Never Forget -- John Kerry on the War Dead [View All]

[beachmom]

Today John Kerry posted a DailyKos diary about the Iraq War funding vote (he voted no). There are now well over 700 comments on the diary, a lot of it very angry, even aiming vitriol at Senator Kerry himself. Senator Kerry took the time to respond to some of the angry posts with some thoughtful answers related to strategy, what has happened, and what needs to happen going forward. But apart from the politics, he left another comment later in the day (like a whisper) which got to the heart of the matter -- fallen soldiers. Take a look at this poignant exchange between someone who had lost friends to the Iraq War and Kerry's response. I think this moment captures best what this debate is really about:

Thank you (7+ / 0-)

The only reason that people get so upset, is that troops and innocents are dying in the time it takes to get things done. That fact just never goes away.

It's always in the back of our heads, always. If you are like me and know people who lost their lives in Iraq, and I have no doubt you do sir, then you know that the pain never goes away - and the delays in ending the war just create more dead bodies and more people with a hole in their heart, where their friends' life used to be.

Cheers, keep fighting!

by cycloptichorn on Thu May 24, 2007 at 09:19:38 AM PDT

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Never forget (14+ / 0-)

Never out of my thoughts, and never will be. It hurts like hell to go to some of the funerals I’ve been to, more and more as this war goes on. Those faces at Walter Reed never leave your thoughts either. You bet this is personal. I've seen what happens in war; I know what it's like, I’ve seen my friends wear it for the rest of their lives, and I have friends I loved who never got to grow old the way I did.. It's exactly for that reason that I fight for this.

by John Kerry on Thu May 24, 2007 at 02:12:06 PM PDT

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