Remembering the widows of war.
CBS’s Kimberly Dozier reported this morning on the sacrifices being made by war widows at Fort Hood Army base in Texas. Fort Hood has lost more 400 soldiers — nearly 10 percent of the total military deaths since the war began — “leaving behind approximately 200 widows.” One widow told Dozier, “For those who are kind of in their own little world and forget that there’s other people out there making sacrifices, it’s kinda nice to just shake them up a little bit and go ‘hey, appreciate what you have.’” Watch it:
On Memorial Day in 2006, Dozier herself was nearly killed by a roadside bomb while reporting in Baghdad. Two of her colleagues — CBS soundman James Brolan and cameraman Paul Douglas — died in the blast.
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Utterly sad. Wrong ‘war’, wrong country, wrong decision.
A complete waste of human lives for a “war of choice.”
There’s a warm seat in hell waiting for those who brought on such a tragedy.
May 26th, 2008 at 2:44 pmAt least bush cared enough to lie about his golf game…
May 26th, 2008 at 2:56 pmIndeed, every one of us sitting safely at home today, freely posting comments to this blog, should remember those whose sacrifices made it possible for us to keep doing so.
Thank you, Fallen Heroes, one and all.
May 26th, 2008 at 3:06 pmAm I incorrect; when the spouse was killed, the widow/widower was required to move off base. Is this not required now?
May 26th, 2008 at 3:09 pmBushie Says:
Am I incorrect; when the spouse was killed, the widow/widower was required to move off base. Is this not required now?
You are correct, but the spouse will carry a dependent ID, as well as the children until of age. This, of course does not entitle military housing, but it does permit all other base privileges as well as healthcare. If the spouse remarries they will lose their privilege, but not the children of the deceased until of age.
May 26th, 2008 at 3:24 pmVery sad. God bless the troops, widows of the troops, and love ones of the wounded.
May 26th, 2008 at 3:28 pmOne widow states that “… there’s other people out there making sacrifices…” I always find it astonishing, as a Vietnam veteran, that these family members still cling to the notion that their family members have apparently been sacrificed for some ambiguous noble cause. It is also astonishing that when these soldiers return home in a box or maimed and crippled that they are not immediately outraged at the military and the government for having placed their sons and daughters and husbands and wives and brothers and sisters in this untenable position in the first place. The irony is that the widow then claims that there are people who “are kind of in their own little world.” Apparently the last thing that these family members wish to acknowledge is that their loved ones were sacrificed on the altar of lies that they were given by an uncaring government.
May 26th, 2008 at 3:40 pm7. Erroll Says:Apparently the last thing that these family members wish to acknowledge is that their loved ones were sacrificed on the altar of lies that they were given by an uncaring government.
My guess is that the death of someone so dear to them is only ‘tolerable’ if they believe there was a good/noble/necessary reason or some deified plan. To consider that their unique loved ones may have been systematically misused and squandered by an indifferent administration of their own country…..
…this way wrenching madness lies.
May 26th, 2008 at 4:11 pmhanshiro - true. Last I looked the military supported Bush/Cheney in ‘00 and ‘04. To honor those who died in WWII seems straightforward - to honor those who died in Iraq I don’t know, personally. Sure, we all feel their pain, but it was a war of agression, an international war crime - the only true healing will come when those responsible for this outrage are brought before justice.
I feel too for the 1 million innocent Iraqis who lost their lives and were maimed, etc, as well as the millions who have fled their homes in Iraq and the millions who now live in daily fear.
It appears Americans cannot hold those responsible for war crimes accountable, lets hope the rest of the world can.
May 26th, 2008 at 4:44 pmonly a sociopathic coward could get on stage and spew some junk about how he cares for the gi’s/vets when he vetoed a .5% raise, veto a gi bill, treat the wounded as chopped liver, left our bases in complete shambles and led us into one of the most agregious state sponsored terroism scandels in history all in the name of oil and israel.
May 26th, 2008 at 6:31 pmoops…wrong forum. sorry folks.
May 26th, 2008 at 6:33 pmOne widow told Dozier, “For those who are kind of in their own little world and forget that there’s other people out there making sacrifices, it’s kinda nice to just shake them up a little bit and go ‘hey, appreciate what you have.’”
Why don’t all of you widows march on up to the White House lawn and explain that to the grinning , braying , stupid smirking jackass that is the root/cause of your pain instead of those who had no hand in it ?
May 26th, 2008 at 7:17 pm‘hey, appreciate what you have.’
REALLY?! I’m trying, but the idiot-boy-king-der-Chimperor’s complete lack of leadership kinda has the whole nation distracted, especially now that he’s ruined the economy.
Maybe those of you losing family and friends in this needless clusterfcuk should STOP SUPPORTING THE DOOFUS PRESIDENT AND CALL ON HIM TO STOP BEING SUCH A RETARDED LITTLE PUNK???
May 26th, 2008 at 8:10 pmClinton has taken Kentucky and Obama is right there in Oregon.
The Democratic race for nomination is still very much alive – and most likely to be decided by superdelegates – as CNN points out clearly
http://edition.cnn.com/ 2008/ POLITICS/ 05/ 20/ primary.wrap/ index.html
If you’re tired of waiting around for those super delegates to make a decision already, go to LobbyDelegates.com and push them to support Clinton or Obama
If you haven’t done so yet, please write a message to each of your state’s superdelegates at http://www.lobbydelegates.com
Obama Supporters:
Sending a note to current Obama supporters lets them know it’s appreciated, sending a note to current Clinton supporters can hopefully sway them to change their vote to Obama, and sending a note to the uncommitted folks will hopefully sway them to vote for Obama. It’s that easy…
Clinton Supporters too …. !
It takes a moment, but what’s a few minutes now worth to get Clinton in office?! Those are really worth !
Sending a note to current Clinton supporters lets them know it’s appreciated, sending a note to current Obama supporters can hopefully sway them to change their vote to Clinton, and sending a note to the uncommitted folks will hopefully sway them to vote for Clinton. It’s that easy…
May 27th, 2008 at 6:34 amOne of the truly sad aspects of this story was only mentioned in the crosstalk after the piece ran. Ms. Dozier said that the women paid for everything in the Gold Star Center themselves through private donations. The government only gave them the four walls.
When the Bastard in Chief talks about supporting the troops and their families, what the hell kind of support is he talking about? We spend billions every month in Iraq, most of it getting siphoned off to corruption, and we can’t pop for some tables and chairs and maybe some coffee and doughnuts for the widows we’ve made?
If I were Bush and I believed in God, I would be afraid to die.
May 27th, 2008 at 10:19 am