. . . but this man was lied to. Whatever mission he was told he was on was long ago been shown to be nothing but a load of Bush's self-serving bull. Now, with nothing of the original 'mission' remaining -- and the rhetoric about terrorist threats from Iraq coming out of the White House like a criminal repeat of the original lies about mushroom clouds and aluminum tubes -- this soldier, like the thousands before him in Iraq, (and the inevitable sad losses to follow) died in vain.
El Paso sailor killed after just 7 days in IraqEL PASO, Texas -- Navy corpsman Gilbert Minjares Jr. told his brother that if he died in Iraq, he wanted his two children to know he served so they could grow up free and without fear.
Minjares, 31, and six others died Wednesday _ just seven days after he reached Iraq _ in a helicopter crash in Al Anbar Province, the Department of Defense said Friday. The cause of the crash is under investigation.
"He gave me all his clothes and stuff, like he knew what was going to happen," said Jose Minjares, Gilbert's brother. "He told me, 'If anything happens, I want you to let my kids know I did it for them.'"
Minjares is survived by his wife, a 2-year-old son, and a 4-week-old baby living in North Carolina, said Eddie Pedregon, the seaman's cousin. Gilbert Minjares also worked as a recruiter in El Paso, Jose Minjares said.
"He always wanted to give to others before he gave to himself," Pedregon said. "His dream was to save Marines."
A corpsman is the Marines' equivalent of an Army medic.
The seaman was happy-go-lucky, loved his family and his home and had no doubts about his service or heading to Iraq, his brother said.
"He said he'd rather go fight over there than have to fight (terrorism) over here," the brother said.
http://www.kristv.com/Global/story.asp?S=6065227"He was a brave, brave man."
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