Hood, Texas. 

Army Spc. Jeffrey G. Roberson, 22, of Phelan, Calif.; assigned to the 230th
Military Police Company, 95th Military Police Battalion, 18th Military
Police Brigade, Kaiserslautern, Germany.

Army Spc. Corey J. Rystad, 20, of Red Lake Falls, Minn.; assigned to the 2nd
Combined Arms Battalion, 136th Infantry, Crookston, Minn. 

Marine Lance Cpl. Michael A. Schwarz, 20, of Carlstadt, N.J.; assigned to
1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Army Staff Sgt. Michael A. Shank, 31, of Bonham, Texas.; assigned to the
230th Military Police Company, 95th Military Police Battalion, 18th Military
Police Brigade, Kaiserslautern, Germany.

Marine Lance Cpl. Jesse D. Tillery, 19, of Vesper, Wis.; assigned to 2nd
Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.  

Marine Pvt. Heath D. Warner, 19, of Canton, Ohio;  assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, 3rd Marine
Expeditionary Force, Kaneohe Bay.

Marine Lance Cpl. Jeromy D. West, 20, of Aguanga, Calif.; assigned to the
2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, 3rd Marine
Expeditionary Force, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.

Army Pfc. Theodore M. West, 23, of Richmond, Ky.; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort
Hood, Texas. 


November 24 - November 30
Killed: 27; wounded in action: 143


March 19, 2003 - November 30, 2006
Killed: 2,895; wounded in action: 21,921

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And the beat goes on . . .

"Bring 'em Home"
http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/Bring_em_home.mp3

"If you love this land of the free
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
Bring them back from overseas
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home

It will make the politicians sad, I know 
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home 
They wanna tangle with their foe 
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home

They wanna test their grand theories
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
With the blood of you and me
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home

Now we'll give no more brave young lives 
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home 
For the gleam in someone's eyes 
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home

The men will cheer and the boys will shout 
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home 
Yeah and we will all turn out 
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home

The church bells will ring with joy
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
To welcome our darlin' girls and boys
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home

We will lift their voice and sound
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
Yeah, when Johnny comes marching home
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home."
   
Pro patria,

Tom Hansen
Vandalville, Idaho

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

-- Adlai E. Stevenson, Jr.