Comments on: The War Hits Home http://www.deafdc.com/blog/guest-blogger/2007-08-14/the-war-hits-home/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:04:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Michael and Julia http://www.deafdc.com/blog/guest-blogger/2007-08-14/the-war-hits-home/#comment-87290 Michael and Julia Sun, 02 Sep 2007 03:26:05 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/guest-blogger/2007-08-14/the-war-hits-home/#comment-87290 Our prayers and thoughts are with Kevin and your family. Thank you for sharing your story. Our prayers and thoughts are with Kevin and your family. Thank you for sharing your story.

]]> By: Jean Boutcher http://www.deafdc.com/blog/guest-blogger/2007-08-14/the-war-hits-home/#comment-86493 Jean Boutcher Thu, 16 Aug 2007 19:22:08 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/guest-blogger/2007-08-14/the-war-hits-home/#comment-86493 The Iraq war was not based on WMD but on a lie architected by Bush's cadre known as neo-cons Wolfowitz, Perle, Elliot, and others. The Iraq war was not based on WMD but on a lie architected by Bush’s cadre known as neo-cons Wolfowitz, Perle, Elliot, and others.

]]> By: Diane Squires http://www.deafdc.com/blog/guest-blogger/2007-08-14/the-war-hits-home/#comment-86449 Diane Squires Thu, 16 Aug 2007 02:27:46 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/guest-blogger/2007-08-14/the-war-hits-home/#comment-86449 Kevin is sooo handsome. I wish him well immediately! It is so sad to see many troops getting injured or killed in Iraq and some other countries. Kevin is indeed lucky. I am not happy the way Bush handles this situation and hopefully the troops will be taken out very soon. My prayer goes out to the US troops, Iraq policemen and the Iraq residents including infants and children. I hope they are safe and sound over there. Another Anti-War American Kevin is sooo handsome. I wish him well immediately! It is so sad to see many troops getting injured or killed in Iraq and some other countries. Kevin is indeed lucky. I am not happy the way Bush handles this situation and hopefully the troops will be taken out very soon. My prayer goes out to the US troops, Iraq policemen and the Iraq residents including infants and children. I hope they are safe and sound over there.

Another Anti-War American

]]> By: Kimber Marett http://www.deafdc.com/blog/guest-blogger/2007-08-14/the-war-hits-home/#comment-86447 Kimber Marett Wed, 15 Aug 2007 23:49:08 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/guest-blogger/2007-08-14/the-war-hits-home/#comment-86447 Prayers and healing energy being sent...I have 2 very dear friends from Fort Lewis in Iraq right now, one is in Stryker, the other an MP. I think of them daily as well as the other brave service men & women! Thank you for sharing your story! -Kimber Prayers and healing energy being sent…I have 2 very dear friends from Fort Lewis in Iraq right now, one is in Stryker, the other an MP. I think of them daily as well as the other brave service men & women! Thank you for sharing your story!

-Kimber

]]> By: Jean Boutcher http://www.deafdc.com/blog/guest-blogger/2007-08-14/the-war-hits-home/#comment-86443 Jean Boutcher Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:29:47 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/guest-blogger/2007-08-14/the-war-hits-home/#comment-86443 Dear Anthony, You and your family have been in my throughts and prayers since I first learned the news about the brave Kevin from your relative. My friends and I have been updated with the "first-hand" news on a regular basis. That is something I have never received since Daddy's days in the World War II. Newspapers are not the same as the news that is delivered directly from someone related to Kevin. Anthony, we think of Kevin and his loved ones, including you and your family. Jean Anti-war activist - Dear Anthony, You and your family have been in my throughts and prayers since I first learned the news about the brave Kevin from your relative. My friends and I have been updated with the “first-hand” news on a regular basis. That is something I have never received since Daddy’s days in the World War II. Newspapers are not the same as the news that is delivered directly from someone related to Kevin. Anthony, we think of Kevin and his loved ones, including you and your family.

Jean
Anti-war activist

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]]> By: g l http://www.deafdc.com/blog/guest-blogger/2007-08-14/the-war-hits-home/#comment-86442 g l Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:16:54 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/guest-blogger/2007-08-14/the-war-hits-home/#comment-86442 this reminds me of the early days of the Gulf War. It was mid-January 1991 and the American offense was two or three days underway... i and some other students weren't with much personal realization of how the war was impacting us since we came either from deaf families or had little to zero communication with family and relatives who didn't sign, and thus never heard firsthand accounts of war. Several of us, being 14 or 15 years of age, made gung ho quips on the wayside (i.e. "Give Rambo a copter and this'll finish tomorrow") and then a student mailed in a bomb threat (which later on turned out to have been sent out before January 16, the day the war began) and the entire school panicked, believing all of DC was a target for Iraqi retaliation, our school campus included. i don't think this led to the following but the administration at my high school, MSSD, draped up a white banner for students, faculty and staff to write onto names of relatives in the service who were overseas along with their age and rank, and this helped many of us see just who were affected by the decision to go to war. over 25 of them, most of whom were our classmates and teammates, and the flippancy lessened noticeably. this reminds me of the ivory tower in which we as Americans usually find ourselves. following 9/11, a recurring reaction was that we had lost our innocence. Nevermind that 10 years earlier I had seen that conflict abroad nevertheless bore effects on our shore, I had still bought into the illusion war was always distant. It's tragic that war needs to come home--and that it does in more than one way--for us to comprehend its devastation. here's to hoping for peace on our soil, anywhere really, and to a full recovery for all the Mowls out there. this reminds me of the early days of the Gulf War. It was mid-January 1991 and the American offense was two or three days underway… i and some other students weren’t with much personal realization of how the war was impacting us since we came either from deaf families or had little to zero communication with family and relatives who didn’t sign, and thus never heard firsthand accounts of war. Several of us, being 14 or 15 years of age, made gung ho quips on the wayside (i.e. “Give Rambo a copter and this’ll finish tomorrow”) and then a student mailed in a bomb threat (which later on turned out to have been sent out before January 16, the day the war began) and the entire school panicked, believing all of DC was a target for Iraqi retaliation, our school campus included.

i don’t think this led to the following but the administration at my high school, MSSD, draped up a white banner for students, faculty and staff to write onto names of relatives in the service who were overseas along with their age and rank, and this helped many of us see just who were affected by the decision to go to war. over 25 of them, most of whom were our classmates and teammates, and the flippancy lessened noticeably.

this reminds me of the ivory tower in which we as Americans usually find ourselves. following 9/11, a recurring reaction was that we had lost our innocence. Nevermind that 10 years earlier I had seen that conflict abroad nevertheless bore effects on our shore, I had still bought into the illusion war was always distant.

It’s tragic that war needs to come home–and that it does in more than one way–for us to comprehend its devastation.

here’s to hoping for peace on our soil, anywhere really, and to a full recovery for all the Mowls out there.

]]> By: Oscar the Observer http://www.deafdc.com/blog/guest-blogger/2007-08-14/the-war-hits-home/#comment-86440 Oscar the Observer Wed, 15 Aug 2007 17:00:09 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/guest-blogger/2007-08-14/the-war-hits-home/#comment-86440 My best wishes to Kevin, Anthony. Let us hope that his wounds will not be in vain but be a strong inspiration for anti-Iraq Occupation activists to bring our precious men and women back from the tragedy that is U.S.'s empire ambitions abroad. Though I may not be a full-fledged Pagan, I stand with Virginia in sending whatever healing energies I have toward Kevin and wish for best. Also inner strength for the family. My best wishes to Kevin, Anthony.

Let us hope that his wounds will not be in vain but be a strong inspiration for anti-Iraq Occupation activists to bring our precious men and women back from the tragedy that is U.S.’s empire ambitions abroad.

Though I may not be a full-fledged Pagan, I stand with Virginia in sending whatever healing energies I have toward Kevin and wish for best. Also inner strength for the family.

]]> By: Rob Rice http://www.deafdc.com/blog/guest-blogger/2007-08-14/the-war-hits-home/#comment-86439 Rob Rice Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:55:56 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/guest-blogger/2007-08-14/the-war-hits-home/#comment-86439 Beautifully written. My favorite part is, "Looking at Kevin’s tanned skin, I could almost feel the heat of the Middle East sun. I wondered if a few grains from the sands of Iraq were still hiding under his fingernails." My heart goes out to you and your family. Beautifully written.

My favorite part is, “Looking at Kevin’s tanned skin, I could almost feel the heat of the Middle East sun. I wondered if a few grains from the sands of Iraq were still hiding under his fingernails.”

My heart goes out to you and your family.

]]> By: :( on WAR http://www.deafdc.com/blog/guest-blogger/2007-08-14/the-war-hits-home/#comment-86438 :( on WAR Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:20:06 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/guest-blogger/2007-08-14/the-war-hits-home/#comment-86438 WAR is all about politics and leaders! If you watch history channels or films and current news, you will see WAR is decided by the kings, politicians, and dictators. Same reason fighting on the street over a disagreement on how to park your car or someone stole your girlfriend (unlike Paris & Helen of Troy) is not right, when we people have an issue, we fight or argue - pretty much harmful but not fatal (unless we add guns) BUT when leaders of the country fight, it's WAR because they know we will do what we citizens of the world will do what we are told. WAR is all about politics and leaders! If you watch history channels or films and current news, you will see WAR is decided by the kings, politicians, and dictators. Same reason fighting on the street over a disagreement on how to park your car or someone stole your girlfriend (unlike Paris & Helen of Troy) is not right, when we people have an issue, we fight or argue - pretty much harmful but not fatal (unless we add guns) BUT when leaders of the country fight, it’s WAR because they know we will do what we citizens of the world will do what we are told.

]]> By: Michael http://www.deafdc.com/blog/guest-blogger/2007-08-14/the-war-hits-home/#comment-86437 Michael Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:07:19 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/guest-blogger/2007-08-14/the-war-hits-home/#comment-86437 I ti s a good thing deaf students know where Iraq is. Not that many deaf people I talked to understand the Middle East, Muslim, Jewish, Iraq, Iran, oil, etc.... Kevin will recover with the help of the Wounded Warrior Project. I ti s a good thing deaf students know where Iraq is. Not that many deaf people I talked to understand the Middle East, Muslim, Jewish, Iraq, Iran, oil, etc….

Kevin will recover with the help of the Wounded Warrior Project.

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