Posted on 06/15/2006 8:52:54 AM PDT by SE Mom
This morning's newspaper informs us that we have lost 2,493 of our best and bravest young men and women serving this United States in Iraq. I asked a member of my staff to check when we lost 2,000 soldiers, and the date was October 25 of last year. It appears that in a very short period of time, we will pass the 2,500 mark. At the time that we recorded the 2,000th military death in Iraq, I asked, along with other Senators, for a moment of silence on the floor of the U.S. Senate to acknowledge their great contribution to our country and in respect for their memory. When the time comes that 2,500 have given their lives, I will make that same unanimous consent request. Since there are no Republican Senators on the floor at this moment, I won't make it at this time, but I want the majority to know that I think, on a bipartisan basis, Senators from both parties should come to the floor when we have recorded the 2,500th death in Iraq and observe a moment of silence in memory of our fallen warriors and in prayer for their families whose lives will never be the same because of their loss.
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These Dem weasels do have quite a pedigree, don't they. From Adlai and Alger to Turban and Schumer.
Thank you so much- clearly you're a better researcher than me:) LOL!
Admin Mod- is it possible to change the link URL to this? It has been updated and the original link I posted is no longer available. Thanks!
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?r109:1:./temp/~r109ZP5noY:e24639:
I was just lucky. I happened to make a note of the page, thank heaven, or it would have taken some time to find it again. I did note that the format had changed from when I first went there this morning.
Is this the same Dick Durbin who said our soldiers were like Nazis and gulag guards?
The very one...
Evil.
Grandstanding on the graves of our fallen heroes.
NOTHING is too low for soulless dick dirtbin.
450 raids by U.S. troops since we got zarq.
Precious little celebration, though. I would like to know who the pilots were or at least the name of their squadron.
Good... old... Alger. The commie bustard that saddled us with the UN as we know it today. Oh, I know someone else would have done it if not him, but he still sux
The Turbanator strikes again.
He's worse than the welfare queen? Worse than Paul Simon? Wow.
"Is this the same Dick Durbin who said our soldiers were like Nazis and gulag guards?"
Big 10/4 on that...
Yes, worse. The worst.
There were many many Americans in opposition with going to war with Germany. Foremost was Charles Lindburgh who likened it with all the other wars between the various European countries. FDR never foregave him and in fact would not allow him into the armed services. He did see combat in the Pacific working for the maker of the Mustang, (Ford?) as an observer. It didn't take long for him to be more than an observer and into the heat of battle.
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