4,000: Bush “Grieved” By Iraq Death Toll Milestone
R.I.P.
Not in vain.
Interesting discovery: You can remember each of U.S. service members killed in Iraq and in Afghanistan at chicagotribune.com/soldiers. Find pictures and memorials, search by name, state, military branch, date and home base.
Salute to Chicago Tribune.
President Bush is “grieved by the moment” as the U.S. military death toll in Iraq surpassed 4,000, his spokeswoman said today.
“He obviously is grieved by the moment, but he mourns the loss of every single life, from the very first that was lost in this conflict, to the ones that are lost today,” White House press secretary Dana Perino told reporters this morning.
Bush “bears the responsibility for the decisions that he made, and he also bears the responsibility to continue to focus on succeeding. And one of the things that he hears from families of the fallen is that they want him to lead the country to complete the mission.”
A fatal Baghdad roadside bombing which claimed the lives of four soldiers pushed the Iraq War death total above 4,000 as the war enters its sixth year, the Associated Press reported.
Tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians — more than 80,000 by one widely quoted estimate — have also been killed since 2003. 2007 ended as the deadliest year for U.S. troops, with 901 deaths, according to an AP estimate.
Calling the 4,000-death threshold a “sober moment,” Perino said that the president is “constantly concerned” about the well-being of surviving families, and “he wants them to know that their sacrifice will not be in vain.”
Later today, Bush is to participate in a secure video conference with Gen. David H. Petraeus and Ryan Crocker, the U.S. Ambassador in Iraq, ahead of their report to Congress next month on conditions in Iraq. Perino said it was “not unlikely” that the president would endorse a “pause” in troop withdrawals, but that a final decision has not been made.
(The Swamp)
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Thanks for the link … Found our Ben Dillon (Army Ranger) on there.
G-d Bless them all … especially yesterday’s MSM “stigmatized and exploited” four.
March 24th, 2008 at 10:42 amRIP to all and thanks
March 24th, 2008 at 10:44 am