From the May 8, 2006 edition of The Nation - please read

DancingBear

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Wed Apr-26-06 08:01 PM
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From the May 8, 2006 edition of The Nation - please read

and then redouble your efforts to stop the madman.

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060508/richards

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AuntiBush

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Wed Apr-26-06 08:10 PM
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1. Everyone should read this - agreed.

Thanks for the link.

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TomInTib

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Wed Apr-26-06 08:11 PM
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2. Oh, man. I remember when that happened. Powerful stuff.

Bully for the Nation.

Man, that was tough reading.

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DancingBear

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Wed Apr-26-06 08:13 PM
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3. Yes it was

I tried several times to post it, but I just just could not bring myself to do it.

It took a long long time.

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TomInTib

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Wed Apr-26-06 08:18 PM
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4. I'm glad you posted it.

Way back when I was in combat, the thought of dying did not upset me nearly as much as the thought of my Mother hearing about it.

That letter really affected me.

I'm keeping it.

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MuseRider

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Wed Apr-26-06 08:32 PM
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5. I sat here and tried

to put myself in that position, to have to hear that, to have to look at one of my sons in uniform and in a casket after fighting this mad man's folly. I can't get there, I just can't.

We just have to stop this. I can't even think straight after reading that.

I want to say thanks my friend but that is really not the right thing to say. Whatever, you know me well enough to know what I mean. Damn.

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DancingBear

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Wed Apr-26-06 08:36 PM
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6. I know exactly what you mean

We'll get there.

We have no other choice.

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MuseRider

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Wed Apr-26-06 08:47 PM
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7. That is exactly what kills me.

We have no other choice and we are fighting against the entire force of our current government. Sometimes it is just frustrating enough to want to hide your head but we just can't. This is the wonderfulness of DU and the collection of information and the solid relationships built here. Support and encouragement and on we go.

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ulysses

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Wed Apr-26-06 08:55 PM
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8. I used to read about parents who lost children to war

and I'd be upset in a way that maybe became too familiar. It let me sleep at night.

Now that I'm the dad of a little boy, this kind of shit drives me crazy. Carlos Arredondo or the Iraqi father whose picture was taken last week while he sat crying next to the body of his child, it's all the same. I used to think that I hated the fools who started wars. I had no idea.

Thank you for posting this.

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Autonomy

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Wed Apr-26-06 09:07 PM
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9. DAMN. POWERFUL.

K&R

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denese

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Wed Apr-26-06 09:09 PM
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10. So sad

No words. Just tears.
K&R

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malaise

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Wed Apr-26-06 09:15 PM
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12. Alex

cuold have been my nephew. Tear jerking.

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annabanana

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Wed Apr-26-06 09:15 PM
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11. heartbreaking

heartbreaking

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Sydnie

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Wed Apr-26-06 09:26 PM
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13. ....

:cry: :cry: :cry: Not. One. More.

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glitch

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Thu Apr-27-06 12:31 PM
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14. K & R nt

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BrklynLiberal

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Thu Apr-27-06 03:09 PM
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15. I remember seeing the news report about this.

:cry: There is no tragedy worse than a parent burying a child.

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