Combat Troops Leaving Iraq

MSNBC has it. Fox mentioned it then went back to other things.

I have met a lot of the men and women who have served there, and the moms and dads. Politics aside, I am thrilled that they are, many of them anyway, coming home.

They get to come home

 

Hopefully fewer people will be dieing in the world now for no good reason.

Hard to argue against this.

 

Great to see it happening, finally.

 

THis is the most under-reported story in a decade, IMO.

 

So if anybody shoots at the 50,000 advisors who are staying behind, are they allowed to shoot back?

 

A lot of men and women died for this day. Regardless of political "hue", take a moment to remember that.

Lost a fraternity brother of mine in 2006 when I read about his death on the AP wire. Had to read the story that night on the news. Three times.

Every time I read of a casualty in Iraq or Afghanistan, I think of the people who hear that news for the first time. I think of their old high school gymnasium, filled for a funeral. I think of wives turned widows and small children too young to comprehend it all except that Daddy (or Mommy) isn't coming back.

Semper Fi. Thinking of you, Tex.

 

No. In fact, they're instructed to say "please sir, may I have another" if they survive getting hit.

When is Obama making his aircraft carrier speech?

 

I always think of the 2006 Rocky Mountain News series on the soldiers whose duty it is to notify the next of kin of their loved one's loss, and how their primary duty is to serve the families until after the funeral.

 

What's next? North Korea or Iran?

 

Mission (finally) (really) accomplished.

THANK YOU OBAMA!

 

Same here. That was very, very well done.

Two of the best movies I've seen this year were The Messenger and Taking Chance.