For Whom The Bell Tolls
A very short commentary on something I read today.34 total reviews
Comment from GerryMacNeil
Thank you, dear Jan, for writing this! Your statement, "I don't want to hear about another soldier dying for my freedom," is one I, too, proclaim. My heart breaks with yours. "It is 3988 too many."
I am touched that you acknowledged that #4000 could be a woman, a mother, a daughter, a wife. Bullets and bombs are so undiscriminating!
I love you and so admire the stands you take!
Gerry
reply by the author on 16-Mar-2008
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Thank you, dear Jan, for writing this! Your statement, "I don't want to hear about another soldier dying for my freedom," is one I, too, proclaim. My heart breaks with yours. "It is 3988 too many."
I am touched that you acknowledged that #4000 could be a woman, a mother, a daughter, a wife. Bullets and bombs are so undiscriminating!
I love you and so admire the stands you take!
Gerry
Comment Written 16-Mar-2008
reply by the author on 16-Mar-2008
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Thank you so much, Gerry. It could be, indeed, a woman. I thought of that. I wrote it in a hurry, as always lately. I will try to go back and make a point of that.
Hugs and love,
Jan
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Jan, I am in awe of how many balls you keep in the air at once! For being written in a hurry, it is a solid and wonderful piece of writing! You are just plain super! Gerry
Comment from Dave M
Jan,
The bell tolls for us. Not only is this war pointless, it is helping to bankrupt us.
This is excellent writing, without any faults that I could find.
Dave M
reply by the author on 16-Mar-2008
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Jan,
The bell tolls for us. Not only is this war pointless, it is helping to bankrupt us.
This is excellent writing, without any faults that I could find.
Dave M
Comment Written 16-Mar-2008
reply by the author on 16-Mar-2008
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Thank you so much, Dave. I agree with you completely.
Jan
Comment from drivenbackward
Excellent post, Jan. A very important one. None of those deaths would have happened if our country didn't fall for Bush's lies. It's very sad.
homecoming, a knock will come instead. --- Reads better without 'instead'
The knock on the door every military family dreads and lives will be changed forever --- Doesn't this mean the knock would be changed forever?
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reply by the author on 16-Mar-2008
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Excellent post, Jan. A very important one. None of those deaths would have happened if our country didn't fall for Bush's lies. It's very sad.
homecoming, a knock will come instead. --- Reads better without 'instead'
The knock on the door every military family dreads and lives will be changed forever --- Doesn't this mean the knock would be changed forever?
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Comment Written 16-Mar-2008
reply by the author on 16-Mar-2008
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I think I must have been reviewing your work while you were reviewing mine! :-) I will take a look at both those points, DB. Thanks so much!
Jan
Comment from Lady & Louis
I read about this in The Age the other day, Jan. The angle they gave was not so much Americans caring less, but knowing less about what was going on, such as the numbers killed - because the media have been paying less attention. (I can just imagine the saturation coverage they are giving the Presidential nominations; goodness knows we're getting enough of that out here.) The article mentioned that fewer people know now how many soldiers have been killed, than a few months ago (I think that was the timeline). It's crazy - a war that should never have been. No WMDs, no ties between Saddam and Al Qaeda, it was all lies... and now thousands of soldiers, and tens, perhaps hundreds, of thousands of Iraqi people, are dead, the country is trashed and far more of a hotbed of terrorism than it ever was, and for what? What has been gained that is worth the price? Nothing at all. Is Iraq better off than under Saddam? He was a monster and got what he deserved, but how has this helped the people who suffered under him, when they've reached the point of saying they were better off then?
Fine piece, Jan, and as you see, you struck a chord here! You wrote it clearly and well, and without any nits that I saw. (Mind you, the Grammar Cat is probably asleep at home, so you're only getting the second-rate checker!)
Hugs,
Louise xxxx
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reply by the author on 16-Mar-2008
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I read about this in The Age the other day, Jan. The angle they gave was not so much Americans caring less, but knowing less about what was going on, such as the numbers killed - because the media have been paying less attention. (I can just imagine the saturation coverage they are giving the Presidential nominations; goodness knows we're getting enough of that out here.) The article mentioned that fewer people know now how many soldiers have been killed, than a few months ago (I think that was the timeline). It's crazy - a war that should never have been. No WMDs, no ties between Saddam and Al Qaeda, it was all lies... and now thousands of soldiers, and tens, perhaps hundreds, of thousands of Iraqi people, are dead, the country is trashed and far more of a hotbed of terrorism than it ever was, and for what? What has been gained that is worth the price? Nothing at all. Is Iraq better off than under Saddam? He was a monster and got what he deserved, but how has this helped the people who suffered under him, when they've reached the point of saying they were better off then?
Fine piece, Jan, and as you see, you struck a chord here! You wrote it clearly and well, and without any nits that I saw. (Mind you, the Grammar Cat is probably asleep at home, so you're only getting the second-rate checker!)
Hugs,
Louise xxxx
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Comment Written 16-Mar-2008
reply by the author on 16-Mar-2008
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Thank you so much, dear Louise! I so appreciate your comments here.
Hugs,
Jan
