[Vision2020] The Human toll

Tue Mar 20 11:39:01 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 March 26, 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 March 9 through March 15:

Army Pfc. James L. Arnold, 21, of Mattawan, Michigan; assigned to the 1st
Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas. 

Army Spc. Joshua M. Boyd, 30, of Seattle, Washington; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd
Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Army Sgt. Emerson N. Brand, 29, of Rigby, Idaho; assigned to the 1st
Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas. 

Army Sgt. 1st Class Christopher R. Brevard, 31, of Phoenix, Arizona;
assigned to the 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment, 4th Airborne Brigade
Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska. 

Army Sgt. Robert M. Carr, 22, of Warren, Ohio; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry
Division, Fort Carson, Colorado.

Marine Lance Cpl. Steven M. Chavez, 20, of Hondo, New Mexico; assigned to
2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. 

Army Cpl. Brian L. Chevalier, 21, of Athens, Georgia; assigned to the 5th
Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort
Lewis, Washington.

Army Pfc. Alberto Garcia Jr., 23, of Bakersfield, California; assigned to
the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry
Division, Schweinfurt, Germany. 

Army Staff Sgt. Blake M. Harris, 27, of Hampton, Georgia; assigned to the
1st Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas. 

Marine Lance Cpl. Raymond J. Holzhauer, 19, of Dwight, Illinois; assigned to
2nd Maintenance Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, II Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. 

Army Pfc. Anthony A. Kaiser, 27, of Narrowsburg, New York; assigned to the
504th Military Police Battalion, 42nd Military Police Brigade, Fort Lewis,
Washington.

Army Spc. Stephen M. Kowalczyk, 32, of San Diego, California; assigned to
the 6th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

Army Sgt. Thomas L. Latham, 23, of Delmar, Maryland; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain
Division, Fort Drum, New York.

Army Staff Sgt. Terry W. Prater, 25, of Speedwell, Tennessee; assigned to
the 1st Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas. 

Marine Lance Cpl.Angel Rosa, 21, of South Portland, Maine; assigned to 3rd
Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

Army Spc. Adam J. Rosema, 27, of Pasadena, California; assigned to the 215th
Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division,
Fort Hood, Texas.

Army Sgt. 1st Class Benjamin L. Sebban, 29, of Chattanooga, Tennessee;
assigned to the 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat
Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Army Sgt. 1st Class Douglas C. Stone, 49, of Taylorsville, Utah; assigned to
the 96th Regional Readiness Command, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Marine Lance Cpl. Harry H. Timberman, 20, of Minong, Wisconsin; assigned to
2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine
Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, California.

Army Sgt. Daniel E. Woodcock, 25, of Glennallen, Alaska; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd
Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

March 9 - March 15
Killed: 20; wounded in action: 118

March 19, 2003 - March 15, 2007
Killed: 3,194; wounded in action: 24,042

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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.