#2583 was from Forks, WA Jason Hanson, 21 RIP and my condolences

[uppityperson]

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/sited/story/html/262117
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a North Olympic Peninsula Marine who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Pfc. Jason Hanson, 21, of Forks died July 29 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.

http://www.defenselink.mil/Releases/Release.aspx?ReleaseID=9800

[pscot]

1. Thank you. Attention must be paid.

Iraq is collapsing around our ears and boys are still dieing for this criminal folly. It is truly heartreaking.

[flamingyouth]

2. RIP, Pfc. Hanson

:(

[maxsolomon]

3. without small towns, the army would be empty

i'm watching my sister's kids grow up in a small town in the midwest, with no daily newspaper to inform them, and a crap school where they don't take math every quarter & can't take a language until the 11th grade (at which point it is useless). you grow up ignorant & naive. you believe in the simplistic, nationalistic ideals the military uses to recruit. with the best of intentions you put yourself in servitude to great evil. and make no mistake, war is a great evil.

at least make the kids read Howard Zinn in 11th grade. if they choose the military then, it will be an informed decision.

[uppityperson]

4. article about motorcade yesterday, with telling quotes

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/sited/story/html/262460

Hundreds line motorcade route to pay respects to fallen Marine
2006-08-09
by ANDREW BINION

PORT ANGELES -- Holding flags and holding back tears, they stood on overpasses, street corners and impromptu roadside vigils along U.S. Highway 101. They gathered Tuesday to honor Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jason Hanson, 21, of Forks, who was killed July 29 while on patrol in Anbar province in Iraq.
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Staff Sgt. Rick Larsen, an Army National Guard recruiter, helped tie yellow ribbons on the overpass. ``He's a local boy, and there's not enough troop support as there is,'' Larsen said. ``His family needs to know that our hearts and prayers go to him.''

Max McCaleb stood with the others on the overpass with a small U.S. flag tucked into his shirt.

A former Marine with a 24-year-old son serving a second tour as a civilian firefighter in Iraq, McCaleb said he came to honor a fellow Marine, but he has issues with the war and President Bush. ``For me, he died for a cause he had no business dying for,'' McCaleb said. ``We've lost a lot of good ones over there.''...

Recruiter's comment of "there's not enough troop support as there is" means what? McCaleb's is much more straightforward and understandable. RIP Jason.

[maxsolomon]

5. not enough support: you're not closing your eyes tight enough

and one of your ears is uncovered, etc.