I Picked Up The Paper This Morning And Recognized A Guy Killed In Iraq

[THUNDER HANDS]

The Coast Guard officer who was killed protecting the oil terminal.

Wow.

I never thought I'd actually end up knowing someone who died in this war. I didn't even know he was in the coast guard.

You see the numbers and you hear and read the stories about those killed and wounded. But it never seems like real life until you know someone personally.

He was 24. A year younger than me.

:(
:scared:

[benburch]

1. Damn.

I didn't think the Coasties were still over there.

:-(

[Mari333]

2. Its real life allright

I know that for a fact.

[skooooo]

3. Protecting oil wells, instead of our coasts...

..makes a lot of sense, huh?

[Mari333]

5. The Bush admin doesnt care who they send

all they want is warm bodies..they dont care
they would send the boy scouts if they could get away with it.
Im serious.
http://www.bringthemhomenow.com

[bloom]

9. That's a heck of a way to fight terrorism....

I would have thought OUR coast guard would be protecting OUR coast, also. He may have believed that, as well. It's very sad.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

4. 1st Coast Guard casualty since Vietnam

for yet another historic parallel.

[maggrwaggr]

6. my local paper (LA Times) had four guys yesterday in obituaries

killed in Iraq. I just happened to be thumbing through it while on a job and there they were. Four!

[democratreformed]

7. So sorry

I expect it will begin to hit home around where I live pretty soon since we just sent a large group over there last month.

[GreenPartyVoter]

8. So sorry to hear this