The American Spectator

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6.16.08 @ 12:01AM

(Page 5 of 5)

I watch The NewsHour on PBS every weekday and over the years, they have shown pictures of the fallen, along with each soldier's name, branch of service, age, and hometown. They call it "Our Honor Roll"

Every time they run this segment, I stop everything and respectfully take notice. And as the faces of the fallen flash by, I use my left hand to count the Marines. And with my right hand, I keep count of how many are thirty or older.

What I have found is that a significant number of the fallen are thirty and older (and according to figures from the Iraq Coalition Casualty Count, which gathers the bulk of its data from the U.S. government, 30 percent were at least thirty-years-old).

Humans that are 30-year-olds and up are not "kids." They are adults. As are 18-year-olds. Nevertheless, regardless of their ages, all had the courage to lay down their lives for the sake of our freedoms, which ironically, includes Hankin's freedom to debate without courage of fact.
-- Mark A. Tarnowski
Minneapolis, Minnesota

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