[Vision2020] The Human Toll

[Tom Hansen]

"The notion that we ought to now go to Baghdad and uh uhh somehow take
control of the country strikes me as an extremely uh serious one in terms of
uh 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 uh the struggle over who's going to
govern in Iraq uh strikes me as a uh classic definition of a quagmire." 

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

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>From the November 27, 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 10 through November 16:

Army Pfc. Daniel J. Allman II, 20, of Canon, Ga.; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry
Division, Schweinfurt, Germany.

Marine Lance Cpl. Timothy W. Brown, 21, of Sacramento, Calif.; assigned to
2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine
Expeditionary Force, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.

Marine Sgt. Bryan K. Burgess, 35, of Garden City, Mich.; assigned to Marine
Forces Reserve's 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division,
Perrysburg, Ohio.

Army 1st Lt. Michael A. Cerrone, 24, of Clarksville, Tenn.; assigned to the
2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team,
82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.

Army Cpt. John R. Dennison, 24, of Ijamsville, MD; assigned to 5th Squadron,
73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort
Bragg, N.C. 

Army Col. Thomas H. Felts Sr., 45, of Sandston, Va.; assigned to the Command
and General Staff College, School of Advanced Military Studies, Fort
Leavenworth, Kan.

Army Spc. Justin R. Garcia, 26, of Elmhurst, N.Y.; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd
Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.

Marine Lance Cpl. Mario D. Gonzalez, 21, of La Puente, Calif.; assigned to
2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine
Expeditionary Force, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.

Army Sgt. 1st Class Schuyler B. Haynes, 40, of New York; assigned to 1st
Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas. 

Army Staff Sgt. William S. Jackson II, 29, of Saginaw, Mich.; assigned to
the 1st Battalion, 16th Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored
Division, Giessen, Germany.

Army Pfc. Jang H. Kim, 20, of Placentia, Calif.; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry
Division, Schweinfurt, Germany. 

Army Staff Sgt. Misael Martinez, 24, of Chapel Hill, N.C.; assigned to the
1st Battalion, 16th Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division,
Giessen, Germany.

Army Sgt. 1st Class Tung M. Nguyen, 38, of Tracy, Calif.; assigned to the
2nd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C.

Army Spc. Mitchel T. Mutz, 23, of Falls City, Texas; assigned to 1st
Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas. 

Army Sgt. Angel De Jesus Lucio Ramirez, 22, of Pacoima, Calif.; assigned to
the 1st Battalion, 16th Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored
Division, Giessen, Germany.

Army Spc. Eric G. Palacios Rivera, 21, of Atlantic City, N.J.; assigned to
the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st
Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany. 

Army Capt. Rhett W. Schiller, 26, of Wisconsin; assigned to the 5th
Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne
Division, Fort Bragg, N.C. 

Marine Lance Cpl. Michael D. Scholl, 21, of Lincoln, Neb.; assigned to 2nd
Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine
Expeditionary Force, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.

Lance Cpl. Jeremy S. Shock, 22, of Tiffin, Ohio; assigned to Marine Forces
Reserve's 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division,
Perrysburg, Ohio.

Marine Lance Cpl. Kristopher C. Warren, 19, of Resaca, Ga.; assigned to 4th
Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Chattanooga, Tenn.

Army Pfc. Harry A. Winkler III, 32, of Clarksville, Tenn.; assigned to the
2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team,
82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.


November 10 - November 16
Killed: 21; wounded in action: 106


March 19, 2003 - November 16, 2006
Killed: 2,856; wounded in action: 21,678

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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."
   
Seeya round town, Moscow.

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.