Iraq War Sign Next to Army Office Removed

[Rose Siding]

DULUTH, Minn. -- A sign tallying the American troops killed and wounded in Iraq has been removed from its spot right next to an Army recruiting office.

Scott Cameron, the sign's creator, said he took down the sign from the adjoining office window to make amends with offended Iraq war veterans and to take pressure off the building's other occupants.

"It was a personal decision I made to be 'Minnesota nice,'" Cameron said Wednesday.

"I respect our troops totally. It offends me that my patriotism has been called into question in the community," he added.
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Cameron is a Vietnam War vet and a volunteer for state Sen. Steve Kelley, a Democrat running for governor. The window where the sign appeared was in Kelly's campaign office.
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Staff Sgt. Gary Capan of the downtown recruiting center had asked Kelley's office to remove the sign, which some Iraq vets complained reduced the dead and wounded troops to statistics.

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-iraq-sign,0,2080323.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines

So a bigger sign, maybe? - listing all the names, including family photos?

[BillZBubb]

1. Yeah reduced them to statistics instead of the totally forgotten.

What a friggin' joke. The wingnuts don't even want the number mentioned, much less pictures of funerals and coffins.

[Erika]

2. This is the war with no dead, no injured or maimed, no caskets

started by the war president who never was and should have never been.

This is W's silent war where there are no negatives, all is good and we should be happy.

Let's all just sweep www.icasualties.org under the rug and just join Condi in watching the Super Bowl. After all, this administration and country has its priorities.

[Erika]

3. The landlord of his building also exerted political pressure

for him to remove the sign.

Her email address is [e-mail]