[Vision2020] The Human Toll

Tue Jun 26 14:18:43 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 July 2, 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 June 15 through June 21:

Army Pfc. Daniel J. Agami, 25, of Coconut Creek, Florida; assigned to the 
1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry 
Division, Schweinfurt, Germany.

Army Pfc. David J. Bentz III, 20, of Newfield, New Jersey; assigned to the 
1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry 
Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia.

Army Spc. Val J. Borm, 21, of Sidney, Nebraska; assigned to the 2nd 
Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Infantry Combat Team, 25th 
Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

Army Maj. Sid W. Brookshire, 36, of Missouri; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 
64th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort 
Stewart, Georgia.

Army Sgt. William E. Brown, 25, of Phil Campbell, Alabama; assigned to the 
2nd Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry 
Division, Fort Carson, Colorado.

Army Pfc. Henry G. Byrd III, 20, of Veguita, New Mexico; assigned to the 1st 
Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry 
Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia.

Army Spc. Derek A. Calhoun, 23, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; assigned to the 
2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry 
Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

Army Spc. Joe G. Charfauros Jr., 33, of Rota, Mariana Islands; assigned to 
the 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd 
Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia.

Army Spc. Karen N. Clifton, 22, of Lehigh Acres, Florida; assigned to the 
554th Military Police Company, 95th Military Police Battalion, 
Kaiserslautern, Germany.

Army Sgt. Chris Davis, 35, of Lubbock, Texas; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 
69th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort 
Benning, Georgia.

Army Spc. Farid Elazzouzi, 26, of Paterson, New Jersey; assigned to the 2nd 
Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Infantry Combat Team, 25th 
Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

Army Spc. Carter A. Gamble Jr., 24 of Brownstown, Indiana; assigned to the 
1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry 
Division, Fort Benning, Georgia.

Army Pfc. Anthony D. Hebert, 19, of Lake City, Minnesota; assigned to the 
1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry 
Division, Schweinfurt, Germany.

Army Sgt. Joel A. House, 22, of Lee, Maine; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 
8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort 
Hood, Texas.

Army Staff Sgt. Darren P. Hubbell, 38, of Tifton, Georgia; assigned to the 
1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry 
Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia.

Army Spc. Joseph P. Kenny, 20, of Veneta, Oregon; assigned to the 27th 
Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, 
Fort Bliss, Texas.

Army Pfc. Thomas R. Leemhuis, 23, of Binger, Oklahoma; assigned to the 1st 
Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry 
Division, Schweinfurt, Germany.

Army Spc. Darryl W. Linder, 23, of Hickory, North Carolina; assigned to the 
1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry 
Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

Army Sgt. Jimy M. Malone, 23, of Wills Point, Texas; assigned to the 2nd 
Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry 
Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

Marine Sgt. Shawn P. Martin, 30, of Delmar, New York; assigned to Combat 
Logistics Battalion 13, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, I Marine 
Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California.

Army Pfc. Joshua S. Modgling, 22, of Las Vegas, Nevada; assigned to the 1st 
Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry 
Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia.

Army Sgt. Alphonso J. Montenegro II, 22, of Far Rockaway, New York; assigned 
to the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st 
Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany.

Army Sgt. Michael J. Montpetit, 31, of Honolulu, Hawaii; assigned to the 
15th Forward Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry 
Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

Army Staff Sgt. Michael D. Moody Jr., 31, of Richmond, Virginia; assigned to 
the 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd 
Infantry Division, Fort Benning, Georgia.

Air Force Airman 1st Class Jason D. Nathan, 22, of Macon, Georgia; assigned 
to the 48th Security Forces Squadron, RAF Lakenheath, England.

Army Spc. Eric C. Palmer, 21, of Maize, Kansas; assigned to the 1st 
Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd 
Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Army Sgt. Richard K. Parker, 26, of Phillips, Maine; assigned to Company A, 
1st Battalion, 152nd Field Artillery Regiment, Maine Army National Guard, 
Waterville, Maine.

Army Pfc. Larry Parks Jr., 24, of Altoona, Pennsylvania; assigned to the 1st 
Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry 
Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia.

Army Sgt. Dustin J. Perrott, 23, of Fredericksburg, Virginia; assigned to 
the 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat 
Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, NorthCarolina.

Army 1st Lt. Daniel P. Riordan, 24, of St. Louis, Missouri; assigned to the 
2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry 
Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

Army Sgt. Derek T. Roberts, 24, of Gold River, California; assigned to the 
2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Infantry Combat Team, 
25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

Army Spc. Dominic N. Rodriguez, 23, of Klamath Falls, Oregon; assigned to 
the 4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry 
Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

Army Sgt. Eric L. Snell, 35, of Trenton, New Jersey; assigned to the 3rd 
Battalion, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry 
Division, Fort Carson, Colorado.

Army Pfc. Raymond N. Spencer Jr., 23, of Carmichael, California; assigned to 
the 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st 
Cavalry Division, Fort Bliss, Texas.

Army Pvt. Shane M. Stinson, 23, of Fullerton, California; assigned to the 
2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry 
Division, Fort Benning, Georgia.

Army Pfc. Jacob T. Tracy, 20, of Palestine, Illinois; assigned to the 1st 
Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry 
Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

Army Pfc. Jerimiah J. Veitch, 21, of Dibble, Oklahoma; assigned to the 2nd 
Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry 
Division, Fort Carson, Colorado.

Marine Staff Sgt. Stephen J. Wilson, 28, of Duluth, Georgia; assigned to 
Combat Logistics Battalion 13, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, I Marine 
Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California.

Army Sgt. Ryan M. Wood, 22, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; assigned to the 1st 
Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry 
Division, Schweinfurt, Germany.

Army Sgt. 1st Class William A. Zapfe, 35, of Muldraugh, Kentucky; assigned 
to the 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd 
Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia.

June 15 - June 21
Killed: 40; wounded in action: 179

March 19, 2003 - June 21, 2007
Killed: 3,549; wounded in action: 26,129

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U.S. service members who died while supporting combat operations in 
Afghanistan, confirmed by the Defense Department from June 15 through June 
21:

Sgt. 1st Class Christopher D. Henderson, 35, of Hillsboro, oregon; assigned 
to the 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division (Transition Team), Fort Riley, 
Kansas.

Sgt. 1st Class John M. Hennen, 26, of Vinton, Louisiana; assigned to theÂ 
Louisiana National Guard's 3rd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment, Lake 
Charles, Lousiana.

Capt. Joshua E. Steele, 26, of North Henderson, Illinois; assigned to the 
1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division (Transition Team), Fort Riley, Kansas.

June 15 - June 21
Killed: 3; Wounded in action: 8

Oct. 10, 2001 - June 21
Killed: 400; Wounded in action: 1,327

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National Guard (In Federal Status) and Reserve Mobilized
(as of June 20, 2007)
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jun2007/d20070620ngr.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
Gesehen sie am Samstag, Moscow.

"Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil 
and steady dedication of a lifetime." -- Adlai E. Stevenson, Jr.

Later, Latah.