Seventh Oklahoma Soldier Dies In Action

[GG]

MOORE, Oklahoma -- Another Oklahoma soldier is killed in action. According to a family memorial page on Facebook, 1LT Damon Leehan of Moore died on Sunday, August 14, while serving with the Army National Guard in Afghanistan.

Leehan leaves behind a wife, Audrey, and two young children, Emma, 4, and Ethan, 1. He was raised in Edmond but lived in Moore with his family. He was born on September 11 and was about to celebrate his 6th wedding anniversary.

Leehan's wife is on her way to Dover, Maryland to get his remains. Leehan's body will return to Oklahoma and be buried next to his father-in-law, who was also in the military.

Leave your comments on 1LT Damon Leehan's Facebook Memorial Page.

This is the seventh Oklahoma soldier killed in Afghanistan since July 29.
   Oklahoma Soldiers Who Died In Action Since July 29

View each story of the soldiers killed during the two week span:

Spc. Jordan Morris of Stillwater

Lt. Joe L. Cunningham of Kingston

2nd Lt. Jered W. Ewy of Edmond

Private 1st Class Augustus J. Vicari of Broken Arrow

Sgt. Anthony Del Mar Peterson of Chelsea

Staff Sgt. Kirk Owen of Sapulpa


http://www.newson6.com/story/15276334/seventh-oklahoma-solider-dies-in-action

Our boys must be in a bad place in Afghanistan

[GG]

Check that, make that 8.

Porter Soldier Killed In Afghanistan

http://www.newson6.com/story/15284015/another-oklahoma-soldier-killed-in-afghanistan

[heironymouspasparagus]

So when are we gonna get a little bit of brains and get out of that place?

There's $125 billion per year instant savings.  Let's take it.  Now.

[Teatownclown]

Who are our soldiers fighting and dying for?

Did we spend trillions of dollars for lies? Help me out here. Did this add to our deficits? What administration committed our future to this? What was the make up of congress during those decisions?

[Red Arrow]

So when are we gonna get a little bit of brains and get out of that place?
There's $125 billion per year instant savings.  Let's take it.  Now.

I thought that was one of the big reasons Obama got elected, to get us out of the Bush wars.  Obama had two years that the Republicans couldn't have stopped him.

[heironymouspasparagus]

And have you been watching??  We are down to around 45,000 in Iraq.  (Should be 0!!)  From over 130,000.  In two and half years.  

And drawing down in Afghanistan.  That's why only part (2200 out of 3000) of the 45th sent there a couple months ago went to Afghan and the rest went to Kuwait.  But not fast enough.

As for Teatown question... you know dam good and well why we are in Iraq.  It is because of the lies from Baby Bush.  It is for oil.  It is to save face from Daddy Bush's "embarrassment" - that little dust up in Kuwait (justified war, by the way, just not carried on long enough.)  And the reason Colin Powell (very honorable man - the most honorable to visit the White House during those 8 years) said serving for that regime was the most dishonorable thing he had ever done - BECAUSE of what he found out to be lies that they had him tell about the whole thing.

Yes, it did contribute to the deficit.  Trillions.  In particular the hundreds of billions that were spent "off budget" so people would have a tougher time figuring it out.

And the withdrawal continues.  Just not fast enough!

[Red Arrow]

And have you been watching??  

Yes.  I expected us to be totally out of both places by now, regardless of the consequences there.

I believe that controlling oil supplies is one of many reasons you and I don't speak Deutsch as our first language.

[BKDotCom]

How did this turn into a pro Ron Paul thread?

[heironymouspasparagus]

How did this turn into a pro Ron Paul thread?

Just lucky, I guess.  Want in?

I have a grandson over in that BS right now (and I felt the same way YEARS before he went there and gave me a vested interest in seeing it end).  It is way past time for him and all the rest of them to be back.  The justified part of the Afghanistan Adventure was over years ago.  There never was a valid justification for Iraq.