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war
First the black, and then the white... or is it the other way around?...
The night before he shipped out for Iraq, Kyle Crowley called his grandmother in tears. "Are you afraid," she asked. No, the young Marine replied, he wasn't afraid of going off to war. He was afraid of what the war might do to him. "He didn't know if he would be alive when he got back," said his grandmother.
She tried to reassure the 18-year-old lance corporal and told Crowley that his twin brother, Shane, who was just 4 months old when he died of crib death, would watch over him. "I told him that he'd be OK because his brother was going with him," she said, crying at the memory.
He attended California High School in San Ramon before graduating from nearby Del Amigo High School. He signed up with the Marines straight out of high school.
"He wanted to fight," said his father. "He believed in the rights and liberties of those that he loved and even those that he didn't know. He believed what he was doing was the right thing and, by God, you couldn't shake him from it. "I want Kyle to be remembered as an 18-year-old Marine who was a hero, and he unselfishly gave his life for his country and his loved ones and his friends."
- father and grandmother of Kyle Crowley
Kyle Crowley died east of Ramadi April 6, 2004 in a firefight
"To be honest with ourselves and our children, instead of the flags and Man Scout badges that our soldiers decorate their uniforms with, they should have their suits covered with corporate logos like NASCAR drivers. A Halliburton patch here and an Exxon patch there. I also believe, like Gen. Butler said: during times of war, CEO's of war profiteers should only be allowed to earn as much as a common soldier.
Sounds fair to me and I believe war will end if the war profiteers, politicians and Generals were required to send their own children to fight for their ill-gotten gains before they sent ours. But more importantly, don't let your babies grow up to be soldiers.
...and I know that's why this movement is growing because we have tens of thousands of angels behind us, that are supporting us, that are saying... we hope that our deaths will make the world a better place, and it's up to us to make sure that it does."
- mother of Casey Sheehan
Casey Sheehan died in Baghdad April 4, 2004 by rocket propelled grenades and small arms fire.
The night before he shipped out for Iraq, Kyle Crowley called his grandmother in tears. "Are you afraid," she asked. No, the young Marine replied, he wasn't afraid of going off to war. He was afraid of what the war might do to him. "He didn't know if he would be alive when he got back," said his grandmother.
She tried to reassure the 18-year-old lance corporal and told Crowley that his twin brother, Shane, who was just 4 months old when he died of crib death, would watch over him. "I told him that he'd be OK because his brother was going with him," she said, crying at the memory.
He attended California High School in San Ramon before graduating from nearby Del Amigo High School. He signed up with the Marines straight out of high school.
"He wanted to fight," said his father. "He believed in the rights and liberties of those that he loved and even those that he didn't know. He believed what he was doing was the right thing and, by God, you couldn't shake him from it. "I want Kyle to be remembered as an 18-year-old Marine who was a hero, and he unselfishly gave his life for his country and his loved ones and his friends."
- father and grandmother of Kyle Crowley
Kyle Crowley died east of Ramadi April 6, 2004 in a firefight
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"To be honest with ourselves and our children, instead of the flags and Man Scout badges that our soldiers decorate their uniforms with, they should have their suits covered with corporate logos like NASCAR drivers. A Halliburton patch here and an Exxon patch there. I also believe, like Gen. Butler said: during times of war, CEO's of war profiteers should only be allowed to earn as much as a common soldier.
Sounds fair to me and I believe war will end if the war profiteers, politicians and Generals were required to send their own children to fight for their ill-gotten gains before they sent ours. But more importantly, don't let your babies grow up to be soldiers.
...and I know that's why this movement is growing because we have tens of thousands of angels behind us, that are supporting us, that are saying... we hope that our deaths will make the world a better place, and it's up to us to make sure that it does."
- mother of Casey Sheehan
Casey Sheehan died in Baghdad April 4, 2004 by rocket propelled grenades and small arms fire.
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