From: "Geo." 

"Gene McAloon"  wrote in message
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> That said, I cringe at any attitude that puts the sentiments of parents
> as paramount when talking about soldiers and casualties. I care about
> the soldiers, at least up to a point, and not a fig about the attitudes
> of their parents. The last thing I would do is describe the casualties
> in Iraq or Afghanistan, not as soldiers, but as someone's children.

And that's fine from the Army's point of view. But from the point of view
of the president making the decision to put these soldiers in harms way, he
better damn well think of them as someone's children, someone who votes.

Geo.

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