Bury Me Broken

Deaths of U.S. Soldiers in Iraq

From AP:

Columbus, Ohio - Rosemary Palmer and her husband were making plans to attend memorial services for six Marine reservists killed earlier this week - five of them from the same battalion as her son, Lance Cpl. Edward Schroeder - when two uniformed servicemen came down her street.

It was her family's turn.

"We knew. They didn't even get a chance to knock," Palmer said.

Palmer said she and her husband, Paul Schroeder, last spoke with their son about a week ago. He said he was tired of flushing insurgents out of the same places, just to have them reappear with better weapons.

The deaths of U.S. soldiers in Iraq should be on the lips of every American at work, having a drink at the local pub after work, having dinner with the family or chatting in cyberspace in the wee hours of the morning.

It is certainly very important that we address the affairs of the nation: Supreme Court nominee Roberts, the outing of CIA operative Valerie Plame, the passed energy bill that addressed nothing the president touted in speech after speech, the 2006 elections, voting reform, the Social Security scare, national security and a host of others. I will, however, continue to discuss Iraq, particularly the unnecessary deaths of my brothers and sisters.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/080405F.shtml

posted by niteskolar @ 10:07 PM