[Vision2020] The Human Toll

Tue Aug 21 15:32:03 PDT 2007

"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

And Dick Cheney again in 1994
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=9a8_1186873756

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"I think Rumsfeld, Cheney, and the president made a big mistake in
justifying going into the war in Iraq. They put the emphasis on weapons of
mass destruction." - Gerald R. Ford (July 28, 2004)
http://www.tomandrodna.com/Stuff/Ford_Iraq_Big_Mistake.mp3

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>From the August 27, 2007 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 August 10 through August 16: 

Army Staff Sgt. Alicia A. Birchett, 29, of Mashpee, Massachusetts; assigned
to the 887th Engineer Company, 326th Engineer Battalion, 101st Sustainment
Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

Army Spc. Kamisha J. Block, 20, of Vidor, Texas; assigned to the 401st
Military Police Company, 720th Military Police Battalion, 89th Military
Police Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas. 

Army Staff Sgt. Eric D. Cottrell, 39, of Pittsview, Alabama; assigned to the
5th Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st
Cavalry Division, Fort Bliss, Texas. 

Army 1st Lt. Jonathan W. Edds, 24, of White Pigeon, Michigan; assigned to
the 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd
Infantry Division, Fort Benning, Georgia.

Army Capt. Michael S. Fielder, 35, of Holly Springs, North Carolina;
assigned to the 248th Medical Detachment, Headquarters and Headquarters
Company, 44th Medical Command, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North
Carolina.

Army Staff Sgt. Sean P. Fisher, 29, of Santee, California; assigned to the
1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment, Task Force 49, Fort Wainwright,
Alaska. 

Army Pfc. Shawn D. Hensel, 20, of Logansport, Indiana; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division
(Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Washington.

Army Staff Sgt. Paul B. Norris, 30, of Cullman, Alabama; assigned to the
401st Military Police Company, 720th Military Police Battalion, 89th
Military Police Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas. 

Army Spc. Alun R. Howells, 20, of Parlin, Colorado; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry
Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia.

Army Spc. Steven R. Jewell, 26, of Bridgeton, North Carolina; assigned to
the 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment, Task Force 49, Fort Wainwright,
Alaska.

Army Chief Warrant Officer Christopher C. Johnson, 31, of Michigan; assigned
to the 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment, Task Force 49, Fort
Wainwright, Alaska. 

Army Pfc. Willard M. Kerchief III, 21, of Evansville, Indiana; assigned to
the 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division
(Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Washington.

Army Pfc. Juan M. Lopez Jr., 23, of San Antonio, Texas; assigned to the 5th
Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st
Cavalry Division, Fort Bliss, Texas. 

Army Chief Warrant Officer Jackie L. McFarlane Jr, 30, Virginia Beach,
Virginia; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment, Task Force
49, Fort Wainwright, Alaska. 

Army Pfc. Paulomarko U. Pacificador, 24, of Shirley, New York; assigned to
the 5th Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team,
1st Cavalry Division, Fort Bliss, Texas. 

Army Staff Sgt. Robert R. Pirelli, 29, of Franklin, Massachusetts; assigned
to the 3rd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Carson,
Colorado.

Army Staff Sgt. Stanley B. Reynolds, 37, of Rock, West Virginia; assigned to
the 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment, Task Force 49, Fort Wainwright,
Alaska. 

Army Sgt. Princess C. Samuels, 22, of Mitchellville, Maryland; assigned to
Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas. 

Army Spc. Zandra T. Walker, 28, of Greenville, South Carolina; assigned to
4th Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Aviation Cavalry Brigade, 1st
Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. 

August 10 - August 16
Killed: 19; wounded in action: 130

March 19, 2003 - August 16, 2007 
Killed: 3,692; wounded in action: 27,409

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No reports of U.S. service members who died while supporting combat
operations in Afghanistan, confirmed by the Defense Department from August 3
through August 9:

August 10 - August 16
Killed:  0; Wounded in action: 17

Oct. 10, 2001 - August 16, 2007
Killed: 423; Wounded in action: 1,489

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National Guard (In Federal Status) and Reserve Mobilized 
(as of August 15, 2007) 
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Aug2007/d20070815ngr.pdf

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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 our 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 
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.