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May 28, 2008

Never Again

Guest blogger Marilyn Keenan writes:

The whole matter of Iraq grieves me -- from how we went there, to how we've conducted ourselves there, to the repeated tours, to how our service men and women have been treated upon their return, especially those with injuries and health issues.

I fly in and out of Baltimore/Washington International Airport all the time. And it is always full of our service people in uniform flying out to or in from Iraq. I look at those young faces and just choke up every time. Most of them really do look like kids. One night very late I went to the Starbuck's to get coffee for the drive home while Steve waited for luggage. There were six young women in uniform with Air Force name badges waiting for coffees. I asked them if they were going to Iraq and when they said yes, (as MPs), I broke up.

One said to me, "Don't do that. It doesn't help." I bought all their coffees, gave them hugs and wished them Godspeed. Oh, God, are they brave. We really must always honor them. And, like you, I still believe that the best way to honor them is to never, ever send them into harm's way unless it is absolutely necessary.

Yes, Charlie, I do hope the media and all of us will honor these young people in every way we can, including getting them home safely as fast as we can.

Posted by Charles Warner at May 28, 2008 05:49 PM

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