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Son of professor opposed to war is killed in Iraq
The Boston Globe ^ | 15 May 07 | Brian MacQuarrie

Posted on 05/15/2007 4:33:52 AM PDT by leadpenny

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According to Wikipedia, Bacevich Sr. is a retired Army Colonel.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Bacevich

1 posted on 05/15/2007 4:33:53 AM PDT by leadpenny
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To: leadpenny

Very sad. My condolences.


2 posted on 05/15/2007 4:43:21 AM PDT by Zhang Fei
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Katy Bacevich, 22, one of the soldier's three sisters, recalled her brother as a born leader who answered a calling to serve his country. Andrew Bacevich joined the Army in July 2004 and had been stationed in Iraq since October with the Third Brigade Combat Team, First Cavalry Division.

"He felt it was an important thing to do, regardless of the war that was going on," she said. Despite her father's strong feelings about the conflict, Katy Bacevich said, "he never would discourage my brother from doing what he wanted to do."

3 posted on 05/15/2007 4:44:10 AM PDT by dawn53
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Prayers for First Lieutenant Andrew J. Bacevich & his family ~P~


4 posted on 05/15/2007 4:57:58 AM PDT by pandoraou812 ( zero tolerance to the will of Allah ...... dilligaf? with an efg.....)
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To: leadpenny

A prayer for the soldier and his father, family and friends.


5 posted on 05/15/2007 5:06:18 AM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: leadpenny

Another American hero. All those guys, the ones who die, the ones who get wounded, the ones who come home unscathed. They’re all true heroes.


6 posted on 05/15/2007 5:07:00 AM PDT by samtheman
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To: leadpenny
RIP

7 posted on 05/15/2007 5:08:56 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: leadpenny

Sad. Prayers for the family.


8 posted on 05/15/2007 5:11:06 AM PDT by USArmySpouse
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My prayers to Andy Bacevich and his family. I think to call him “anti-war” by the Globe is a smear. He disagrees with policy and how GWOT is being fought, but to say that he is an ‘anti-war peacenik’ as the Globe regularly uses the term to celebrate those who would rather surrender to any enemy of this nation (whom the Globe see as heros) is an insult to Bacevich.


9 posted on 05/15/2007 5:12:05 AM PDT by GreyFriar ( 3rd Armored Division - Spearhead)
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"preventive wars" as "immoral, illicit, and imprudent."

Is it immoral for police to stop a man from raping more women? Is it immoral for police to stop a mass murderer who has already killed thousands?

Libs tell us we are responsible for the well-being of this small, small world. But I guess they don't believe in practicing what they preach.

10 posted on 05/15/2007 5:28:22 AM PDT by syriacus (Shock a lib today. Hand them a copy of the censorship rules imposed by Truman's govt in Jan., 1951.)
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Is it immoral for police to stop a man from raping more women? Is it immoral for police to stop a mass murderer who has already killed thousands?

So you're ready to head over to Darfur, Zimbabwe and North Korea, then? Saddam's police are gone, and the mass graves are filling at a slow trickle compared to before. Iraq is pretty well on the road to recovery, and more pressing and horrific atrocities await our intervention. Or is there more to it than simple morality?

11 posted on 05/15/2007 5:32:58 AM PDT by Steel Wolf (If every Republican is a RINO, then no Republican is a RINO.)
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Good point. We were in the same advanced course (armor) in 74-75. I knew then he was principled and brilliant.


12 posted on 05/15/2007 5:34:38 AM PDT by leadpenny
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"Or is there more to it than simple morality?"

Talk to him about National Interest.;-)

13 posted on 05/15/2007 5:41:07 AM PDT by verity (Muhammed and Harry Reid are Dirt Bags)
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To: leadpenny

Boy, the Vietnam war ruined a lot of good men.

And now many of them want to ruin another generation of kids fighting for their country the same way.


14 posted on 05/15/2007 5:46:48 AM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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Vietnam made me smarter and wiser. What did it do for you?


15 posted on 05/15/2007 5:54:23 AM PDT by leadpenny
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To: dawn53

And a media star is born. look for the Senior to be on an endless round of TV shows and newspaper interviews ala the “Jersey Girls”.


16 posted on 05/15/2007 5:56:17 AM PDT by Kozak (Anti Shahada: " There is no God named Allah, and Muhammed is his False Prophet")
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To: ChenangoShooter.308; Kozak

I defend your right to make stupid and insensitive remarks, but neither of you are worthy of shining the Colonel’s boots.


18 posted on 05/15/2007 6:05:12 AM PDT by leadpenny
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We could only wish it made everybody smarter and wiser.


19 posted on 05/15/2007 6:24:33 AM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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Vietnam made me smarter and wiser. What did it do for you?

It made me angry, cynical and suspicious--angry at leaders who won't fight for all out, overwhelming victory, cynical about their strategy, and suspicious about their motives. Vietnam could have been won simply by invasion and liberation of the North and occupation of Hanoi; Iraq can be won by employing an overwhelming force to smother opposition (it should have been the goal at the outset). Limited warfare did not work in Vietnam and will not work in Iraq.

20 posted on 05/15/2007 7:23:09 AM PDT by meandog (McCain or Thompson, and 2nd Amendment rights...)
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