This Week: In Memoriam
This Week with George Stephanopoulos marks the passings of civil rights attorney and politician Percy Sutton, actress Brittany Murphy, savant and inspiration for the movie Rain Man, Kim Peek and sportscaster George Michael. In addition, the Pentagon released the names of three servicemembers killed in Afghanistan.
Marine Pfc Serge Kropov, 21, of Hawley, PA
Army SGT Albert D Ware, 27, of Chicago, IL
Marine LCpl Omar G Roebuck, 23, of Moreno Valley, CA
According to iCasualties, the total number of allied servicemembers killed in Iraq is 4,689; in Afghanistan, 1,553. During this same week, Iraq Body Count lists 48 Iraqi civilians killed. For the entire year, estimates place civilian deaths in Iraq at approximately 3,000, Afghanistan at almost 2,500, and most disturbingly, approximately 4,000 in Pakistan.
omg
are these 21, 27, 23 year old warriors Martyrs? Where the hell are the 30, 40, and 50 year old Martyrs? I'm sure the government will make reparations to the families.
Do the 30, 40, and 50 year olds know something the 20 year olds don't know?
Our greatest efforts must be to put out the fire of war. As President Obama has declared, war is occasionally necessary. Be that as it may, war is certainly not the path to peace. The only path to peace is through peaceful means. War must not hinder that process.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
Another Canadian, Lt Andrew Richard Nuttall (1st Battalion PPCLI) of Victoria, was killed in Afghanistan on December 23rd.
Rest in peace. My condolences to his family.
Over 6 thousand soldiers and 10 thousand civilians...........the world has truly gone mad! I've noticed that this particular thread of "In Memoriam" always has fewer comments than any other. Wonder why tht is? I guess most would rather talk about Beck or Palin, or a host of other do nothings, than to acknowledge what is really going on in the world. I feel so sorry and so helpless for the families of all of those who have died in a war started on LIES.....and it continues to this very day. That's not any change I can see.
What a sad world we live in.
Another passing this week, 91-year-old Harold Garland, a Canadian POW involved in The Great Escape during the Second World War:
http://www.canada.com/news/Harold+Garland+Can...
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