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In 2003 some 72% of Americans fully supported the Abandoning of the Missions and those Sent to Accomplish so extremely Quickly after 9/11!!
At least some 95%, if not more as less then 1% serve them, not only still support the, just below, total lack of Sacrifice, they ran from any and all Accountability and left everything still on the table to be continually used if the political/military want was still in play in future executive/legislative wants!!
DeJa-Vu: “With no shared sacrifices being asked of civilians after Sept. 11", Decades and War From, All Over Again!!
Especially for the Corporate and Wealthy Community, investors in Defense Industries, and for these, Afghanistan and Iraq, came Two Huge Tax Cuts, with more sweetheart deals to same from states and the fed!!


Thousands of people across America don’t just talk about honoring Veterans; they walk the walk. Dedicated Volunteers Serve Veterans for Decades

On this Executive Administration, it's Cabinet and those directly around same, "Best - Ever": "We haven't had this kind of visibility from the White House—ever." Joyce Raezer National Military Family Association - Dec. 30, 2011, and plenty more of similar since Joyce, others, spoke and continues!

Ask yourself: If the Veterans Administration is so corrupt and mismanaged, as the conservative ideology, under which the seeds of are planted when they control, wants everyone to buy into as they obstruct the budgets and do extremely little after they charge same, then why does the Private sector, many problems within rarely heard about, adopt so many practices and advanced technologies developed within the VA, for free?! The VA, DoD, and in partnership with Universities and Colleges, not just Health Care are constantly in R&D and that developed that works is quickly moved into the private, for profit, sector, even as the VA is long under funded, decades, and especially during and after our wars that the few are sent into!

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President Obama 26 August 2014

Fact: "This is not just a job of government. It’s not just a job of the veterans’ organizations. Every American needs to join us in taking care of those who've taken care of us. Because only 1 percent of Americans may be fighting our wars, but 100 percent of Americans benefit from that 1 percent. A hundred percent need to be supporting our troops. A hundred percent need to be supporting our veterans. A hundred percent need to be supporting our military families."

Fact:
"We’ve been able to accomplish historic increases to veterans funding. We’ve protected veterans health care from Washington politics with advanced appropriations. We’ve been able to make VA benefits available to more than 2 million veterans who didn't have them before, including more Vietnam vets who were exposed to Agent Orange. We’ve dedicated major new resources for mental health care. We’ve helped more than 1 million veterans and their families pursue their education under the Post-9/11 GI Bill."

August 26, 2014 - Secretary Robert A. McDonald's Remarks for the American Legion's 96th Annual Convention, Charlotte, NC
Fact: "Unlike, P&G, VA may not be concerned about quarterly profit and loss statements or shareholder value, but it does have a bottom line—Veterans. "
{which is why No Government agency should be turned into a private corporate entity feeding for profit off the Countries duty and responsibility, especially the VA}
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Fact: “We are dealing with veterans, not procedures—with their problems, not ours.” —General Omar Bradley, First Administrator of the Veterans Administration

Facts: Matthew Hoh {former Marine and foreign service officer in Afghanistan}: "We spend a trillion dollars a year on national security in this country."
"And when you add up to the Department of Defense, Department of State, CIA, Veterans Affairs, interest on debt, the number that strikes me the most about how much we're committed financially to these wars and to our current policies is we have spent $250 billion already just on interest payments on the debt we've incurred for the Iraq and Afghan wars."
26 September 2014

Fact: "If military action is worth our troops’ blood, it should be worth our treasure, too — not just in the abstract, but in the form of a specific ante by every American." -Andrew Rosenthal 10 Feb. 2013

Fact: "12 years also is a long time. We now have a lifetime responsibility to a generation of service members, veterans and their families." Dr. Jonathan Woodson 11 Sep. 2013: With 9/11 Came Lifetime Responsibility
{two tax cuts, especially for the wealthy, came with these two recent unpaid for wars, nor the results of, DeJa-Vu all over again from the previous decades and wars from! Ignore the many issues, by those served, no need to fund!}

Fact: Sen. Bernie Sanders told Republicans: “If you can’t afford to take care of your veterans, than don’t go war. These people are bearing the brunt of what war is about, We have a moral obligation to support them.” February, 26th, 2014

Fact: 25 June 2014 U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller: Veterans' Affairs issue an 'all too similar' scene

Fact: How We Could Do More For Our Vets: "We need to go into debt to pay our debt to U.S. veterans to make sure they get the care and services we owe them."

Fact: “Why in 2009 were we still using paper?” VA Assistant Secretary Tommy Sowers “When we came in, there was no plan to change that; we’ve been operating on a six month wait for over a decade.” 27 March 2013

WHY? GOOD QUESTION THOSE SERVED SHOULD ANSWER!


Bob Herbert Losing Our Way : "And then the staggering costs of these wars, which are borne by the taxpayers. I mean, one of the things that was insane was that, as we're at war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Bush administration cut taxes. This has never been done in American history. The idea of cutting taxes while you're going to war is just crazy. I mean, it's madness." Bill 'Moyers and Company': Restoring an America That Has Lost its Way 10 Oct. 2014

Presidential Proclamation -- Veterans Day, 2013: "As we pay tribute to our veterans, we are mindful that no ceremony or parade can fully repay that debt." read more>>>


Under two previous Executive administrations and wars from, father and son. With son and conservative congresses leading the extremely quick abandoning of the missions and those sent to accomplish after 9/11:

ProPublica and The Seattle Times Nov. 9, 2012 - Lost to History: Missing War Records Complicate Benefit Claims by Iraq, Afghanistan Veterans
"DeLara's case is part of a much larger problem that has plagued the U.S. military since the 1990 Gulf War: a failure to create and maintain the types of field records that have documented American conflicts since the Revolutionary War."

Part Two: A Son Lost in Iraq, but Where Is the Casualty Report?

Army Says War Records Gap Is Real, Launches Recovery Effort

3/27/15 - U.S. Nerve Gas Hit Our Own Troops in Iraq
"During and immediately after the first Gulf War, more than 200,000 of 700,000 U.S. troops sent to Iraq and Kuwait in January 1991 were exposed to nerve gas and other chemical agents. Though aware of this, the Department of Defense and CIA launched a campaign of lies and concocted a cover-up that continues today."
"When Brown and others tried to obtain their medical records to prove their illnesses were service-related, they learned that the records had disappeared."


Add in the issues of finally recognizing in War Theater and more Veterans, by the Shinseki Veterans Administration and the Executive Administrations Cabinet, what the Country choose to ignore from our previous decades and wars of: The devastating effects on Test Vets and from PTS, Agent Orange, Homelessness, more recent the Desert Storm troops Gulf War Illnesses, Gulf War Exposures with the very recent affects from In-Theater Burn Pits and oh so so much more! Tens of Thousands of Veterans' that have been long ignored and maligned by previous VA's and the whole Country and through their representatives!

How does a Country HONOR It's Fallen, by Their Own 'Sacrifice' in Taking Care of the Brothers and Sisters They Served With!!


"You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today." - Abraham Lincoln

"To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and his orphan" - President Lincoln

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Sunday, October 10, 2010

HONORING THE FALLEN: US Military KIA, Iraq/Afganistan – March 2008

Arlington West - March 2008 - Honoring The Fallen


The Video was produced for the New York Times and can be also seen At Their Site


There have been 4,320 coalition deaths -- 4,013 Americans, two Australians, 176 Britons, 13 Bulgarians, one Czech, seven Danes, two Dutch, two Estonians, one Fijian, one Hungarian, 33 Italians, one Kazakh, one Korean, three Latvian, 22 Poles, three Romanians, five Salvadoran, four Slovaks, 11 Spaniards, two Thai and 18 Ukrainians -- in the war in Iraq as of April 2, 2008, according to a CNN count. { Graphical breakdown of casualties }. The list below is the names of the soldiers, Marines, airmen, sailors and Coast Guardsmen whose deaths have been reported by their country's governments. The list also includes seven employees of the U.S. Defense Department. At least 29,628 U.S. troops have been wounded in action, according to the Pentagon. View casualties in the war in Afghanistan.




Iraq
March 2008
Sgt. Terrell W. Gilmore 38 769th Engineer Battalion, Louisiana Army National Guard Baton Rouge, Louisiana Killed when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 30, 2008
Spc. Durrell L. Bennett 22 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Spanaway, Washington One of two soldiers killed when they encountered a homemade bomb and small-arms fire in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 29, 2008
Staff Sgt. Keith M. Maupin 24 724th Transportation Company, Army Reserve Batavia, Ohio Maupin was originally listed as missing after a fuel convoy was attacked near Baghdad International Airport by Iraqi insurgents using rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire on April 9, 2004. A videotape broadcast by Al-Jazeera on April 16 showed Maupin being held hostage by Iraqi insurgents, and the Pentagon later changed his status to captured. On June 28, 2004, Al-Jazeera reported that it had received a statement and a videotape from militants who claimed to have killed Maupin. U.S. officials confirmed on March 29, 2008, that human remains recovered in Iraq were Maupin's. Maupin was promoted in absentia on May 1, 2004, from private first class to specialist. He was promoted to sergeant in April 2005 and later to staff sergeant. { Full story }
Pfc. Patrick J. Miller 23 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Spanaway, Washington One of two soldiers killed when they encountered a homemade bomb and small-arms fire in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 29, 2008
Spc. Joshua A. Molina 20 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment Houston, Texas Died of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered a roadside bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 27, 2008
Cpl. Steven I. Candelo 20 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment Houston, Texas Killed when his vehicle was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 26, 2008
Spc. Gregory B. Rundell 21 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Ramsey, Minnesota Died of wounds suffered from small-arms fire in Taji, Iraq, on March 26, 2008
Staff Sgt. Joseph D. Gamboa 34 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment Yigo, Guam Died of wounds suffered when he came under indirect fire in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 25, 2008
Pvt. George Delgado 21 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Palmdale, California One of four soldiers killed when their vehicle encountered a roadside bomb on March 23, 2008
Pfc. Andrew J. Habsieger 22 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Festus, Montana One of four soldiers killed when their vehicle encountered a roadside bomb on March 23, 2008
Staff Sgt. Christopher M. Hake 26 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Enid, Oklahoma One of four soldiers killed when their vehicle encountered a roadside bomb on March 23, 2008
Spc. Jose A. Rubio Hernandez 24 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Mission, Texas One of four soldiers killed when their vehicle encountered a roadside bomb on March 23, 2008
Sgt. Thomas C. Ray, II 40 1132nd Military Police Company, North Carolina Army National Guard Weaverville, North Carolina One of three soldiers killed when their vehicle encountered a roadside bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 22, 2008
Spc. David S. Stelmat 27 1132nd Military Police Company, North Carolina Army National Guard Littleton, New Hampshire One of three soldiers killed when their vehicle encountered a roadside bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 22, 2008
Sgt. David B. Williams 26 1132nd Military Police Company, North Carolina Army National Guard Tarboro, North Carolina One of three soldiers killed when their vehicle encountered a roadside bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 22, 2008
Pvt. Tyler J. Smith 22 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Bethel, Maine Died of wounds suffered when the Forward Operating Base Falcon near Baghdad, Iraq, received indirect fire on March 21, 2008
Sgt. Gregory D. Unruh 28 2nd Battalion, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment Dickinson, Texas Died of injuries suffered in a vehicle accident in Mandali, Iraq, on March 19, 2008
Staff Sgt. Michael D. Elledge 41 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Brownsburg, Indiana One of two soldiers killed when their vehicle encountered a roadside bomb during combat operations on March 17, 2008
Spc. Christopher C. Simpson 23 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Hampton, Virginia One of two soldiers killed when their vehicle encountered a roadside bomb during combat operations on March 17, 2008
Spc. Lerando J. Brown 27 288th Sapper Company, 223rd Engineer Battalion, Mississippi Army National Guard Gulfport, Mississippi Brown died of injuries suffered in an incident in Balad, Iraq, on March 15, 2008. The incident is currently under investigation.
Cpl. William D. O’Brien 19 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Rice, Texas Died of wounds suffered when he was attacked by small-arms fire during combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 15, 2008
Staff Sgt. Juantrea T. Bradley 28 7th Special Troops Battalion, 7th Sustainment Brigade, 10th Mountain Division Greenville, North Carolina One of three soldiers killed when their vehicle was hit by indirect fire in Tallil, Iraq, on March 12, 2008
Spc. Dustin C. Jackson 21 350th Adjutant General Company, Army Reserve Arlington, Texas One of three soldiers killed when their vehicle was hit by indirect fire in Tallil, Iraq, on March 12, 2008
Pfc. Tenzin L. Samten 33 7th Special Troops Battalion, 7th Sustainment Brigade, 10th Mountain Division Prescott, Arizona One of three soldiers killed when their vehicle was hit by indirect fire in Tallil, Iraq, on March 12, 2008
Staff Sgt. Laurent J. West 32 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Raleigh, North Carolina Died of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered a roadside bomb near Kishkishkia, Iraq, on March 11, 2008
Sgt. Phillip R. Anderson 28 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment Everett, Washington One of three soldiers killed when their vehicle encountered a roadside bomb in Balad Ruz, Iraq, on March 10, 2008
Spc. Donald A. Burkett 24 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment Comanche, Texas One of three soldiers killed when their vehicle encountered a roadside bomb in Balad Ruz, Iraq, on March 10, 2008
Staff Sgt. Ernesto G. Cimarrusti 25 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Douglas, Arizona One of five soldiers killed when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device near them as they patrolled in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 10, 2008
Staff Sgt. David D. Julian 31 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Evanston, Wyoming One of five soldiers killed when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device near them as they patrolled in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 10, 2008
Capt. Torre R. Mallard 27 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment Oklahoma One of three soldiers killed when their vehicle encountered a roadside bomb in Balad Ruz, Iraq, on March 10, 2008

Cpl. Robert T. McDavid 29 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Starkville, Mississippi One of five soldiers killed when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device near them as they patrolled in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 10, 2008
Cpl. Scott A. McIntosh 26 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Houston, Texas One of five soldiers killed when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device near them as they patrolled in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 10, 2008
Sgt. 1st. Class Shawn M. Suzch 32 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Hilltown, Pennsylvania One of five soldiers killed when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device near them as they patrolled in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 10, 2008
Cpl. Jose A. Paniagua-Morales 22 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division Bell Gardens, California Died of wounds suffered in Samarra, Iraq, when his vehicle encountered a roadside bomb in Balad, Iraq, on March 7, 2008
Staff Sgt. Christopher S. Frost 24 377th Air Base Wing Waukesha, Wisconsin Died in a crash of an Iraqi Army Mi-17 helicopter near Bayji, Iraq, on March 3, 2008. The circumstances surrounding the crash are under investigation.



Afghanistan - The Forgotten War



There have been 781 coalition deaths -- 487 Americans, four Australians, 91 Britons, 81 Canadians, 2 Czech, 10 Danes, 14 Dutch, two Estonians, one Finn, 12 French, 22 Germans, 11 Italians, three Norwegians, one Pole, two Portuguese, 6 Romanians, one South Korean, 23 Spaniards, two Swedes -- in the war on terror as of April 2, 2008, according to a CNN count. Below are the names of the soldiers, Marines, airmen and sailors whose deaths have been reported by their country's governments. The troops died in support of the U.S.-led Operation Enduring Freedom or were part of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. At least 1,912 U.S. personnel have been wounded in action, according to the Pentagon


March 2008.
Pfc. Christian Raaschou 24 Den Kongelige Livgarde (The Royal Guards) Denmark Killed in a battle with Taliban fighters 12.4 miles (20 km) northeast of Gereshk, Helmand province, Afghanistan, on March 31, 2008
Marine David Marsh 23 Company C, 40 Commando, Royal Marines Taunton, Somerset, England One of two Royal Marines killed when their vehicle was caught in an explosion during a patrol near Kajaki, Helmand province, Afghanistan, on March 30, 2008
Lt. John Thornton 22 Company C, 40 Commando, Royal Marines Ferndown, Dorset, England One of two Royal Marines killed when their vehicle was caught in an explosion during a patrol near Kajaki, Helmand province, Afghanistan, on March 30, 2008
Pvt. Anders Bjorn Storgaard 21 Den Kongelige Livgarde (The Royal Guards) Tastrup, Denmark Killed in a firefight with Taliban fighters in Gereshk, Helmand province, Afghanistan, on March 26, 2008
Lance Cpl. Dustin L. Canham 21 Marine Forces Reserve’s 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group Lake Stevens, Washington Died from a non-hostine incident in Djibouti on March 23, 2008
Staff Sgt. William R. Neil Jr. 38 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group Holmden, New Jersey Died of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered a roadside bomb in Sperwan Ghar, Afghanistan, on March 21, 2008
Pfc. Antione V. Robinson 20 782nd Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Detroit, Michigan Died of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered a roadside bomb in Sperwan Ghar, Afghanistan, on March 21, 2008
Warrant Officer Milan Sterba 35 Czech Special Operations Group Czech Republic Killed along with two Danish soldiers, an interpreter and three Afghan civilians when a suicide bomber rammed his vehicle into a military convoy in Gereshk in Helmand province, Afghanistan on March 17, 2008
Tech. Sgt. William H. Jefferson Jr. 34 21st Special Tactics Squadron, 720th Special Tactics Group Norfolk, Virginia Died of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered a roadside bomb near Sperwan Ghar, Afghanistan, on March 22, 2008
Pfc. Ionut Cosmin Sandu 29 300th Infantry Battalion Piscu, Romania Killed when his armored Humvee hit a roadside bomb north of Qalat in southern Afghanistan on March 20, 2008
Capt. Christian Jørgen Grundt Damholt 33 Hjemmeværnet (Danish Home Guard) Denmark One of two Danish soldiers killed along with a Czech soldier, an interpreter and three Afghan civilians when a suicide bomber rammed his vehicle into a military convoy in Gereshk in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan on March 17, 2008
Senior Sgt. Sonny Kappel Jakobsen 45 Gardehusarregimentet (Guard Hussar Regiment) Denmark One of two Danish soldiers killed along with a Czech soldier, an interpreter and three Afghan civilians when a suicide bomber rammed his vehicle into a military convoy in Gereshk in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan on March 17, 2008
Sgt. Jason Boyes 21 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Canada Killed when in an explosion during a joint Afghan-Canadian foot patrol in the Zangabad region in Panjwayi district, roughly 21 miles (35 km) southwest of Kandahar, Afghanistan, on March 16, 2008
Staff Sgt. Collin J. Bowen 38 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment, Maryland Army National Guard Millersville, Maryland Died on March 14, 2008, at Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered a roadside bomb in Khowst province, Afghanistan, on January 2, 2008
Bombardier Jeremie Ouellet 22 1st Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery Matane, Quebec Ouellet was found dead in an accommodation room at Kandahar Airfield in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on March 11, 2008.
Sgt. Gabriel Guzman 25 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Hornbrook, California Killed when his vehicle encountered a roadside bomb in Gholam Haydar Kala, Afghanistan, on March 8, 2008
Spc. Steven R. Koch 23 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Milltown, New Jersey One of two soldiers killed during combat operations in the Sabari District of Afghanistan on March 3, 2008
Sgt. Robert T. Rapp 22 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Sonora, California One of two soldiers killed during combat operations in the Sabari District of Afghanistan on March 3, 2008
Trooper Michael Yuki Hayakaze 25 Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) Canada Killed when his armored vehicle hit a suspected roadside bomb in the Mushan region, located in the Panjawayi district, 28 miles (45 km) west of Kandahar, Afghanistan, on March 2, 2008



Civilian Casulties - Iraq



Just Foreign Policy Issues
Over a million {*1,196,514} Iraqis are estimated to have been killed as a result of the U.S.-led invasion and occupation. Learn More and Take Action»
*Estimate, click for explaination

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To



John Hopkins School of Public Health { October 11, 2006 report } puts the count at 650,000, with a range from 400,000 to 900,000.



Exact Count of Civilian Casulties may never be known, as is the case in every conflict, especially an Invasion by another Country. For it is the Innocent Civilians and those Defending their Countries {of which All would be counted if this land were ever invaded} who suffer the most, during and long after!



Iraq Refugees UNHCR: UNHCR Global Appeal 2008-2009 - Iraq Situation
Filetype: PDF (116k)



All the Deaths, Maimings and Destruction are the Blood on All Our Hands, No One can escape the Guilt!



Honoring The Fallen of Iraq and Afghanistan/Pakistan


You can view other Honor Rolls of the Fallen I have posted on my site {links above}, or from the CNN link at top and the other sources that you might use or know about.




As Of April 5 2008, There Are 84 Pages w/5 'Silent Honor Rolls' Each, Number Of Casulties Varies With Each 'Silent Honor Roll'; Many now have numbers in the teens and twenties, click on graphic.



A Nations Security Does Not Mean A Nation Sets An Example Of Creating More Hatreds And Enemies By

    'Wars Of Choice'
, Nor By Installing And Supporting Dictators, It Leads By The Example Of Peace And Prevention, Especially As A Democracy, Gaining Friends And Supporters, And Defends With Force Only When All Other Options Are Exhausted




In Honor - In Memory



97 percent of U.S. deaths in Iraq have occurred after George W. Bush declared an end to "major combat."
Mission Accomplished!



We have lost over 900 dead Americans since the surge. Now if you want to dismiss that as "success" that would be your interpretation.
Chuck Hagel




If they were sent to fight, they are too few. If they were sent to die, they are too many!



Is 'Funding' Really For Troops?



What Happened To Funding and Oversite For Military/Veteran Care In Previous Congresses?



Those who take some sort of relief in the "We are fighting them over there so we won't be fighting them here!", Better Rethink their Future, or rather their Childrens Future!!



“ Every war, when viewed from the undistorted perspective of life's sanctity, is a "civil war" waged by humanity against itself."
- Daisaku Ikeda



The Failed Policies will Haunt Us and the World for Decades!!

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