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Remember the victories of America’s soldiers

Posted 27 May 2007 in Iraq, military, patriotism, terrorism, victory, war

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Instead of focusing on all the doom and gloom body counts which you’ll no doubt be hearing in the mainstream media this weekend, Day by Day cartoonist Chris Muir brings up some very important facts to ponder this Memorial Day.

And Captain Ed provides some much-needed perspective on tomorrow’s rembrance:

[T]he real story is much broader than how many American soldiers died in the line of duty over the past year (980). Those increased deaths come from a much more aggressive, and successful, strategy of clearing and holding neighborhoods in order to drive out terrorists and insurgents. We hear nothing about the deaths of these insurgents and terrorists. …[A] conservative estimate of captured terrorists is over 1,500 in the same time period, and the number of terrorist dead is several times that.
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Body counts tell us nothing. The mission is what we should debate. The deaths over the last year amount to about two-thirds of the losses in the Kasserine Pass, our first engagement against the Wehrmacht in WWII. Fifteen hundred dead American soldiers in North Africa did not make the mission worthless there, and 980 deaths do not discredit this mission, either. If we want to defeat terrorists in the Middle East and see a strong, secure, and independent Iraq as a vital part of that mission, then we need to commit ourselves to that mission while trying to minimize American deaths to the best extent possible.

Every American death is a tragedy for their families, and of course we mourn them. Memorial Day exists for that purpose. However, it also honors their commitment to freedom, liberty, and our nation’s security.

Posted by FullMetalPatriot
12th gen. American, Constitutionalist, Harley-riding Texan, gun owner & NRA member, blogger, illustrator, Florida Gator alumnus. #TCOT

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