Lets Bring Them Home...

I spent some time at my friend Debbies blog today, Debbies blog and I would like to dedicate my blog to her topic today.

Her topic is "Not Alex". She posted a video of a young mom holding a baby boy on her lap, talking to Senator McCain about his viewpoint on the war in Iraq. In a nutshell, she quotes Senator McCain saying how he would keep US troops in the middle east for 100 years if necessary, and she says, you want to put my son in this war?? NOT ALEX. I wont let you have him.

Kudos to this mom! If more people would take the stand and speak out against this purposeless war, we wouldnt be losing men and women as frequently as we are. I am a huge supporter of the troops, but not of this war. I do not have to withold my opinion of our "commander in chief" like the soldiers do.... I am a military mom and I say BRING THEM HOME!!!

This news release, courtesy of CBS.com from yesterday reads:

BAGHDAD (AP) ― Four U.S. Marines were killed in a Sunni Arab insurgent stronghold west of Baghdad, and pressure mounted in parliament Sunday to replace the interior minister because of the security crisis in the capital.Also Sunday, a U.S. F-16 jet dropped two precision-guided bombs on a building near Baghdad used by militants affiliated with a group believed responsible a mortar-and-rocket attack in Baghdad's mostly Shiite district of Karradah last week that killed at least 31 people, U.S. officials said.

Two militants and a child were killed in the airstrike, and four suspects were arrested, the United States said. American officials expressed regret about the child's death and said "terrorists continue to deliberately place innocent Iraqi women and children in danger by their actions and presence.""We do everything possible to avoid civilian casualties during these operations," U.S. spokesman Lt. Col. Barry Johnson said. "We deeply regret the loss of an innocent life while eliminating a group responsible for targeting so many other innocent Iraqis."We believe that countless more Iraqis would have been at risk had we not taken immediate action to eliminate this terrorist cell when we discovered their exact location."

U.S. officials did not specify where the airstrike took place, but it appeared to have been in the area around Youssifiyah that has long been a stronghold of al Qaeda and other extremist groups.The Marines, from Regimental Combat Team 7, died Saturday in Anbar province, the heavily Sunni Arab region west of Baghdad that includes such flashpoints as Ramadi and Haditha, a U.S. statement said without further details.

So far this month, 44 U.S. service members have died in Iraq — including 10 in Anbar province during the past week. That underscores the threat to U.S. troops from Sunni insurgents, despite the attention paid to recent sectarian violence between Sunni and Shiite Muslims in Baghdad.The U.S. command is moving 3,700 troops from Mosul to Baghdad to cope with the crisis in the capital, raising concern that violence could flare up again in that northern city as American forces scale back.

We have to bring our soldiers home... Please take a look at the video on Debbies blog and leave a comment...