Posted on 12/08/2006 6:07:04 AM PST by areafiftyone
The brother of a hero New York soldier killed in Iraq on the same day a blue-ribbon commission recommended bringing U.S. troops home said yesterday that pulling out would send the wrong message to the world.
"To me, it makes no sense . . . If you get out now, it would be telling the whole world you left and didn't succeed in anything," Ivan Ryndych, 20, said of the talk in Washington about what to do about the Iraq situation.
"If you do pull out, and give me a stupid reason, what kind of government are we?" he asked in front of his family's immaculately kept home on a cul-de-sac in Staten Island's Willowbrook section.
Last night, candles were lit there in honor of his brother, Sgt. Yevgeniy Ryndych, 24.
Yesterday, an engagement ring Ryndych had bought over the Internet for his fiancée arrived by FedEx. He was due home on leave next month.
Sgt. Ryndych was on patrol with his unit in Ramadi - an especially dangerous area for U.S. soldiers - when he was fatally injured by an improvised explosive device.
He was among 11 U.S. soldiers who gave their lives Wednesday, the same day the bipartisan Iraq Study Group recommended that the government commit to removing combat troops in early 2008, and boost efforts to train Iraqi forces.
On Staten Island, Ivan Ryndych said he was not sure a pullout would mean for troops risking their lives in Iraq. "If they do pull out, it will save soldiers," he said. "But then, if you take out soldiers, you have to admit you were wrong."
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So very sorry for this loss.
It strikes me that all of a sudden the entire middle east soooooo interconnected. Didn't seem to be so with all the hub-bub before "no proof Saddam had anything to do with 9/11". What a bunch of hot-dogs---of the highest order these guys are; and ball-less at that.
May this young man rest in peace. Prayers for the family.
May God keep Sgt. Yevgeniy Ryndych in His everlasting peace.
In another article regarding this case the reporters insinuated that the brother was angry and didn't support the war. They wrote of how his eyes flashed with anger. Typical bias.
Prayers for this young man and his family.
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