Photo: A U.S. service member salutes her fallen comrades during a memorial ceremony for six Airmen killed in a suicide attack, at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015. The deadliest attack in Afghanistan since 2013 killed six U.S. troops on Monday, including a family man from Long Island, New York; a South Texan; a New York City police detective; a Georgia high school and college athlete; an expectant father from Philadelphia; and a major from suburban Minneapolis with ties to the military’s LGBT community. They were killed when their patrol was attacked by a suicide bomber on a motorcycle near Bagram Air Base, the Defense Department said. (wsj.com: Tech Sgt. Robert Cloys/U.S. Air Force / Associated Press)
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My tears seem inconsequential – so much heartbreak, pain, disbelief, fear. And I keep asking ‘why’ and there is no answer that is working for me.
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Yes. Exactly.
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Mimi has summed it up perfectly….
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She did.
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Evil, brainwashed, psychopathic … and many more words to describe the motivation behind such carnage.
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That about captures it Sarah.
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overwhelming.
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Your title for this post is on point. Too much.
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Yes, it is Bonnie.
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Images like this are much more poignant now that I have two sons in the Marine Corps. These people are real to me now…
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No words for this comment Todd except my prayers are with its you and your sons. Thanks for sharing.
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I would have reblogged but apparently that setting is not turned on…
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Turned on? If it is turned off, I certainly don’t know how to do that. Let me check.
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It now needs to be manually turned on in the sharing settings…
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Sensei, you have taught me something once again. I think I have fixed this. Please let me know. Thank you.
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I was not aware myself that it had been turned off but if you have not been experiencing reblogs lately, it’s not because of you… 😀
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🙂 Thanks again Todd
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Nothing positive has EVER come out of war! It’s so much loss …. everywhere you look!! Too much indeed!
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Images like this mean much more to me now that I have two sons in the Marine Corps and one headed into the Navy. Despite how you feel about the government or its policies, the military is made up of real people who are offering their best and putting it on the line every day and in every way…
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We regularly have suicide bombers here too. It’s a terribly destructive weapon; not just from the losses, but also to our confidence in going about our daily lives 😦
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And the costs of your final point (impact on confidence) are massive….
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That’s the very definition of terrorism I think – not the physical destruction of life and property so much, as devastating as that is, but the real weapon is the destruction of confidence, and the instillment of fear.
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Yes. When we flew 2 weeks ago, I reflected on the massive worldwide costs on airline security, which 20 years ago, largely didn’t exist.
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Yet 6 more young Americans killed in a senseless war we have absolutely no business being involved in in the first place. We are being led by a political class that wants us in a constant state of war, a war they personally have no real stake in. No family, no children in the military. How do we allow this???
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I didn’t want to read the names…but I did. I needed to see the names of those who gave their lives… I have a 32 year old friend who is in Afghanistan, again…up in the mountains but he does get called back to other areas…I sent hand warmers, feet warmers, homemade (by me) peanut butter fudge, with mini marshmallows and chocolate chips and dried fruit from Trader Joe’s to him and his fellow soldiers in a box for Christmas…other friends contributed other items items, too…once another time when he was in Afghanistan while talking on the phone which was on speaker he said opps gotta go, being shot at..you could hear the incoming shots and he put the phone down and you could hear him and the others firing back…my prayers went up as my heart cried…
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Wow. Your kindness and the story…thanks for sharing Christie.
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Happy Holidays, David and group! I’ve missed all of you!
I read this after I read the post about the typical American Christmases of old. Reading about the sacrifices real people and their families make cause the way Christmas is celebrated these days as even more frivolous.
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Hi Carolann. Happy Holidays to you and your family too! Welcome back. And fully agree with your point.
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