Photos: top to bottom: Spec. Justin D. Ross, Pfc. Michael C. Mahr, Staff Sgt. Joshua S. Gire and family, Staff Sgt. Mecolus McDaniel, Cpl. Donald R. Mickler, Jr., and Master Sgt. Jamal H. Bowers
Below the story on page A9 in the April 8, 2011 edition of the Washington Post about Defense Secretary Robert Gates making a "valedictory" tour of Iraq where 4,446 American troops and 1,421,933 Iraqis have died, where 33,007 American troops have suffered injuries, and the U.S. price tag of $704 billion (February, 2010) leaps daily to assuage George Bush and friends' "giddy up" mentality now left to Bush taking out his aggression sweeping the bush and brush in Texas, are the latest names of troops who have died in the war in Afghanistan, the next big frontal assault where residents cry out "Leave us alone, Americans! Go home!"
Wherefore they go, Pakistan?
Why do we continue to wage war in a foreign territory not our own, when we cannot take care of our own within our own shores?
Bow your head in shame and praise the dead who gave up their lives for senseless games:
Lance Cpl. Christopher S. Meis, 20, Bennett, CO
Master Sgt. Jamal H. Bowers, 41, Raleigh, N.C.
Pfc. Rudy A. Acosta, 19, Canyon Country, CA
Cpl. Donald R. Mickler Jr., 29, Bucyrus, OH
Staff Sgt. Mecolus McDaniel, 33, Fort Hood, TX
Staff Sgt. James M. Malachowski, 25, Westminster, MD
Petty Officer 1st Class Vincent A. Filpi III, 41, Fort Walton Beach, FL
Staff Sgt. Joshua S. Gire, 28, Chillicothe, OH
Pfc. Michael C. Mahr, 26, Homosassa, FL
Spec. Justin D. Ross, 22, Green Bay, WI
