Dying for a lie

[ProSense]

...the 12 Americans who died in the Black Hawk crash offer us a vivid reminder of what is happening on the battlefield, and of the cost so many families are paying when loved ones die in combat. Guard members have taken on much of the burden of this war, and those who died aboard that helicopter were like many others who have lost their lives in the fighting: ordinary people asked to do the extraordinary. They were husbands and wives, parents and even grandparents. Some relied on their faith in God, others, their faith in the commander in chief. At least one no longer believed the war was worth fighting, but carried out his duties. Together, they left behind 34 children and at least a dozen grandchildren.

Read more, watch the VoteVets video here.

Imagine the number of lives destroyed when one factors in the 17 other Americans who lost their lives in Iraq that same weekend.

[babylonsister]

1. 12 dead Americans, 34 children left without a parent. Just imagine

how many children all told have had their lives altered forever, with no end in sight. That's hard to even consider.