tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997527.post1208310422302193567..comments2023-08-29T03:06:24.183-07:00Comments on Dying to Preserve the Lies: As a military family , I take exception to use of 'wasted lives' - Barack Obama or anyone elseLietta Rugerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03013387655042340435noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997527.post-31159200034984322782007-03-01T11:23:00.000-08:002007-03-01T11:23:00.000-08:00I would think he meant that the politicians wasted...I would think he meant that the politicians wasted the lives of the soldiers, not that the soldiers led wasted lives. But I agree, better words could have been used.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997527.post-67509601883457255302007-02-14T07:00:00.000-08:002007-02-14T07:00:00.000-08:00"half the soldiers listed on that [VietNam] wall d...<B>"half the soldiers listed on that [VietNam] wall died after our leaders knew it could not be won."</B><BR/>Iraq vet Representative <A HREF="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/melinda-henneberger/gop-pr-strategy-blames-de_b_41163.html" REL="nofollow">Patrick Murphy, of Pennsylvania,</A>Arthur Rugerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02565219052256575482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997527.post-50995472185421456852007-02-13T12:03:00.000-08:002007-02-13T12:03:00.000-08:00I have found myself using those same words - "wast...I have found myself using those same words - "wasted lives" - in reference to news reports reporting death tolls. Would I say the same thing if the most recent death toll included my cousin or brother-in-law? Probably not. I know too much about them to consider their live wasted. So when I say it in reference the thousands that are not members of my family, am I disrespecting their memory, or more importantly their life? I don't know. <BR/><BR/>I do know that their potential has been wasted, their dreams wasted, the dreams of their families wasted. Was their life wasted? Certainly not. <BR/><BR/>Yeah, maybe "wasted lives" is not the right thought.Licahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06404482668634392597noreply@blogger.com