5 U.S. soldiers killed Fri., cheney pockets another 5 million bucks.

[Philosoraptor]

http://www.kansascity.com/449/story/150035.html

Just another Friday.

Five U.S. soldiers died in Iraq, the U.S. military announced Friday, a day after extremists fired shells into Baghdad's Green Zone during a visit by the State Department's No. 2 official.

Violence appeared mostly in check, but police said unknown bombers leveled a Sunni shrine near Basra, Iraq's second-largest city.

Three of the soldiers were killed when a bomb exploded near their vehicle Thursday during operations in Kirkuk province in northern Iraq, the U.S. military said in a statement. Another soldier was wounded in the blast.

A fourth soldier was killed by small arms fire the same day in Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad, another statement said. And another soldier died Wednesday in a non-combat related incident, which the military said it was investigating.

[BOSSHOG]

1. All these reports of killed American Soldiers

must really be aggravating conservatives. Its summertime. The kids are out of school. Barbecues to attend. It might be appropriate to not upset the lives of the flag wavers so maybe there shouldn't be any reports of American War Dead. I mean just think of how this must upset the vacation plans of the patriots.

[Philosoraptor]

2. 115 degrees in Iraq yesterday.

Maybe if they wave enough flags it'll cool it down for our soldiers.

[Botany]

3. Blessings and prayers for their souls, families, and friends.

Five U.S. soldiers :patriot:

:cry:

How many more gerorge, how many?

[BobRossi]

4. Current crop of Dems are complicit.

And so am I and everyone that voted for them. God have mercy on our souls.

[w8liftinglady]

7. we CAN redeem ourselves-by speaking out-

They can't ignore all of us.My latest LTTE was in spired by this.

Today is yet another landmark in Iraq-soldier #3519 has been killed-42 soldiers and Marines since June 1st.Instead of my usual rants, I’ll just lay the facts out for you. Draw your own conclusions.
1. Halliburton Corporation-has earned $20 billion since Iraq Invasion-cross reference-“Dick Cheney”
2. Lockheed Martin Corp- $19 billion in ONE YEAR-cross reference “Lynne Cheney” and “Haley Barbour”
3.Boeing Corp.-$19 Billion per year. Cross reference “Donald Rumsfeld” and “Darlene Dryun”
4.General Dynamics-$10.6 Billion/yr Cross reference “Colin Powell”,”Gordon England”
5.New Bridge Strategies ?billions/year-cross-reference “Joe Allbaugh”,”Neil Bush”
6. Chevron-$4billion / QUARTER-Cross-reference “Condoleezza Rice”
7. Shell Oil-$6 billion/Quarter-Cross- reference” Gale Norton”
8. Unocal-$204 billion/year-Cross reference “Zalmay Khalizad”


1.3519 dead, 111 of those suicides.
2.25,868 injured and unable to return to duty.
3.As the troops’ deployments are being extended,at least three in ten of their stateside family members report a “severe” difficulty in paying bills.
4.Divorce rates have gone from 32% to 56% for Military families.
5.The increase of traumatic brain Injuries has gone up exponentially due to IEDs.These are difficult to diagnose and a contributor to PTSD.
6. Approximately 91,000 soldiers are returning home with PTSD, and very little resources waiting for them.
7.400,000 veterans become homeless any given year-a number that is sure to increase as our troops return.
8.Under DoD Directive 1325.6,an active duty military troop is forbidden from public dissent.

Research all your facts before you claim to support the troops. A yellow ribbon and a “Thanks-a-million” card won’t cut it…not while war profiteers are becoming increasingly wealthy off our troops’ blood. There used to be a law against war profiteering-now it seems to be part of the career ladder to the White House. What has happened to my country?

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[w8liftinglady]

8. until this affects most Americans,they'll continue to change the channel

...when the news comes on.

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