The media is reporting that a roadside bomb killed four U.S. soldiers in Baghdad on Sunday pushing the overall American death toll in the five-year war to at least 4,000. The 4,000 figure includes eight civilians who worked for the Department of Defense.
I feel a need to respond before the media runs with this story as they have every time a 1,000 mark has been met.
First and foremost, let us wish our deepest gratitude to each and every member of the U.S. military that payed the ultimate price for freedom. These are the bravest and the finest our country has to offer. They are better then I will ever be, the ones who sacrifice so that I can live in comfort. God bless every one of them. Each death is a tragedy in and of itself, not some statistic to be cynically used by the media or anti-war organizations for political purposes. The first casualty in the battle of Iraq was no more less tragic than than the ones that happened to land on a thousand mark. Every life is precious. That is what we are fighting for. The very value of life itself. It would not be appropriate to politicize this news story. It would be the ultimate wrong. Just as it is the ultimate wrong for those who will inevitably use this artificial marking as an occasion to argue for surrender. Let not those who have lost their lives die in vain.
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Sunday, March 23, 2008
U.S Soldiers Killed In Iraq Reaches 4,000
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Well said Steve, and our prayers are with as you state all 4000 proud passed soldiers as well as the living, and even with the disgustingly slanted MSM who revels in these round number death anniversaries as we know all too well from the war thus far. Thanks
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