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A prayer for our troops overseas, and their families!
1 posted on 02/03/2003 12:26:33 PM PST by TYBEEISLAND
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To: TYBEEISLAND
I have been thinking a lot about this very topic. Well put.
2 posted on 02/03/2003 12:31:26 PM PST by Britton J Wingfield
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To: TYBEEISLAND
"Chief Warrant Officer Mark S. O'Steen, 43, of Alabama; Chief Warrant Officer Thomas J. Gibbons, 31, of Tennessee; Sgt. Gregory M. Frampton, 37, of California; and Staff Sgt. Daniel L. Kisling Jr., 31, of Missouri."

Our prayers are with you. You have the eternal thanks of a greatful nation.
3 posted on 02/03/2003 12:34:02 PM PST by Bahbah (Pray for our Troops)
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To: TYBEEISLAND
Interesting from this source. Seems the Washington Post and the Wall St. Journal are becoming America's newspapers.
4 posted on 02/03/2003 12:34:44 PM PST by OldFriend (SUPPORT PRESIDENT BUSH)
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To: TYBEEISLAND
Thank you so much for posting this. I wish more in the media would keep things in perspective. While I, too, mourn the loss of the shuttle crew it is nonetheless unsettling that our many soldiers don't even seem to merit a mention in the bottom-of-the-screen news tickers.
5 posted on 02/03/2003 12:35:10 PM PST by Lil'freeper (I amar prestar aen)
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To: TYBEEISLAND
Interesting - I didn't know the WP was allowing us to post full articles again....
6 posted on 02/03/2003 12:37:03 PM PST by TomServo
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To: TYBEEISLAND
Beyond their units and their families, their deaths attracted little notice -- a paragraph or two in some newspapers, not even that in others.

While I understand your point, I have to note that these soldiers died in an accident of the sort that happens a lot -- many times a year -- whereas Columbia's crew died very publicly, very spectacularly, and very unexpectedly.

The soldiers' deaths are a tragedy, certainly, but let's be clear that, unlike those of the astronauts, their deaths were not particularly newsworthy.

7 posted on 02/03/2003 12:47:23 PM PST by r9etb
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