NINE of my brother Paratroopers lost thier lives yesterday in Iraq--NINE

The 82nd Airborne is an Airborne Infantry group that is built for one thing--- Attack, Attack and Attack.

My former unit is not built to "Occupy".

God damn shame---God damn shame!

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Two suicide car bombers struck a small U.S. patrol base in Diyala province Monday, killing nine American soldiers and wounding 20 others, according to a U.S. military official in Diyala.

All of the casualties were members of the Army's 82nd Airborne, based in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, the U.S. military said in a statement

"Today represents the single greatest loss of life for soldiers from Fort Bragg in more than five years of simultaneous deployment," media affairs officer Maj. Tom Earnhardt told CNN.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/23/iraq.main/index.html

Our finest being used as street cops in the middle of a civil war.

Where is the outrage??????????????????

The 82nd is an elite division--- and they're sitting ducks.

that our fighting men and women are being misused in this war "like a rich kid's toys."

Which is exactly what's happening. The Idiot-in-Chief knows nothing about warfare, having spent his time dodging the Vietnam war by partying in the Texas Air National Guard and dropping out of it before finishing his required years.

My deepest condolences to you and to the families of these paratroopers.

He is from the 82nd Airborne too. Since his deployment (Feb of 07) his
family has been on a roller coaster every time they hear some news.

He went in the fall of 05 .... promised that if he tested out and preformed he
he would get into the rangers after jump school ..... he made the grade but
after jump school he was put into our "strategic reserves" @ Ft. Bragg. By
second hand news he told of "the surge for fall of 07" but after the election
the surge was moved up and he was shipped to Iraq as a hummer driver.

Iraq = a mistake based on lies which has ruined the country of Iraq and
hammered our Armed Forces as bush's rich friends make billions.

Senator Kyl on CNN just said we should give "it" to August.

my brother served two tours in Iraq. He used to tell me not to worry about him unless the casualties happened north of Baghdad. I told him every casualty was north of Baghdad!

Once he came home, I realized what a weight was lifted from me, not having that constant worry about him. (The relief didn't last long. They shipped his wife over. At least she has a deskjob north of Baghdad.)

I just saw his mom yesterday she got an e mail saying that her son's unit
was hit and had wounded 2 weeks ago .... after not sleeping all night her son
e mailed her and said he was fine ..... the Army said the e mail was a mistake.

May he return safe and sound. :hug:

Right. What's Kyl 'giving'?

The Professor

during a civil war.

The news on CNN last night broke my heart. I served in the USN as a submariner for six years, and every death there for naught puts another dagger into my soul.

Something that people did as a public service (join the military) to defend their nation has made our boys cannon fodder for an intransient Executive.

All the Marines and the Army are in my prayers nightly, and I am just grateful that everyone I knew in the Navy is either now retired, at sea under the water, or else at office jobs in DC or Norfolk.

Our troops deserve better than this.

"Rich kid's toys" indeed.

There is a special place in Hell for the architects of this criminal enterprise.

If he were still a part of it he would probably be appalled at the cluster f**k the brass has let it evolve in to.

Dick Winters and all of the 'Band Of Brothers' are true Heroes!!!!

plans were announced - there would be lots of small units/groups/gatherings of American troops scattered about, making them sitting ducks for "insurgent" attacks. I'm afraid that were just going to see much more of this in the weeks and months to come... :mad:

:cry: :cry:

I'm so sorry Trumad :hug:

Thoughts and prayers for those lost & their loved ones. :cry:

Kurt Vonnegut, who was a veteran of World War II, a prisoner of war, and survived the firebombing of Dresden, wrote about the Iraq war:

"Many years ago, I was so innocent I still considered it possible that we could become the humane and reasonable America so many members of my generation used to dream of. We dreamed of such an America during the Great Depression, when there were no jobs. And then we fought and often died for that dream during the Second World War, when there was no peace.

But I know now that there is not a chance in hell of America’s becoming humane and reasonable. Because power corrupts us, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Human beings are chimpanzees who get crazy drunk on power. By saying that our leaders are power-drunk chimpanzees, am I in danger of wrecking the morale of our soldiers fighting and dying in the Middle East? Their morale, like so many bodies, is already shot to pieces. They are being treated, as I never was, like toys a rich kid got for Christmas."

I just hope Kurt was wrong! I believe that the world will be a better place once change the structure of "power" so that no one can have "power" for too long. Okay, who am I kidding? Kurt was right.

The 82nd Airborne used to maintain a ready brigade that was on standby 24/7. The current deployments have forced the 82nd to begin transferring responsibility as the Army's only short-notice "division ready brigade" to the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Ky.

So much for the republicans being better for the military.

and boy let me tell you--- we were always prepared.

There was this guy, see, and he had this haberdasher shop, see, and he wasn't a good businessman, see, and this local crimelord/political leader, see, he made him a judge, see, and then had him run for higher office, see, and then see, he became a US senator.

Now, some of the democratic party was in bed with contractors, biznizmen, and they were ripping off the troops during the war, see, and it was a global war. So, the president appointed this senator, see, to investigate fraud and crime in weapons and supplies procurement. His name was Harry Truman.

If the GOP wants to survive, they need a Truman of their own. Chuck Hagel is about as close as anyone comes, except that the crime family which runs and ruins our country would never even think of fixing the problem they created by design.

The GOP is dead meat. The President is dead meat on Iraq. The Democrats are dead meat, however, if they FAIL TO STAND UP to this criminal enterprise.

is that the sacrifice of your (paratrooper) brothers, and the sacrifice of my (much younger) brother Marines, is a WASTE.

If they had died defending our country, we would mourn them, but we'd also feel their sacrifice was for all of us. Their deaths accomplished nothing, and will accomplish nothing.

Precious lives wasted.

RIP. :cry: :patriot:

My head is going to explode I can't take any more of this senseless death and destruction.

Why the fuck are the democrats not INSISTING ON IMMEDIATE REDEPLOYMENT RIGHT NOW???

of Presidential success--so they troops must adapt to achieve *'s personal and family legacy.

It won't be soon forgotten or recovered from.