U.S. Loses First Burmese-American Soldier in Iraq

[UpInArms]

http://www.expertclick.com/NewsReleaseWire/default.cfm?Action=ReleaseDetail&ID=8459

WASHINGTON—Wei Pyoe Lwin has become the first Burmese-American soldier killed in Iraq, just two weeks after he refused an offer of home leave to attend the funeral of his well-known Burmese grandfather.

Army Spec. Wai Pyoe Lwin, a naturalized American and member of the Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment, died with another soldier, Pakistani-American Azhar Ali, on March 2 when an improvised bomb tore apart their Humvee near Baghdad International Airport, the Pentagon said

"Many sons have died in wars," his father, New York businessman Thein Zaw Lwin, said in an interview.

"I feel as any parent feels after losing a son in a war. Many wars have taken many sons away, and I don't want to say anything about wars. I just want to say that I take pride in the fact that my son, as a Burmese, gave up his life in war."

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[Renew Deal]

1. Let's see how many people

call his father a deluded peice of shit. I am not saying that, but I wonder how many will.

[Wright Patman]

2. Pride?

"I just want to say that I take pride in the fact that my son, as a Burmese, gave up his life in war."

I think pride is what got your son killed in the first place. Why do people "take pride" in this and that? It is one of the so-called "seven deadly sins."

"Deadly" is the right term here, for sure.

BTW, when did it become okay to use the term "Burmese" again? I thought it had been renamed Myanmar. Next we're going to hear about some "Formosan"-American soldier being killed.