[Vision2020] The Human Toll

Tue Jun 5 11:57:32 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

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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 June 11, 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 May 25 through May 31:

Army Spc. Alexandre A. Alexeev, 23, of Wilmington, California; assigned to
the 6th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas. 

Army Staff Sgt. Travis W. Atkins, 31, of Bozeman, Montana; assigned to the
2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th
Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, New York.

Army Cpl. Zachary D. Baker, 24, of Vilonia, Arkansas; assigned to the 6th
Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas. 

Army Pfc. Matthew E. Baylis, 20, of Oakdale, New York; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry
Division, Fort Carson, Colorado.

Army Pfc. Matthew A. Bean, 22, of Pembroke, Massachusetts; assigned to the
2nd Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th
Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, New York.

Army Spc. Clinton C. Blodgett, 19, of Pekin, Indiana; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry
Division, Schweinfurt, Germany.

Army Spc. Romel Catalan, 21, of Los Angeles, California; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division
(Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Washington.

Army Chief Warrant Officer Theodore U. Church, 32, of Ohio; assigned to the
2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th
Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. 

Army Sgt. Richard V. Correa, 25, of Honolulu, Hawaii; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain
Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, New York. 

Army Spc. William J. Crouch, 21, of Zachary, Louisiana; assigned to the 2nd
Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort
Lewis, Washington.

Army Sgt. Bacilio E. Cuellar, 24, of Odessa, Texas; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry
Division, Schweinfurt, Germany.

Army Sgt. Chadrick O. Domino, 23, of Ennis, Texas; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division
(Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Washington.

Army Sgt. Anthony D. Ewing, 22, of Phoenix, Arizona; assigned to the 6th
Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas. 

Army 1st Lt. Keith N. Heidtman, 24, of Norwich, Connecticut; assigned to the
2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th
Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. 	

Army Pfc. Charles B. Hester, 23, of Cataldo, Idaho; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division
(Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Washington.

Army Sgt. Bruce E. Horner, 43, or Newport News, Virginia; assigned to the
127th Military Police Company, 709th Military Police Battalion, 18th
Military Police Brigade, 21st Theater Support Command, Fliegerhorst,
Germany.

Army Pfc. Robert A. Liggett, 23, of Urbana, Illinois; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry
Division, Fort Benning, Georgia.

Army Spc. James E. Lundin, 20, of Bellport New York; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry
Division, Schweinfurt, Germany. 

Army Cpl. Jonathan A. Markham, 22, of Bedford, Texas; assigned to the 6th
Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

Army Staff Sgt. Thomas M. McFall, 36, of Glendora, California; assigned to
the 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry
Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Washington. 

Army Pfc. Joshua M. Moore, 20, of Russellville, Kentucky; assigned to the
1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry
Division, Schweinfurt, Germany. 

Army Pfc. Junior Cedeno Sanchez, 20, of Miami, Florida; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division
(Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Washington.

Army Cpl. James E. Summers, III, 21, of Bourbon, Missouri; assigned to the
6th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas. 

Marine Lance Cpl. Emmanuel Villarreal, 21, of Eagle Pass, Texas; assigned to
Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 13th Marine
Expeditionary Unit, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton,
California.

Army Staff Sgt. Joseph M. Weiglein, 31, of Audubon, New Jersey; assigned to
the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th
Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, New York.

Army 1st Lt. Kile G. West, 23, of Pasadena, Texas; assigned to the 6th
Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas. 

Army Spc. Doonewey White, 26, of Milpitas, California; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

May 25 - May 31
Killed: 27; wounded in action: 132

March 19, 2003 - May 31, 2007
Killed: 3,467; wounded in action: 25,681

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U.S. service members who died while supporting combat operations in
Afghanistan, confirmed by the Defense Department from May 25 through May 31:

Army Chief Warrant Officer Christopher M. Allgaier, 33, of Middleton,
Missouri; assigned to the 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion, 82nd
Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. 

Army Staff Sgt. Charlie L. Bagwell, 28, of Lake Toxaway, North Carolina;
assigned to the 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion, 82nd Brigade Combat
Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. 

Army Sgt. Jesse A. Blamires, 25, of West Jordan, Utah; assigned to the 3rd
General Support Aviation Battalion, 82nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne
Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Army Sgt. Brandon E. Hadaway, 25, of Valley, Alabama; assigned to the 3rd
General Support Aviation Battalion, 82nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne
Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. 

Marine Lt. Col. Michael A. Robinson, 42, of Sylacauga, Alabama; assigned to
Mobilization Command, Deployment Processing Command, Marine Corps
Installations East, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

Army Chief Warrant Officer Joshua R. Rodgers, 29, of Carson City, Nevada;
assigned to the 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion, 82nd Brigade Combat
Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. 

May 25 - May 31
Killed: 6; Wounded in action: 19

Oct. 10, 2001 - May 31
Killed: 391; Wounded in action: 1,269

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National Guard (In Federal Status) and Reserve Mobilized
(as of May 30, 2007)
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/May2007/d20070530ngr.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 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.