An Honorable Marine Killed in a Dishonorable War

[globalvillage]

My nephew is coming home in a coffin but he did not die to preserve your freedoms, laments Missy Comley Beattie
Sunday, August 21, 2005

He is number 1,828, 1,829 or 1,830. We don't know for sure, because so many died last week.

Marine Lance Cpl. Chase Johnson Comley died when his vehicle was hit head-on by a suicide bomber. His death admits his family to a club no one wants to join: the grieving, questioning families who have heard the dreaded ring of the doorbell followed by a messenger's words, "We regretfully inform you that your son ..."

You realize that nothing you've thought, done or felt has prepared you for this reality. The feeling is so much worse than a broken heart. It is an evisceration.

As I write, Chase is being flown to Dover Air Force Base. His 6-foot-4 body is in a coffin draped with the U.S. flag. He loved his family, his country, his high school classmates and his life, but we don't think he loved his mission in Iraq.


more...
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05233/556987.stm

Heartbreaking. Must read.

[Botany]

1. Blessings & prayers on his spirit, family, and friends.

Marine Lance Cpl. Chase Johnson :patriot:

FAR BRAVER THEN THE LIARS WHO SENT YOU

:cry:

[DemsUnited]

2. Powerful words from a grieving family.

Thank you for posting.

[Imagevision]

3. and how many more Marine Lance Cpl. Chase Johnson's will have

to come home this way with Bush's we'll be staying until the mission is complete, the purpose of this war isn't to win it, it's purpose is to continue it! --> who lied who died who profited??