being fought...it IS being fought.
And today was one of the bloodiest days, one of the worst days since the
post-war term began in Iraq.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/28/iraq.main/index.html
" BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraqi forces, insurgents, civilians and three
U.S. service members lost their lives in violence Wednesday, among them
at least 68 in a Baquba suicide bombing and 42 in fighting in
south-central Iraq. "
Perhaps we should reflect.
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" Lance Cpl. Maurice Scott was the first to reach Morel. He dragged him
across the open ground into a small culvert, 18 inches deep. Other
Marines piled in to help, terribly exposed to fire, shocked that their
leader had fallen. By some miracle, no Marines were shot as they gently
stripped their captain's gear free and applied battle dressings. Maybe
it was Griego's crew pounding the ambush position. Maybe one brave
Marine�and another's hands, and another's legs, and 30 Iraqi lives�was
all the war required that day. A press release would be drafted reading:
"Captain Scott Morel was killed while conducting security operations in
the Al Anbar Province, Iraq." It would be sent after the personal
notification of his wife by the casualty assistance team.
"I thought about Capt. Morel a lot," says Michael Mendoza, who was sent
spinning by a rocket-propelled grenade that exploded at his feet as he
crested the final berm. "What we could have done differently. Could he
still be alive if we said, 'Sir! Stop!'? Maybe others wouldn't be. I
don't know." "
Real lives being lost out there. Whatever the cause...it's ON in Iraq.
And the blood is running both ways.
And that's never very good.
-Gel
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