Was Iraq Really Worth The Cost?
December 16th, 2011 § Leave a Comment
After nearly nine years, 4,500 American dead, 32,000 wounded and more than $800 billion, U.S. officials prepared Thursday to formally shut down the war in Iraq — a conflict that U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said was worth the price in blood and money, as it set Iraq on a path to democracy.
via Panetta To Formally Shut Down U.S. War In Iraq : NPR.
I once heard it said “how ironic it is that fat old men in Washington are so eager to send young men out to do the dying for them”.
I don’t think it was worth the cost.
Pause
July 20th, 2009 § Leave a Comment
USA Today had a great piece on the arrival of fallen soldiers to Dover AFB where their remains return to US soil. As I read the story I began to tear up thinking of those grieving families who make that journey to bring their sons, husbands, fathers, daughters, wives or mothers home. This part really got me:
When the last case is placed in the bread truck, Senior Airman Joseph Holton must close the truck’s door — given its symbolism, the most sensitive part of the ritual.
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He tries to block out anything that might distract him from the precise execution of his otherwise workaday task, including the families. Recently, a mother fell to the tarmac, pounding the ground and screaming, “Don’t close the doors!” Source: USA Today
Maybe this would cause those fat old men in Washington (and elsewhere) who seem so prone to send young men out to die for them, to give pause before doing so.
Shalom,
Scott D
