Monday, March 24, 2008

Happy Anniversary

       This week was a big week for the war in Iraq, the 5 year anniversary of the war was celebrated with the death of our 4 thousandth soldier, who will probably remain nameless. That's the thing about making the ultimate sacrifice in war, nobody but your family and close friends will remember your name 6 months after you die. Sure maybe some day they'll put up a memorial to kind of justify the war and to honor the people who gave their all to spread democracy or to stop the spread of Communism,  that was the reason they gave me when I was  sent to Vietnam but.names on a wall are just that, they don't tell the whole story and when people visit the memorial the see names no faces or the person you were.
         Does anyone remember SGT PAUL RAY SMITH? I didn't think but he has an anniversary  coming up soon. SGT PAUL RAY SMITH was killed at Bagdad Airport in April 2003 and was awarded the Medal of  Honor in 2005. His son accepted it from our beloved president. Quite an honor but I'm sure he would of rather have received a hug from his father instead but that the price of war, everyone pays. I wonder if Mr Bush remembers SGT PAUL RAY SMITH.


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