posted September 25, 2007 10:38 AM              

Oconee Soldier Killed Day After Son Was Born
Officials: Soldier Killed By Bomb

POSTED: 2:32 pm EDT September 24, 2007
UPDATED: 10:08 am EDT September 25, 2007
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FORT RILEY, Kan. -- The Defense Department has confirmed the death of a soldier in Iraq one day after his wife gave birth to their first child, a son.

Spc. Joshua Reeves died Saturday when an improvised bomb exploded as the Humvee he was in traveled a street in Baghdad.

His wife, Leslie Reeves, had returned to Hendersonville, Tn., to be with her parents while she had the baby. She gave birth on Friday and named her son Joshua Jackson Reeves. Both mother and child are doing fine, according to friends of the family.

“A tremendous joy came into the family and then all of a sudden we got the sad news,” said family friend Lynn Joyner. “No family would love to have a baby born and then have the father or the mother taken away from them. We don't know why.”
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The soldier's parents also were told on Saturday of the death of the oldest of their five children. James and Jean Reeves live in Watkinsville, Georgia, about 60 miles east of Atlanta.

The family says Joshua Reeves was scheduled to come home on two weeks' leave in November.

He was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, based at Fort Riley, Kan.

Reeves’ father also served in the Army.

Sunday, James Reeves wrote a letter to President Bush. "Please do not let anyone leave Baghdad until the mission is complete,” the letter said. “The lives of our young men will be wasted. Please do not let this be another Vietnam."

posted September 25, 2007 01:03 PM            

US military losses in Iraq and Afghanistan have been light...in a historical context of war.

For instance:

The US and it's allies lost more than 50,000 killed in action...in 2 days of fighting taking the beaches of Normandy...in World War 2...for those who are clueless.

There will always be a heart wrenching story to be found and those who have sacrificed and lost family members and friends in war.

posted September 25, 2007 01:03 PM            

US military losses in Iraq and Afghanistan have been light...in a historical context of war.

For instance:

The US and it's allies lost more than 50,000 killed in action...in 2 days of fighting taking the beaches of Normandy...in World War 2...for those who are clueless.

There will always be a heart wrenching story to be found and those who have sacrificed and lost family members and friends in war.

The truth is that US military personnel are safer...statistically....in Iraq, as are Iraqi civilians than they would be in Washington DC where the murder rate per 1000 population exceeds that of Iraq...per 1000 of population.

posted September 26, 2007 03:29 PM            

"Over 425,000 Allied and German troops were killed, wounded or went missing during the Battle of Normandy. This figure includes over 209,000 Allied casualties, with nearly 37,000 dead amongst the ground forces and a further 16,714 deaths amongst the Allied air forces. Of the Allied casualties, 83,045 were from 21st Army Group (British, Canadian and Polish ground forces), 125,847 from the US ground forces."
http://www.ddaymuseum.co.uk/faq.htm

Freedom is worth fighting for and if necessary, dying for...Jay. Not for leftists however; leftists raise the white flag of surrender whenever they hear the word Boo. Leftists make the best little slaves in the world.

posted September 26, 2007 05:31 PM              

You don't fight for peace. You peace for peace.

posted September 26, 2007 05:53 PM              

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And OMGJay, I am not sure what language you posted above, but it would be sensible talking in English, so that we all understand, and I would only be guessing those are not decent words either.

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I agree with SM. If you aren't brave enough to write it so the other person understands, what is the point of trying to disguise it?

posted September 26, 2007 09:50 PM              

Jwhop's my best friend.

posted September 27, 2007 12:49 PM            

For instance, SMP..small brained primate challenged my facts..then had not a word to say when I posted the facts and the source.

Notice, SBP challenge, then when rebutted they have nothing to say...except insults.

posted September 27, 2007 01:24 PM            

War is war, no matter when or where. There will be killed and wounded in action.

There has been a lot of attention paid to American war casualties in Iraq, including deaths.

My point was that casualties are light for American military personnel in Iraq, very light for 5 years of conflict.

Casualties on the other side however are quite heavy since every time terrorists come out from among the civilian population to engage US forces, they get their sorry as$es shot off...increasingly so.

Let's remember, these terrorists...that includes all the Sunni, Shite and Iranian groups who intentionally target civilians and carry out attacks against them...are actually fighting AGAINST the duly and freely elected government of Iraq. These are not freedom fighters, they're terrorists pure and simple.

The people of Iraq made their choices...for representative government and voted in the face of threats against their lives while doing so. They are due both our respect and our protection while that government works out some of the thorny issues caused by 30 years of despotic murderous rule by the butcher Saddam Hussein.

BTW, Saddam was a great fan of Hitlers..as well as Hitler's ideological twin, Stalin.

posted September 27, 2007 01:33 PM              

Want proof? The library of congress has the documents