[Vision2020] The Human Toll

Tue Aug 28 14:58:55 PDT 2007

"The notion that we ought to now go to Baghdad and somehow take control of the country strikes me as an extremely serious one in terms of what we'd have to do once we got there. You'd probably have to put some new government in place. It's not clear what kind of government that would be, how long you'd have to stay. For the U.S. to get involved militarily in determining the outcome of the struggle over who's going to govern in Iraq strikes me as a classic definition of a quagmire." - Dick Cheney, 1991 
http://www.tomandrodna.com/Stuff/Cheney_Quagmire.mp3 

And Dick Cheney again in 1994
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=9a8_1186873756

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"I think Rumsfeld, Cheney, and the president made a big mistake in justifying going into the war in Iraq. They put the emphasis on weapons of mass destruction." - Gerald R. Ford (July 28, 2004)
http://www.tomandrodna.com/Stuff/Ford_Iraq_Big_Mistake.mp3 

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>From the September 3, 2007 edition of the Army Times -                                 

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U.S. service members who died while supporting combat operations in Iraq, confirmed by the Defense Department from August 17 through August 23: 

Army Spc. Rickey L. Bell, 21, of Caruthersville, Missouri; assigned to the 4th Squadron, 6th U.S. Air Cavalry Regiment, Fort Lewis, Washington. 

Army Cpl. Jeremy P. Bouffard, 21, of Middlefield, Massachusetts; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

Army Staff Sgt. Sandy R. Britt, 30, of Apopka, Florida; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Army Cpl. Phillip J. Brodnick, 25, of New Lenox, Illinois; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

Army Pfc. Edgar E. Cardenas, 34, of Lilburn, Georgia; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

Army Capt. Derek A. Dobogai, 26, of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. 

Army Sgt. 1st Class Adrian M. Elizalde, 30, of North Bend, Indiana; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Lewis, Washington.

Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Paul J. Flynn, 28, of Whitsett, North Carolina; assigned to the 4th Squadron, 6th U.S. Air Cavalry Regiment, Fort Lewis, Washington.

Army Cpl. Joshua S. Harmon, 20, of Mentor, Ohio; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

Army Sgt. 1st Class David A. Heringes, 36, of Tampa, Florida; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Army Spc. Michael A. Hook, 25, of Altoona, Pennsylvania; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. 

Army Cpl. Nathan C. Hubbard, 21, of Clovis, California; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

Army Spc. George V. Libby, 23, of Aberdeen, North Carolina; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Lewis, Washington.

Army Sgt. Garrett I. McLead, 23, of Rockport, Texas; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew S. Medlicott, 21, of Houston, Texas; assigned to 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California.

Army Sgt. Joshua L. Morley, 22, of Boise, Idaho; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Army Staff Sgt. Jason L. Paton, 25, of Poway, California; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

Army Spc. Jessy G. Pollard, 22, of Springfield, Missouri; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. 

Army Cpl. Willard M. Powell, 21, of Evansville, Indiana; assigned to the 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.

Army Spc. Tyler R. Seideman, 20, of Lincoln, Arkansas; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

Army Sgt. Matthew L. Tallman, 30, of Groveland, California; assigned to the 4th Squadron, 6th U.S. Air Cavalry Regiment, Fort Lewis, Washington.

Army Pfc. Omar E. Torres, 20, of Chicago, Illinois; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Tully, 33, of Falls Creek, Pennsylvania; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Lewis, Washington. 

Army Capt. Corry P. Tyler, 29, of Georgia; assigned to the 4th Squadron, 6th U.S. Air Cavalry Regiment, Fort Lewis, Washington.

Army Spc. Tracy C. Willis, 21, of Marshall, Texas; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Army Pfc. Donovan D. Witham, 20, of Malvern, Arkansas; assigned to the 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

August 17 – August 23
Killed: 26; wounded in action: 97

March 19, 2003 – August 23, 2007 
Killed: 3,718; wounded in action: 27,506

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The following U.S. service members died while supporting combat operations in Afghanistan, confirmed by the Defense Department from August 17 through August 23:

Army Staff Sgt. Nicholas R. Carnes, 25, of Dayton, Kentucky; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 138th Field Artillery Regiment, Kentucky Army National Guard, Carrollton, Kentucky.

Army Sgt. 1st Class Scott M. Carney, 37, of Ankeny, Iowa; assigned to the 2d Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division of the Iowa Army National Guard.

Army Sgt. 1st Class Daniel E. Miller, 43, of Rossford, Ohio; assigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas.

August 17 – August 23
Killed:  3; Wounded in action: 10

Oct. 10, 2001 – August 23, 2007
Killed: 426; Wounded in action: 1,499

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National Guard (In Federal Status) and Reserve Mobilized 
(as of August 22, 2007) 
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Aug2007/d20070822ngr.pdf

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And the beat goes on . . . 

"Bring 'em Home"
http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/Bring_em_home.mp3 

"If you love this land of the free 
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home 
Bring them back from overseas 
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home 

It will make the politicians sad, I know 
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home 
They wanna tangle with their foe 
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home 

They wanna test their grand theories 
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home 
With the blood of you and me 
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home 

Now we'll give no more brave young lives 
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home 
For the gleam in someone's eyes 
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home 

The men will cheer and the boys will shout 
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home 
Yeah and we will all turn out 
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home 

The church bells will ring with joy 
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home 
To welcome our darlin' girls and boys 
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home 

We will lift our voice and sound 
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home 
Yeah, when Johnny comes marching home 
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home." 

Pro patria, 

Tom Hansen 
Moscow, Idaho

"Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime." -- Adlai E. Stevenson, Jr.

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