A grim anniversary (the tragedy of Lima Company)

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You have to wonder how George Bush can lay his head on a pillow every night and sleep like a baby. May he, Rummy, Cheney, Rove and that whole band of warmongering sociopaths rot in hell!

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060803/NEWS01/608030366

A grim anniversary
Local Marines were killed in Iraq a year ago today
BY CLIFF RADEL | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER

Tears and laughter will echo through the rooms of a farmhouse near Hillsboro today.

Parents united in grief will gather in this rural spot in Highland County to celebrate the lives of the sons they lost a year ago in Iraq.

They are the mothers and fathers of Lima Company and they share a bond that's strong, special and sad.

Ohio-based and staffed, Lima Company is a 184-member Marine Reserve unit with a tragic distinction. During the company's seven-month tour of duty in Iraq, Lima sustained more casualties - 23 dead, 59 Purple Hearts awarded - than any other band of soldiers fighting in that far-off land.

Eleven of those deaths came on one day, Aug. 3, 2005....
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RIP, Marines. I'm sorry we failed you. Sorry we couldn't stop this madness and bring you home safe to your families.

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Any words that I might have had have long ago deserted me.

May they rest in peace.