The real 'Saving Private Ryan': US soldier heads home after both brothers are killed in Iraq

[rodeodance]

Source: daily mail





http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/news/worldnews.html?in_page_id=1811

The real 'Saving Private Ryan': US soldier heads home after both brothers are killed in Iraq

In an echo of Hollywood blockbuster 'Saving Private Ryan', a Californian family's third son is to return home from Iraq after his two brothers were killed in action . .

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/news/worldnews.html?in_page_id=1811

[rodeodance]

1. 2nd son was killed yesterday----Wed.

The Hubbard family lost its second son, Nathan Hubbard, 21, in Iraq on Wednesday - one of the 14 U.S. soldiers killed in a Black Hawk helicopter crash.

Nathan's older brother Jared Hubbard, a marine, died in a roadside bomb explosion in Ramadi in 2004.

[babylonsister]

2. Intolerably sad. No words. nt

[Botany]

3. Blessings and prayers for their spirits, family, and friends

Nathan & Jared Hubbard :patriot:

:cry:

[closeupready]

4. Crap.

:mad: :cry:

[Highway61]

5. My prayers are with the family

I know what it is to loose a child...I can't imagine the pain of loosing two children. Dear God how horrible.
The anger I have at the "Master's of War" is just indescribable.:cry:

[lovuian]

6. Thank God they are bringing the third son home

My heart goes out for the family

[w8liftinglady]

7. I can't imagine the pain if 2 of my 3 sons were killed..esp for this bullshit

I hope these parents can find some kind of peace.

[Xenotime]

8. What has * done for this family?

[saigon68]

10. "Gangster" Cheney and his friends have made BILLIONS $$$$$

From his corporations being propped up by these deaths

[BeHereNow]

11. Grist for the mill, grist for the mill...that's all these kids are to Cheney and his evil associates

I heard on Democracy Now this morning that
Iraq Veterans Against the War are starting a
series of house parties and gatherings to
encourage other active military members
to resist.
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/23/1333255
The interview features Camilo Mejia, IVAW's newly elected chairperson.
BHN

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

9. In Private Ryan, It Was 3 Brothers That Died

Also, Ryan stayed behind with his troops, and Refused to go home.

Of course, that was a Different war, with much more at stake.

[Amonester]

12. Yes. Nazi Germany posed an imminent threat to the entire world.

Iraq never did represent any big enough threat, lest imminent, to anyone since 1991.

Hussein's was a real a-hole, but he couldn't win any conflict against any country and he knew it.

He also knew what the fascist oil baron$ were after.

So did we.

Poor family. :cry:

What did they do to deserve being treated like this by the evil bastard$ in the People's house? :grr:

[SaveAmerica]

14. Wonder why they changed the reality like that? According to the article

he did go home:

The 1998 film, directed by Steven Spielberg, was based, in part, on the true story of Frederick Niland, who was dropped inland as part of an airborne regiment during the Second World War.

He was finally found and sent back to the U.S. after being told that his three brothers had been killed, two in Normandy and one in the Far East.

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

20. Otherwise The Movie Would Have Ended About 50 Minutes Earlier

I guess Steven felt this made a better story.

[RamboLiberal]

13. Sad - can't imagine the grief

but not one Romney or Bush kid in Iraq!

[Sequoia]

15. I thought there was that "Sullivan Law" which didn't allow

for brothers to be at war in the same place. Or does that only apply to ships?

That poor family.

[bleedingheart]

18. here is a link about it..

http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq72-5.htm

[Sequoia]

22. Thanks. Should apply to the ground also.

[Joey Liberal]

16. While the Iraqi Parliament is on vacation....... n/t

[0007]

17. RIP

[bleedingheart]

19. My condolences

how absolutely awful...

[SleeplessinSoCal]

21. Is there a U.S. News source for this?

I'm sick and tired of having to read the news in foreign papers.

[txwhitedove]

23. Hard to imagine loosing one child, much less....

two children and in THIS misguided war would just be unbearable.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family.
:cry: