Fort Lewis Soldier Killed in Iraq - First Death of 2008

[Hissyspit]

Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Fort Lewis soldier killed in Iraq; first death of 2008
P-I STAFF

A Fort Lewis soldier was killed by a homemade bomb Saturday in Iraq -- the first death of 2008 in the war for a man or woman in uniform with links to Washington.

The Defense Department said Pfc. Jason F. Lemke, 30, of West Allis, Wis., was killed when the explosion struck his vehicle in Ibrahim Al Adham. He was with the 4th Stryker Brigade, which was sent to Iraq in April.

Fort Lewis said Lemke enlisted in the Army in 2004 and was sent to the Pierce County base in 2005.

Read more: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/346410_wardead08.html

[ursi]

1. depressing

the war goes on and on.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

2. Welcome to DU, ursi!

:hi:

[Hulk]

3. This is just a numbers game to this f*cked up country anymore...

I don't give a rat's ass about keeping tabs on the "first of the year", the tallest, heaviest, first from my home state, etc. We have managed to sanatize this war to where it means NOTHING when someone else suffers or dies. We simply place one more digit in the numbers column and make propaganda.

This whole f*cking war is so wrong, and just like in Vietnam, we sit back here and listen to a bunch of chicken hawks talk about "saving honor", "finishing 'the mission'", and all these other hollow slogans, when in the meantime, REAL PEOPLE SUFFER AND DIE FOR NOTHING!!!