[Vision2020] The Human Toll

Tue Jul 3 15:27:20 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

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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 July 9, 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 June 22 through June 28: 

Army Sgt. 1st Class Raymond R. Buchan, 33, of Johnston, Pennsylvania;
assigned to the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat
Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany.

Army Pfc. Andre Craig Jr., 24, of New Haven, Connecticut; assigned to the
2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st
Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas.

Army Sgt. William W. Crow Jr., 28, of Grandview Plaza, Kansas; assigned to
the 2d Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team,
1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas.

Army Sgt. Joel A. Dahl, 21, of Los Lunas, New Mexico; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry
Division, Fort Lewis, Washington.

Marine Cpl. Derek C. Dixon, 20, of Riverside, Ohio; assigned to 2nd Assault
Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force,
Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

Army Spc. Victor A. Garcia, 22, of Rialto, California; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division
(Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Washington.

Army Pfc. Cory F. Hiltz, 20, of La Verne, California; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2d Brigade Combat Team, 2d Infantry
Division, Fort Carson, Colorado.

Army Sgt. Shin W. Kim, 23, of Fullerton, California; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2d Brigade Combat Team, 2d Infantry
Division, Fort Carson, Colorado. 

Army Sgt. Michael J. Martinez, 24, of Chula Vista, California; assigned to
the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2d Brigade Combat Team, 2d
Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado. 

Army Sgt. Giann C. Joya Mendoza, 27, of North Hollywood, California;
assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2d Brigade Combat
Team, 2d Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado. 

Army Sgt. Trista L. Moretti, 27, of South Plainfield, New Jersey; assigned
to the 425th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team
(Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska.

Army Staff Sgt. Daniel A. Newsome, 27, of Chicopee, Massachusetts; assigned
to the 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st
Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

Army Staff Sgt. Robb L. Rolfing, 29, of Milton, Massachusetts; assigned to
the 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Carson,
Colorado.

Army Pfc. Jonathan M. Rossi, 20, of Safety Harbor, Florida; assigned to the
2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry
Division, Fort Bliss, Texas.

Army Staff Sgt. Michael L. Ruoff Jr., 31, of Yosemite, California; assigned
to the 1st Battalion, 77th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st
Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany.

Army Sgt. Frank M. Sandoval, 27, of Yuma, Arizona; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 5th Artillery, Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

Marine Lance Cpl. Juan M. Garcia Schill, 20, of Grants Pass, Oregon;
assigned to 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I
Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, California.

Army Sgt. 1st Class Nathan L. Winder, 32, of Blanding, Utah; assigned to the
2nd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Lewis, Washington.

Army Spc. Dustin L. Workman II, 19, of Greenwood, Nebraska; assigned to the
2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2d Brigade Combat Team, 2d Infantry
Division, Fort Carson, Colorado. 

June 22 - June 28
Killed: 19; wounded in action: 221

March 19, 2003 - June 28, 2007 
Killed: 3,568; wounded in action: 26,350

The Department of Defense has changed the status of two soldiers serving in
Operation Iraqi Freedom from duty status whereabouts unknown (DUSTWUN) to
missing-captured.

Army Pvt. Byron W. Fouty, 19, of Waterford, Mich., and Army Spc. Alex R.
Jimenez, 25, of Lawrence, Mass., were declared missing-captured June 27.

On May 12, Fouty and Jimenez were categorized as DUSTWUN when their patrol
was attacked by enemy forces. They are assigned to the 4th Battalion, 31st
Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light
Infantry), Fort Drum, New York.

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U.S. service members who died while supporting combat operations in
Afghanistan, confirmed by the Defense Department from June 22 through June
28: 

Army Capt. Darrell C. Lewis, 31, of Washington, D.C.; assigned to the 1st
Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas.

June 21 - June 28 
Killed: 1; Wounded in action: 15

Oct. 10, 2001 - June 28
Killed: 401; Wounded in action: 1,342

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National Guard (In Federal Status) and Reserve Mobilized 
(as of June 27, 2007) 
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jun2007/d20070627ngr.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.