"Not my Daddy! Not my Daddy!"

[Blue_In_AK]

Seven-year-old Cierra Becker looked out the window of her Anchorage home Tuesday and saw the men in uniform walking solemnly to the door.

Cierra knew.

"Not my daddy!" she cried. "Not my daddy!"

But it was her daddy. Staff Sgt. Shane Becker, 35, a paratrooper stationed at Fort Richardson and Cierra's father, died in a firefight Tuesday morning south of Baghdad in Iraq. This is what the men who came to the door Tuesday told his wife, Crystal, Cierra and the new baby, Cheyenna, born in February.

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http://www.adn.com/news/military/iraq/story/8770690p-8671052c.html


God, how I hate this war!

[radfringe]

1. k&r

[IChing]

2. God I hate WAR PERIOD...Kick and recommended n/t

[Ken Burch]

3. Goddamn you Cheney! Goddamn you Little Dub! May you both rot in hell!

Nothing is EVER worth a child having to get that news.

We've GOT to bring these mothers down!

[jgraz]

9. Yeah, let's not wait for hell

They're clearly not afraid of it. And if their religion is "correct", they just have to pull a Lee Atwater at the last minute and they're off scott free. If they're wrong, it's pretty unlikely that there's any metaphysical punishment waiting for them.

[WinkyDink]

27. If their religion is correct, they will be with their god: Satan.

[jgraz]

32. Good point. They are basically Satanists

They state a belief in the Christian world view but act completely against the teachings.

[Iris]

4. Couldn't even read the whole story.

I have a nephew who is turning 7. This is heart-wrenching.

[Bucky]

5. Oh shit, I didn't need to read this.

Who is it we're doing this for again? Oh that's right, Cheyenna Becker's never going to know her father because this boy...
didn't need to sign up.

[AndyA]

7. I saw that interview.

What a conceited, pompus, arrogant little asshole that guy is.

I'll bet when he grows up (if he ever does) he'll make ole W look tame.

What a prick! It was hard to watch.

[otherlander]

17. Is that Jeb's son?

[DesertRat]

24. That's Neil's son, Pierce

Jeb's son, George P., recently joined the Navy Reserve.

[Jonathan50]

6. Brothers In Arms

:cry:


These mist covered mountains
Are a home now for me
But my home is the lowlands
And always will be
Some day you'll return to
Your valleys and your farms
And you'll no longer burn
To be brothers in arm

Through these fields of destruction
Baptism of fire
I've watched all your suffering
As the battles raged higher
And though they did hurt me so bad
In the fear and alarm
You did not desert me
My brothers in arms

There's so many different worlds
So many different suns
And we have just one world
But we live in different ones

Now the sun's gone to hell
And the moon's riding high
Let me bid you farewell
Every man has to die
But it's written in the starlight
And every line on your palm
We're fools to make war
On our brothers in arms



Watch the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5JkHBC5lDs

[lpbk2713]

8. Smirky was so moved when he got the news that he was heard to say ....

"Now watch this drive."

[Blue_In_AK]

10. I hate that thing he always does

with his hand over his heart (as if he had one) and then reaching out. What's that all about anyway? Is that supposed to indicate that he's sincere about something?

[lpbk2713]

11. A special touch suggested by his drama coach ....

Rove.

[truedelphi]

14. No I think he's covering up the gaping hole

Where his heart should be

[MrSlayer]

36. Self delete.

Wrong spot.

[Lugnut]

12. Dammit

Just dammit. :cry:

[TheWraith]

13. I think I'm going to be sick.

[loudsue]

15. Seven years old.

There's not a dark enough place in hell for the evil people that lied us into this war.
:kick:

[Solly Mack]

16. and all for lies, deception and corruption

ain't America proud....

[grannylib]

18. Hell would be too good for the likes of the Imbecile and Cheney the Dick and

all the other cowardly FILTH who love war in its profitability for themselves and their FILTHY supporters/minions/whores/military-industrial-complex buddies/energy-industry-buddies.

They are liars and killers and thieves, and totally shameless about it, continuing to lie through their teeth in an effort to justify their corruption and greed and theft and fraud and power-madness.

They are FILTH and they deserve to rot.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

21. yes

[ThatsMyBarack]

19. K&R!

:grr: this damn war!!

[steve2470]

20. This is so heartbreaking

How can any human being with a heart not be touched by this ? How can any human send men and women into battle unless there is no other way to deal with something ? I feel so bad for that little girl.

[Cabcere]

22. Oh, no...

:cry: How awful for that little girl and her family. I hate, hate, HATE Bush for doing this to so many people...it's absolutely horrible. :cry:

[HughBeaumont]

23. I hope they're proud of themselves.

You robbed a seven-year-old of her father for lies.

May the Cabal be tortured, eaten alive and guillotined every HOUR in the ninth circle.

[w4rma]

30. One of many. (nt)

[Marrah_G]

25. I have 4 nephews and 1 niece

They run from age 11 to age 4. Their father (my brother) left not long ago for a year in the ME. I can't even wrap my brain his family seeing officers coming up the walkway. I feel so badly for all the children who have lost a parent in this horrid, tragic war. Our asshole in cheif should have to personally deliver the news of every death to every family so he can see what he has wrought.

[Hissyspit]

26. As someone who used to live at Ft. Richardson & whose father did two TDY in Vietnam:

K & R

[cascagraphic]

28. kick

[The Doctor.]

29. ...

Fuck you you neocon bastards. Burning in Hell for an eternity is far too kind a fate. The Bushes should experience first hand the pain and suffering they are responsible for.

Burn in Hell assholes. If there's a God, you will all pray for oblivion.

[northofdenali]

31. Aw, god Blue

:cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry:

:hug::grouphug::hug:

It seems like this invasion will never end, and as badly as I feel for every fallen troop, it seems that our Alaska guys hit my gut harder.

[fooj]

33. The President is a cold, heartless war criminal.

These people are evil, maniacal madmen.

My heart aches for the families of the fallen. When will the madness end?

:cry:

[focusfan]

34. those poor people

you gotta feel something here reading this.it makes you think
about how those sorry bastards (Bush and Cheney) can sleep at
night knowing family are being ripped apart.

[baldguy]

35. x 3269

[MrSlayer]

37. Poor Kid.

Such a horror. And for nothing more than enriching the already ridiculously rich.

[SHRED]

38. So sad that...

...this guy, even at 35, still believed in the "free Iraq" lies spewed by the criminal Bush/Cheney cabal.


:cry:

[MethuenProgressive]

39. "Tough shit. They volunteered." < the Neo-con Knee Jerk Response

Saddam is saving the seat next to him in Hell for Georeg W. Bush.
They deserve each other.

[Mad_Dem_X]

40. Damn it!

I read stories like this, and I get so angry at the lying corrupt administration responsible to sending these soldiers into Iraq. I weep for the families who are left behind.

God damn BushCo to Hell!

[Blue_In_AK]

41. I wondered if any of you all

went to the tribute page for this soldier and the photo gallery. There are some truly heartbreaking photos of him with his new baby in February. It's just so very, very sad -- and this is just one story out of so many.

[Arugula Latte]

42. At least Halliburton and Blackwater are going strong ... That's the American Way.

:grr: