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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Wanker on June 11, 2003, 08:38:11 AM

Title: Lest we forget
Post by: Wanker on June 11, 2003, 08:38:11 AM

American servicemen are being killed almost every day in Iraq. Men with wives who will never get the chance to become fathers. Men with children, who will never see their sons and daughters grow up and graduate from school, get married, have kids.

While I supported the decision to go to war, it disturbs me how easily and callously some of you either ignore or shrug off the human cost to our servicemen. Yes, they probably understood the risks of their profession when they signed up, but that doesn't mean we should consider their sacrifice as "just the cost of playing ball".

These people sacrificed their lives for the Iraqi people and for us. To me, there is no sacrifice more profound or sacred.

In forty or fifty years, there will be a generation of children who will look at a photograph and say "Hello, Grandpa, I wish I had known you", as I have done to the photograph of my grandfather who was killed on Jan. 17, 1945 while fighting to liberate Luxemburg.

Please don't ignore the cost of the this war, or belittle it. The sacrifice is real and continuing every week.

Title: Lest we forget
Post by: ra on June 11, 2003, 08:48:19 AM

I can't help noticing how coverage of US deaths has changed since the end of the war.  During the war the death of a US serviceman was instant front-page news.  Now, it goes like "Two more US soldiers were killed today in an ambush north of Baghdad.   Now, more news in the Martha Stewart case...".

Title: Lest we forget
Post by: Ripsnort on June 11, 2003, 08:53:04 AM

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Originally posted by ra
I can't help noticing how coverage of US deaths has changed since the end of the war.  During the war the death of a US serviceman was instant front-page news.  Now, it goes like "Two more US soldiers were killed today in an ambush north of Baghdad.   Now, more news in the Martha Stewart case...".

Or the headlines are "3,208 civilian casualities in Iraq", etc. etc.

I may be wrong, but that number in WW2 was more like..per day..

Title: Lest we forget
Post by: Naso on June 11, 2003, 09:32:17 AM

Yesterday 4 German soldiers were killed in Afghanistan.

Did you hear it in the news?

Title: Lest we forget
Post by: GRUNHERZ on June 11, 2003, 09:33:35 AM

Yes Naso.

Title: Lest we forget
Post by: ra on June 11, 2003, 09:38:34 AM

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Originally posted by Naso
Yesterday 4 German soldiers were killed in Afghanistan.

Did you hear it in the news?

We heard it 3 days ago, when it actually happened.

Title: Lest we forget
Post by: Naso on June 11, 2003, 09:40:23 AM

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Originally posted by ra
We heard it 3 days ago, when it actually happened.

I love you too, Ra.

:)