The first 10 British casualties return home.

By Parminio
March 29 2003

Being a soldier has it's ups and downs I suppose...but I wouldn't know. I'm not a soldier. In the end, I'm glad I'm not.It's not much, but I'd like to say thank you on behalf of us over here on the other side of the big pond.

I thought I would take a moment and say something about this. On the news this morning, it was announced that the first ten British casualties of war arrived home in England.

I wanted to take this time to say thank you. The British and American troops that are in Iraq right now, as well as the Australians and other coalition forces are doing a job that I don’t want. Frankly, I don’t know if I have what it takes to do that job…and thanks to them, I don’t have to. I think we all owe them a great deal of thanks, for it is they who fight so that we might walk down the street and say what we will, do as we wish and live the way that we see fit to live. We can take our wives out to dinner, take our daughters to the park and join our friends for a beer and cookout if we wish. The fact that I’m American is secondary next to the fact that we are all brothers in this war. In the past, it was the same…nothing new here. It was Americans and Britons that bled the ground and ocean red at Normandy.

My and my fellow Americans (all the ones that I know) send out our deepest condolences, and out greatest thanks and respect to those soldiers that have now returned home to England. There are those who walk the streets in protest and say, “Our boys are dying for nothing.” They could not be more wrong. In the future not too distant, Iraq will for the first time in many years be rid of one of the most ruthless, arrogant, self-serving and worthless leaders of the 20th century. It will be a cause for great joy to the Iraqi people, and will bring hopefully a much needed peace and sense of security to the most volatile region on earth.

God speed boys, and thank you. Job well done.