[Vision2020] The Human Toll

Tue Sep 11 15:03:53 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

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 September 17, 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 August 31 through September 6:

Army Pfc. Dane R. Balcon, 19, of Colorado Springs, Colorado; assigned to the
1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas. 

Marine Lance Cpl. Lance M. Clark, 21, of Cookeville, Tennessee; assigned to
1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California.

Army Sgt. 1st Class David A. Cooper Jr., 36, of State College, Pennsylvania;
assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd
Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Washington.

Army Sgt. Alexander U. Gagalac, 28, of Wahiawa, Hawaii; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division,
Schofield, Barracks, Hawaii.

Army Sgt. Kevin A. Gilbertson, 24, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; assigned to the
1st Battalion, 77th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry
Division, Schweinfurt, Germany.

Army Spc. Marisol Heredia, 19, of El Monte, California; assigned to the 15th
Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division,
Fort Hood, Texas.

Army Spc. Jason J. Hernandez, 21, of Streetsboro, Ohio; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st
Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas.

Army Spc. Thomas L. Hilbert, 20, of Venus, Texas; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st
Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas. 

Army Capt. Drew N. Jensen, 27, of Clackamas, California; assigned to the 5th
Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division
(Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Washington.

Army Spc. Rodney J. Johnson, 20, of Houston, Texas; assigned to the 1st
Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st
Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas.

Army Spc. David J. Lane, 20, of Emporia, Kansas; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st
Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas. 

Army Sgt. Joel L. Murray, 26, of Kansas City, Missouri; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st
Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas. 

Army Spc. Keith A. Nurnberg, 26, of McHenry, Illinois; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry
Division, Fort Benning, Georgia.

Army Spc. Christopher G. Patton, 21, of Lawrenceville, Georgia; assigned to
the 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st
Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

Army Pfc. Sammie E. Phillips, 19, of Cecilia, Kentucky; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 138th Field Artillery, Kentucky Army National Guard, Carlisle,
Kentucky.

Marine Cpl. Christopher L. Poole Jr., 22, of Mount Dora, Florida; assigned
to 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California.

Marine Cpl. Bryan J. Scripsick, 22, of Wayne, Oklahoma; assigned to 3rd
Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Pendleton, California. 

Army Pvt. Randol S. Shelton, 22, of Schiller, Park, Illinois; assigned to
the 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team,
1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas. 

Marine Staff Sgt. John C. Stock, 26, of Longview, Texas; assigned to 3rd
Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Pendleton, California. 

Army Cpl. William T. Warford III, 24, of Temple, Texas; assigned to the
215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry
Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

Army Staff Sgt. Delmar White, 37, of Wallins, Kentucky; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 138th Field Artillery, Kentucky Army National Guard, Carrollton,
Kentucky.

Army Sgt. Lee C. Wilson, 30, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina; assigned to the
2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st
Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas. 

Marine Sgt. Michael J. Yarbrough, 24, of Malvern, Arkansas; assigned to 3rd
Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Pendleton, California. 

August 31 - September 6
Killed: 23; wounded in action: 105

March 19, 2003 - September 6, 2007 
Killed: 3,751; wounded in action: 27,767

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The following U.S. service members died while supporting combat operations
in Afghanistan, confirmed by the Defense Department from August 31 through
September 6:

Air Force Master Sgt. Patrick D. Magnani, 38, of Martinez, California;
assigned to the 31st Medical Support Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy.

Army Pfc. Mykel F. Miller, 19, of Phoenix, Arizona; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 158th Infantry Regiment, Arizona Army National Guard Phoenix.

August 31 - September 6
Killed: 2; Wounded in action: 33

Oct. 10, 2001 - September 6, 2007
Killed: 435; Wounded in action: 1,554

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National Guard (In Federal Status) and Reserve Mobilized 
(as of September 5, 2007) 
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Sep2007/d20070905ngr.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.