[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 

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 16 through November 22:

Air Force Staff Sgt. Alejandro Ayala, 26, of Riverside, California; assigned
to the 90th Logistics Readiness Squadron, F.E. Warren Air Force Base,
Wyoming.
http://www.militarycity.com/valor/3197252.html

Army 2nd Lt. Peter H. Burks, 26, of Dallas, Texas; assigned to the 4th
Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany. 
http://www.militarycity.com/valor/3197129.html

Army Pfc. Marius L. Ferrero, 23, of Miami, Florida; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd
Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Washington. 
http://www.militarycity.com/valor/3197135.html

Army Spc. Melvin L. Henley Jr., 26, of Jackson, Mississippi; assigned to the
603rd Aviation Support Battalion, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry
Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia.
http://www.militarycity.com/valor/3210930.html

Army Cpl. Jason T. Lee, 26, of Fruitport, Michigan; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd
Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Washington.
http://www.militarycity.com/valor/3197155.html

Army Staff Sgt. Jonathon L. Martin, 33, of Bellevue, Ohio; assigned to the
1st Squadron, 32nd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne
Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
http://www.militarycity.com/valor/3210934.html

Army Cpl. Christopher J. Nelson, 22, Rochester, Washington; assigned to the
1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd
Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Washington. 
http://www.militarycity.com/valor/3197193.html

Army Sgt. Alfred G. Paredez Jr., 32, of Las Vegas, Nevada; assigned to the
1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
http://www.militarycity.com/valor/3210885.html

November 16 - November 22
Killed: 8; wounded in action: 41

March 19, 2003 - November 22, 2007 
Killed: 3,864; wounded in action: 28,530

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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 16 - November 22
Killed: 0; Wounded in action: 16

Oct. 10, 2001 - November 22, 2007
Killed: 464; Wounded in action: 1,797

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National Guard (In Federal Status) and Reserve Mobilized 
(as of November 21, 2007) 
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Nov2007/d20071121ngr.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.