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Military Family here and I do take exception to Sen. Barack Obama 'wasted lives' comment

By Lietta Ruger
Tue Feb 13, 2007 at 11:25:46 AM PST
Section: Diary Topic: Alternative and Community Media

He said it, he apologized. I reacted, blogged it, got it out of my system (temporarily) and wound up thanking Senator Barack Obama for opening another part of the Iraq war dialogue.

Read it at my blog; Dying to Preserve the Lies.

excerpts;

Wasted lives is poor choice of words, in my opinion, when used as descriptive of soldiers killed in combat.

'Wasted Lives', I realize isn't intended to say the individual's life was a waste - rather that their lives were spent and cut short in an unnecessary war. But, I still contend, that the families whose lives have to go on, can hardly be comforted by the use of words 'wasted lives' .

- read more about why I feel such a statement is a bit larger than an accidental slip of the tongue or a mis-statement at my blog -

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