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Comment by TexasDocMom on July 22, 2009 at 11:48am
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I think Obama is working as fast as he can on it...it's a big job, and we only know what is going on in front of the cameras, not what is happening behind the scenes. Pulling that huge deployment of US troops out is a fragile thing, they are at their most vulnerable it seems to me when that's happening. The young Marine killed was in an area where it had been peaceful. I know Matt's unit replaced 3 units of the same size when they went last year because that little town had been abandoned, cleared out and then the people came back to their homes to live peacefully. It's just not a 6 month process.
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Link to Marine story
They're both dangerous. This area where this young Marine was killed was in the general area where my son was, it says in this article it is firing up again after some relative peace.
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Central Texas has lost two today. One a young Marine in the Anbar Province of Iraq and another was a brain injury victimfrom Afghanistan, 3 years ago, found dead in the parking lot at the hospital yesterday in San Antonio.
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Comment by Debby on July 21, 2009 at 10:22pm
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Karen if any good comes out of this it will be that anyone going at this point will be far more educated on this kind of thing.. I still can't believe he walked off the base, and again we do not know what was behind that... who knows maybe they told him a buddy was hurt?? I hope he comes home safe.. because a stupid mistake doesnt deserve the possible outcomes...
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Ladies, this young soldier strikes me as inexperienced. I don't know that much about him, but I do know that our sailors are now vets, and they wouldn't do such a thing as walk out of the wire without their vests, gun, patrol and certainly without permission. They wouldn't risk themselves or the others needed to rescue them.
Don't raise your worry level, it's quite high enough. Just keep positive for this soldier and the people working to get him back.
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Inga I cried all the way through it...
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If it was my son I'd beat him when he got home for scaring me so bad.. I dont get what he was thinking either... When he's safe we'll find out what happened...
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Debby, I know, I was saying today to someone, who would know that Iraq was every going to be the safer of two evils? and that soldier, I know he's so frightened. And the military searching for him , please keep them safe, don't let another mom lose a son because of this young soldier showing such poor judgement, and trusting so easily the people he was going to go see. It's a mess. I want to know he's rescued with no one harmed on the US side.
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Ok catching up a bit... on our Bowe in Afganistan.... I sit here in self pity some nights because of my boys going in and out on deployment.. but at least I can go to bed tonight knowing that my Army son is safe in Iraq.. and who'd a thought that I would say those words "safe in Iraq" I feel selfish ... my worst nightmare has come true for another mom and all I could think about was myself at some level... i wish I could be there with her.. to hug her and tell her she's not alone.. I know we are going to get him out safe... I will keep the faith..
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