Just about every day I get an email from the Department of Defense identifying casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan.
President Bush is going to be speaking about the “State of the Union” tomorrow night — and we should remember that a lot of our fellow citizens will not be around to hear his thoughts on the matter.
Here is the latest notice from the Pentagon on troop deaths:
DoD Identifies Marine Casualties — 22 January 2007
The Department of Defense announced today the death of two Marines who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Cpl. Jacob H. Neal, 23, of San Marcos, Texas, died Jan. 19 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. Neal was assigned to Marine Forces Reserve’s 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Lance Cpl. Luis J. Castillo, 20, of Lawton, Mich., died Jan. 20 from wounds received while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. Castillo was assigned to Marine Forces Reserve’s 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Lansing, Mich.
America is in a “slow bleed” in Iraq — and that is not a tolerable strategy.
— Steve Clemons
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