From Iraq-Nam of DailyKos

[fabucat]

ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONFLICTS of my daily life is my view of our troops in Iraq.

Often I meet them only in death. And often (after, for instance, seeing pictures of a little brother with his eyes downcast in unbearable confusion at a funeral , or when reading about a farm worker family the slain soldier was desperate to support) I weep.

But in the

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[fabucat]

those aren't my words and i didn't want to edit that paragraph out...in retrospect i probably should have. all in all still the good outweights the bad in this article.

[soldiergrrrl]

It's okay. I know those aren't your words.

It's been a bad day for the Catamount family, myself included, so I'm more sensitive than usual.

Please forgive me.

[fabucat]

oh no. i'm sorry! :(

[soldiergrrrl]

Thank you, very much.

Sadly, this is the price of doing business.

It's a high price, but one we know must be paid. Just keep the families of the fallen soldiers in your prayers, please. One leaves behind my husband as friend, as well as a wife and three children.