I was just shooting at the number ...

I like shredding factless stuff ... and that one was too easy!

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Words From History:

“We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction...” — Ted Kennedy (September 27, 2002)


"The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: "I'm from the government and I'm here to help." - Ronald Reagan.

How did you determine that? What is your source for that figure?


Do you have a source for that too?

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A lady from the cafeteria asked me a question:

Why are we going to other country to kill and bomb, and then to help them to REBUILD? It just don't make any sense.

The cafeteria lady is looking at it from a very simplistic angle. She needs to educate herself.

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Sometimes when things are getting too complicated, it is better to start from a more simple perspective view.

I am with her, it just don't make any sense.

UPDATE:
There have been 4,486 coalition deaths -- 4,172 Americans, two Australians, one Azerbaijani, 176 Britons, 13 Bulgarians, one Czech, seven Danes, two Dutch, two Estonians, one Fijian, five Georgians, one Hungarian, 33 Italians, one Kazakh, one Korean, three Latvians, 22 Poles, three Romanians, five Salvadoran, four Slovaks, 11 Spaniards, two Thai and 18 Ukrainians -- in the war in Iraq as of September 25, 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 30,642 U.S. troops have been wounded in action, according to the Pentagon. View casualties in the war in Afghanistan and examine U.S. war casualties dating back to the Revolutionary War.

My nephew is one of those who was wounded in action. He was knocked unconscious by an IED explosion that killed some of his Marine buddies.

More recently, he's developed a detached retina as a result of that explosion.

He's been on inactive reserves for two years after having served five years active duty, including two tours of duty in Iraq.

Guess what. He's been ordered back to active duty. I'm hoping the eye problem will keep him out of combat. He will need surgery to repair that RD.

This is not one of those times.

The Cafeteria lady is assuming that the totalitarian government that was in place before we bombed is the same as the democratic government that is in place now. That is obviously wrong. That is why her simplistic view is inaccurate.


Maybe you two can educate yourselves together. It does make sense to support a democratic government. The same way it makes sense to oppose a non-democratic government.

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OMG! I'm SO SORRY to hear this. It's just another story is a long line of similar stories.

Thanks to your nephew for his service. I'm going to pray he doesn't have to go back.

They volunteered to protect freedom, the died for less practical reasons.

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Thanks for your prayers. He sees the ophthalmologist on Wednesday. He appreciates all the thanks he gets for his service, but feels he's done enough for his country and would just as soon let someone else assume the burden from now on.