Posted on 03/28/2003 10:30:49 PM PST by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
Edited on 04/29/2004 2:02:18 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
The Iraqis also handed over the personal effects of at least one of the Marines, including photographs and some mail, Dyer said.
ME too...reminded me that we are liberating "God Fearing" people...and not all Iraqis are heathens...
All your comments brought out the humanity of this situation, in the midst of death. Yes, I feel good that these men died for some people who cared. It has been easy these last few days to forget the humanity of these Iraqis.
Prayers lifted up for these men and their families. I hope some of these stories make it home. There might be some comfort in them.
That's very true, and as an American I feel a bit guilty over what happened after Desert Storm, when they celebrated and tried to rise up against Saddam and most were executed. I hope the ones that remember can forgive us, and I hope that those still afraid of being tortured or executed if they help us will come around and start trusting us.
Very true, but they could have turned them over to the secret police and then we probably would not be able recover the bodies and personal effects, and they would be used in some kind of propaganda.
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