[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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"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 January 22, 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 January 5 through January 11:

Army Pfc. Ryan R. Berg, 19, of Sabine Pass, Texas; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort
Hood, Texas. 

Marine Sgt. Aron C. Blum, 22, of Tucson, Arizona; assigned to Marine Aerial
Refueler Transport Squadron 352, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine
Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Air Station
Miramar, California.

Army Spc. Eric T. Caldwell, 22, of Salisbury, Maryland; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort
Hood, Texas.

Army Cpl. Jeremiah J. Johnson, 23, of Vancouver, Washington; assigned to the
3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team
(Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska. 

Air Force Senior Airman Daniel B. Miller Jr., 24, Galesburg, Ill.; assigned
to the 775th Civil Engineer Squadron, Hill Air Force Base, Utah

Army Spc. Raymond N. Mitchell, III, 21, of West Memphis, Arkansas; assigned
to the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th
Mountain Division, Fort Drum, New York. 

Army Maj. Michael L. Mundell, 47, of Brandenburg, Kentucky; assigned to the
1st Brigade, 108th Division (Institutional Training), Spartanburg, South
Carolina.

Army Cpl. Stephen J. Raderstorf, 21, of Peoria, Arizona; assigned to the 3rd
Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort
Hood, Texas.

Army Pfc. Ming Sun, 20, of Cathedral City, California; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry
Division, Fort Carson, Colorado.

Air Force Tech. Sgt Timothy R. Weiner, 35, of Tamarac, Florida; assigned to
the 775th Civil Engineer Squadron, Hill Air Force Base, Utah.

Army Sgt. James M. Wosika Jr., 24, of St. Paul, Minnesota; assigned to the
2nd Combined Arms Battalion, 136th Infantry, Crookston, Minnesota.
 

January 5 - January 11
Killed: 11; wounded in action: 120


March 19, 2003 - January 11, 2007
Killed: 3,002; wounded in action: 22,834

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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
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.