Reply #1: What a sad, sad story....and one that fits in with Viet Nam as the "untold

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costs" of this war. This time we have "mothers with children, husbands with wives, wives with husbands. This is really hard to read and think about. What can one say after reading that.

My hairstylists nephew is a "computer specialist" for the Army and he's been from Baghdad to Tikrit, to Kuwait and back and other cities trying to repair the computer lines that are constantly being sabotauged. His best buddy that he grew up with in NC was hit with a roadside bomb and lost both his arms last month. This is the kind of war story the Bushies and Repugs and Invasion for Liberation Enthusiasts don't want to talk about, but Michelle says, she can't deal with hearing any reports of casualties out of Iraq because she thinks her Nephew isn't going to make it out of there and she says she would rather he be dead than to be so maimed for the rest of his life because she said he's the kind of kid who would "die inside" if he wasn't a whole person. That's really dark and sad.