From: "Webster, Christine Kaye" <WEBSTECK@uwec.edu> Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 09:28:41 -0500 Subject: RE: Act today -- 5,000 casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan Message-ID: <E3F0E607B3CF71418CE725F002B5F6047A5279177B@CHERRYPEPSI.uwec.edu>
Yes, n how many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died?
"blowin in the wind" Bob Dylan
My daughter and her 8-year-old friend and I stopped at The High Ground, Nei
llsville, on Sunday. It took my daughter a few minutes to understand that t
his was a place set aside to remember the dead. When this finally sunk in,
she thumped down on a bench with her shoulders hunched forward and remained
silent. Still, there's no way for her to comprehend the enormity of the lo
sses of human life.
Have we learned nothing?
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du] On Behalf Of Pope, Karen O.
Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 9:16 AM
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Subject: FW: Act today -- 5,000 casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan
This sad milestone acknowledged.
Karen
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From: Laurie Creasy, American Friends Service Committee [From: Laurie Creasy, American Friends Service Committee [actioncenter@afsc.
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Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 1:30 PM
To: Pope, Karen O.
Subject: Act today -- 5,000 casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan
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Dear Karen,
We reached 5,000 on Monday afternoon - 5,000 U.S. troops killed in wars in
Iraq and Afghanistan.
Lately Iraq seems like the war time forgot. People have moved on. Most ma
jor media outlets no longer have staff there.
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reality of life and death in a war zone continues. In fact, May was the bl
oodiest month for U.S. soldiers in Iraq since last September.
And now there's Afghanistan. U.S. troops are to be completely withdrawn fr
om Iraq over the next three years. Many could be redeployed to Afghanistan.
The G.I. and civilian deaths will increase there, too.
5,000.
That's the human cost of both wars for the United States. The human cost fo
r Iraq and Afghanistan is much greater. It's a cost that's too high emotion
ally for friends, for families, and for all three nations as a whole.
We want our troops home now. We need timely plans for complete withdrawal
in both countries.
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