Cherokee Sage Woman

While the White House beats the drum saying, 'We're winning! We're winning!'.. more mothers & fathers here at home are burying their babies. More & more stories on the evening news highlighting 'Fallen Heroes'. Telling us of their plans that will never come to fruition. Showing us pictures of their sweethearts, their children, & their war ribbons. Worked in on the TV screen between commercials for a foot fungus product & a feminine odor control agent.. we get this 60 second spot for one of Bush's 'collateral losses'. The buffoon won't even call it a death/killing/murder.. it's just 'loss'.. now don't that feel better little momma?
I watched a documentary on WWII recently & one of the old soldiers, now near death, states, 'When we have tasted a period of peace, why don't we try harder to keep it?' Indeed.. why don't we? Instead, here in the land of the free/home of the brave.. if you even utter the word 'Peace' these days, you are considered a bleeding heart non-patriotic satan-worshiping no-family-value gay-marrying abortion-seeking pitiful-Democrat. And we have sat back, not wanting to hurt feelings, & allowed this travesty to happen.
Even as Bush holds media-friendly pre-selected-audience 'chats' & offers the camera his best smirky grin & speaks the trash of 'staying the course..' And selling the tale of 'fighting terrorism', when he will go down in history as the worst terorist of modern times. Meanwhile, we bury our children, our brothers & sisters, our nephews & nieces. We only hope to welcome home the rest of our soldiers who will be bearing the mental anguish of this ridiculous war for the rest of their lives. Homes will be broken, suicides will happen, & post trumatic syndrome will wipe out another generation. I've lived thru it w/ VietNam.. and realize that history recycles when not heeded.
Here's todays 'news' which will probably hold the nat'l attn for all of about 5 minutes. The paratheses comments are my own.
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Rebel Offensive Kills 48 US Soldiers in 12 Days
By Robert H. Reid
The Associated Press

Thursday 04 August 2005

The US military said Thursday that four more American service members died in Iraq, including a Marine killed in the Euphrates River valley where 14 Marines lost their lives in the worst roadside bombing targeting American forces in the Iraq war.

In Crawford, Texas, President Bush dismissed the threat, saying, "We will stay on the offense against these people. They're terrorists and they're killers and they will kill innocent people ... so they can impose their dark vision on the world."

Bush added: "The comments of the No. 2 man of al-Qaida make it clear that Iraq is part of this war on terror, and we're at war."
*(Again, the man will stop at nothing to blame 9-11 on Iraq. None of his Saudi buddies will EVER be blamed. Even tho 15 of them were involved that fateful day)

Three US soldiers were killed Wednesday night in a roadside bombing in Baghdad, the military said. The statement identified them only as members of the Army's Task Force Baghdad, but Georgian officials said they were assigned to the 48th Brigade of the Georgia National Guard. The 48th has lost 11 soldiers since arriving in Iraq in May.

At least 1,825 members of the US military have died since the Iraq war started in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. Bombs in vehicles or planted alongside roads account for up to 80 percent of US deaths in Iraq, military spokesman Lt. Col. Steven Boylan said.

The death brought to at least 24 the number of Marines killed over the last week in the Euphrates Valley in one of the bloodiest periods for US forces in months. In all, at least 48 American service members have died in Iraq since July 24 - all but two in combat.

Delaware Sen. Joseph Biden, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, called the Iraq campaign a tough situation "that's going to get tougher before it gets easier."

"The truth of the matter is that we've made some pretty significant miscalculations in term of policy from the outset, and we leave these Marines in a very, very tough spot," Biden said Thursday on CBS's "The Early Show."

Seeking to reassure the public, Iraq's prime minister announced a new plan for combating insurgents, declaring "we are in a state of war."

Violence is on the rise in Iraq despite plans by Bush to begin withdrawing American forces next year and gradually hand over security to the Iraqis.
*(This withdrawal was leaked by the UK memo, so it's old news & stole Rummy's thunder.
They only plan on 'withdrawing' as far as Kuwait. Johnny is NOT coming home.)

A Marine officer, speaking on condition of anonymity for security reasons, said the troops were traveling in an armored amphibious vehicle to assault insurgent positions near the Haditha dam when a thunderous blast flipped the vehicle over and set it afire.

The Marines killed Wednesday were assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines based in the Cleveland suburb of Brook Park, Ohio, and attached to the Regimental Combat Team-2. Nine of them were from a single smaller unit in Columbus, Ohio.

Bush called the attack a "grim reminder" that America is still at war. US leaders have been hoping that political progress toward a constitution and broadly elected government will dampen an intransigent insurgency.
*(Thank you for that 'grim reminder' Bubba. But I guarantee you that we are reminded of your ilk & unjustified war everytime we see the smirk of your face. That look that says, 'at least Jenna & Babs are safe' Yeah, that one.. I have no idea how you sleep at night Dubyah. I hope the 1830 innocent souls of soldiers & the 25,000 Iraqi civilians circle your bed & head, until it finally sinks thru to you. Peace on Earth!)