reason #1704 why the iraq war is wrong
his name is nathan. in a different time, i taught his junior high sunday school class. if he was late, i knew to look for him in the church's sound booth. he had white-blonde hair in that skater bowl cut and was the shortest kid in the class. he once freaked me out by jumping off the second floor balcony of my townhouse just because he could. i haven't been in touch with him in years, but i heard when he graduated from high school two years ago, he went into the military.
nathan was killed in iraq yesterday.
his name is not showing yet on the casualty lists. i'm assuming he's one of the "name not released yet" casualties from the 13th, which would make him the 1704th american soldier to die in iraq, give or take one.
what a waste.
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i'm cautiously optimistic about my doctor's appointment tomorrow. i'll pee in a cup again and try to refute my dr's charlatan partner's false allegations that i'm malnourished. this test is one of the hurdles i have to clear before we try to make another baby. wish me luck.
nathan was killed in iraq yesterday.
his name is not showing yet on the casualty lists. i'm assuming he's one of the "name not released yet" casualties from the 13th, which would make him the 1704th american soldier to die in iraq, give or take one.
what a waste.
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i'm cautiously optimistic about my doctor's appointment tomorrow. i'll pee in a cup again and try to refute my dr's charlatan partner's false allegations that i'm malnourished. this test is one of the hurdles i have to clear before we try to make another baby. wish me luck.
posted by laura at 11:15 PM
3 Comments:
Good luck!
Oh Lauralu, I'm so very sorry about Nathan.
When I miscarried it occurred to me that in eighteen or twenty years my adult child might have be killed in Iraq. Which has no sign of abating. That was my 'reason it happened.' Maybe it was just something I told myself to feel better, but... we'll never know.
You are completely right - it is a waste. All those dreams and hopes and it's just wrong, wrong, wrong.
A coworker told me that if a G.I. dies en route to a military hospital - say, in Germany - he is not counted as 'killed in Iraq.' Another way the government tries to gloss it over. So there may be so many more grieving familes and friends and teachers like you.
I have yet to see Bush attend a funeral, in any case.
What a waste is right Laura. Our military has been turned into a global oil protection service because of our thirst for oil. It is tragic.
Good luck tomorrow.
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