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Title: Just got the news that my 20 yo nephew is badly injured in Baghdad by an IED
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Published: May 22, 2007
Author: tom007
Post Date: 2007-05-22 18:45:38 by tom007
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Just got the word that Adam, my 20 yo nephew,who just enlisted six or eight months ago, was driving a Stryker Brigade Bradley that got hit by an IED, prolly today. He has two legs broken with compound fractures, second degree burns. "Bring 'e. on." - Bush
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Oh no.. I'll be praying that he'll be okay.. Im so very sorry.
that's horrible news. hope he comes home with his legs.
Galatians 3:29 And if ye [be] Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Thoughts and prayers up. (Why didn't he listen?) The insanity must STOP.
I'm sorry about that. May he be restored to perfect health and happiness.
"First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. Then they fight you. Then you win." --Mahatma Gandhi
Thanks. This evil war will change the way America lives over the next ten years. Maybe our "leaders" will start to become accountable for their actions and lies.
Its horrible tom.. the number of injuries.. I dont know how on earth there are still 1/3 of the people who still support this war..
Sorry to hear this.
"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
Very, very sorry to hear this, tom. I hope and pray he'll be OK, and soon.
Puissent tous les hommes se souvenir qu'ils sont frères!
tom, i'm praying that he gets the care he needs and for a full recovery. please keep us updated.
Tom... Having last a brother and several friends in long ago wars, this makes me feel hollow inside. Young Americans paying for the sins of the elders, those that wanted this war. May God bless and keep your nephew.
I have nothing to add that isn't 'unpolite'...
Never swear "allegiance" to anything other than the 'right to change your mind'!
Tom: My thoughts and prayers are with your nephew, as they are with you, as well. I also am carrying a message for you from JesseJane, a poster here for some time. She writes, "tell Tom, JesseJane sends her prayers for his complete recovery, and speedy return home." My 19 year old nephew is on his way to ME now.
Don't put anything, then, you ass.
Prayers going up for him.
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition It's very, very, very sad when it hits home. Prayers for him and his family.
Sorry to hear that Tom. I hope "broken" means only that and that he'll have a complete recovery and a has a full life ahead of him. Certainly other soldiers have suffered worse, which perhaps is something to be thankful for? My own nephew finished a tour last month or thereabouts, but I imagine he'll be headed back at some point.
Damn, Tom. That is terrible news. Does he get a free pass out of that hell hole and home as a result?
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I wish him the best of luck. Hopefully he'll come home for good. Keep us posted!
Nothing and no one over there is worth a hair on Adam's head. May he have a speedy recovery. On a practical note, get him lots of C and L-glutamine, if feasible.
Without a button, it's not a march.
Yes. Just talked to his father. They are in the "Waiting Game", the dreaded waiting game.
Out forever, I'd guess.
Prayers for your nephew and his buddies.
"Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism." ~George Washington
Very sorry to hear about this too. Ya'll will be in my thoughts and prayers.
"People should not be afraid of their governments, governments should be afraid of their people." -- V
keep us posted - we are interested. my nephew will be going over there someday - after he finishes college that is paid for by an ROTC scholarship. He too calculated it was the best way to pay for college.
Galatians 3:29 And if ye [be] Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Costs an arm and a leg these days.
gosh Tom, I'm so very sorry. I'll be praying for him and all of you, especially his parents. this war is so upsetting anyway, but even more so when it hits close to home. please keep us posted.
Thanks kiki. I have a hard time with my distress with Adam, and the 650,000 dead of the Iraq's I do not know how to reconcile the .... i don't know how to reconcile much of any of this. I am getting angery at the political system that sold us this war and the media that cheerleaded it all. I do not wish them well at this black point.
I rode my motorcycle to Salem today and saw a man in the new uniform downtown with an 82nd Airborne Division unit patch on the right shoulder which makes it a combat patch. He was on recruiter duty. Turns out he was in my very same old company in the same battalion. It was interesting talking to a man whose dad was in the same time I forst joined in the late 70s. He wants to go back to Iraq and I tolk him flat out he was a damn fool. I can't understand for the life of me understand a sane man doing is; but he's Airborne. Paratroopers feel strong loyalty to their units and feel they let their buddies down if they don't go back when they go back. He said he misses his maroon beret and said he hates doing 'leg' duty. (non Airborne) He started out calling me 'sir' when he started talkng to me, but I stopped him. Even after all these years, someone in uniform calling me sir when I was not an offecer when I was active duty makes me feel weird. I hope your nephew recovers and doesn't lose a limb. I am thankful though that he lived. If he suffers any problems from having served such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, get help, early. Don't listen to excuses from the V.A. that they can't help. They can, you just have to not take no for an answer.
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I offer my deepest sympathy for the injuries that Adam has sustained and appreciation for his efforts in serving our nation. If you have not seen the film - Flags of our Fathers - you might take a look at it when your nerves settle down a bit. Although I am strongly against how our military is being used in the Mideast - I still have complete respect and love for the soldiers themselves. Best wishes and a speedy recovery for Adam!
“I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.” - Thomas Jefferson
I'm happy Adam is alive and I wish him a full recovery over the long haul.
Tom... That is what is important here. It is GOOD for you, for your nephew, and for this country that you cannot reconcile this horrible "war". To do so would mean that you accept in some measure this sad chapter in the history of our country.
Thanks, I needed that too.
"Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism." ~George Washington
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"The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men" Plato
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Just got the word
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"who just enlisted six or eight months ago"
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Just got the word that ... my ... nephew ... was ... hit by an IED ...
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I have nothing to add that isn't 'unpolite'...
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Young Americans paying for the sins of the elders, those that wanted this war.
"The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men" Plato
#21. To: Arator (#17)
Does he get a free pass out of that hell hole and home as a result?
"The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men" Plato
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He too calculated it was the best way to pay for college.
"The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men" Plato
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this war is so upsetting anyway, but even more so when it hits close to home. please keep us posted.
"The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men" Plato
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Just got the news that my 20 yo nephew is badly injured in Baghdad
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I do not know how to reconcile the .... i don't know how to reconcile much of any of this.
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