[Vision2020] The Human Toll
Tom Hansen
thansen at moscow.com
Tue Dec 4 16:14:56 PST 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 December 3, 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 November 23 through November 29:
Army Pvt. Isaac T. Cortes, 26, of Bronx, New York; assigned to the 1st
Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain
Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, New York.
http://www.militarycity.com/valor/3216733.html
Army Cpl. Blair W. Emery, 24, of Lee, Maine; assigned to the 504th Military
Police Battalion, 42nd Military Police Brigade, Fort Lewis, Washington.
http://www.militarycity.com/valor/3226684.html
Army Spc. Benjamin J. Garrison, 25, of Houston, Texas; assigned to the 1st
Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain
Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, New York.
http://www.militarycity.com/valor/3216742.html
Army Spc. Matthew K. Reece, 24, of Harrison, Arkansas; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd
Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
http://www.militarycity.com/valor/3226703.html
Marine Cpl. Allen C. Roberts, 21, of Arcola, Illinois; assigned to Marine
Attack Squadron 214, Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I
Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona.
http://www.militarycity.com/valor/3217716.html
Army Sgt. 1st Class John J. Tobiason, 42, of Bloomington, Minnesota;
assigned to the 847th Adjutant General Battalion, 89th Regional Readiness
Command, Wichita, Kansas.
http://www.militarycity.com/valor/3224107.html
November 23 - November 29
Killed: 6; wounded in action: 52
March 19, 2003 - November 29, 2007
Killed: 3,870; wounded in action: 28,582
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No U.S. service members died while supporting combat operations in
Afghanistan, confirmed by the Defense Department from November 16 through
November 22:
November 23 - November 29
Killed: 0; Wounded in action: 3
Oct. 10, 2001 - November 29, 2007
Killed: 464; Wounded in action: 1,800
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National Guard (In Federal Status) and Reserve Mobilized
(as of November 28, 2007)
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Nov2007/d20071128ngr.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.
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