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If they represented America’s power then Blakley, like most medics, represented its conscience. The medic carried an M-4 carbine. But an Iraqi lieutenant once told Blakley that his real weapon was his medical kit, because he and it exposed what the local insurgents did not have and would never be.
U.S. military advisers forged close relationships with Iraqi soldiers. - Slate Magazine
The story of one death, of many, in Iraq. Reading about one death gives me a huge lump in the throat and teary eyes. I can’t even comprehend that there are countless stories like this of lives lost, American and Iraqi, military and civilian. I can’t even comprehend that war is possible, thinking this way.
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I was laid off 2 days before my birthday in 2009, a dismal blessing. I miss health insurance and payroll, but I haven't bought bread since the pink slip because I have time to bake.
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