5 years ago today, May 1, 2003, our moron President boarded the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln dressed in a military outfit and declared victory in Iraq. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED indeed. 4064 deaths later, we remain in a quagmire in Iraq. The same fools who tell us the surge is working are the ones who displayed aluminum tubes as proof there were weapons of mass destruction. Enough gullible Americans bought it. God damn the pathetically incompetent leaders who have brought this nation down a destructive path these past 8 years, and God damn those who should have known better. The innocent whose children arrive home in flag-draped coffins suffer while the privileged few still make the terrible decisions...
Below are the names of the 177 troops from New York out of the 4,064 soldiers who have died serving their country in Iraq. The list includes the 168 New Yorkers who have died since President Bush declared Mission Accomplished.
May these men and women, who served their country honorably and heroically, rest in peace.
Eric James Orlowski, Tamario Demetrice Burkett, Robert Marcus Rodriguez, William Wayne White, Eric Allen Smith, Bernard George Gooden, Gregory Paul Huxley Jr., Riayan Augusto Tejeda, Joseph Acevedo, Rasheed Sahib, David Evans Jr., Raheen Tyson Heighter, Heath A. McMillin, Joseph E. Robsky Jr., Kevin C. Kimmerly, David Travis Friedrich, Michael L. Williams, Rayshawn S. Johnson, Linda C. Jimenez, Jacob S. Fletcher, Irving Medina, George A. Wood, Charles E. Bush Jr., Luis A. Moreno, Thomas D. Robbins, Roger G. Ling, Doron Chan, Timothy Toney, David M. McKeever, Isaac Michael Nieves, Nathan P. Brown, Kevin T. Kolm, Jason L. Dunham, Michael J. Pernaselli, Nathan B. Bruckenthal, James G. West, Shawn A. Lane, Kevin A. Cuming, Luis A. Perez, Ronald Winchester, Ramon Mateo, Michael A. Uvanni, James E. Prevete, Brian K. Schramm, Segun Frederick Akintade, Matthew D. Lynch, Brian K. Baker, Jeffrey Lam, Steven E. Auchman, James C. "J.C." Matteson, Catalin D. Dima, Dimitrios Gavriel, David L. Roustum, Christian P. Engeldrum, Wilfredo F. Urbina, Pablo A. Calderon, David M. Fisher, Henry E. Irizarry, Cari Anne Gasiewicz, Joseph O. Behnke, Victor A. Martinez, Julian S. Melo, Jeff LeBrun, Kenneth G. Vonronn, Nathaniel T. Swindell, Francis C. Obaji, Michael A. Arciola, Christopher M. Pusateri, Azhar Ali, Wai Pyoe Lwin, Matthew A. Koch, Christopher W. Dill, Angelo L. Lozada Jr., Jacob M. Pfister, Kelly M. Cannan, Joseph S. Tremblay, Charles S. Cooper Jr., Michael V. Postal, Terrence K. Crowe, Phillip T. Esposito, Ramona M. Valdez, Manny Hornedo, Efrain Sanchez Jr., James D. McNaughton, Anthony N. Kalladeen, Hernando Rios, Jose L. Ruiz, Regilio E. Nelom, Mark H. Dooley, Casey E. Howe, Tulsa T. Tuliau, Leon G. James II, Seamus M. Davey, Ramon A. Acevedoaponte, Jared J. Kremm, Robert C. Pope II, Dominic J. Sacco, Aram J. Bass, Steven C. Reynolds, Clarence L. Floyd Jr., Lance S. Sage, Marlon A. Bustamante, Sergio A. Mercedes Saez, Nicholas Wilson, Thomas J. Wilwerth, Benjamin C. Schuster, Dwayne Peter R. Lewis, Carlos M. Gonzalez, Timothy J. Moshier, Scott M. Bandhold, Bobby Mendez, Jose Gomez, Elisha R. Parker, Michael L. Licalzi, Steve Vahaviolos, John W. Engeman, Jose M. Velez, Nicholas J. Whyte, Collin T. Mason, Irving Hernandez Jr., Julian A. Ramon, Hai Ming Hsia, Michael Dennis Glover, John James McKenna IV, Howard S. March Jr., James N. Lyons, Mario Nelson, Denise A. Lannaman, Michael K. Oremus, Julian M. Arechaga, Jonathan E. Lootens, Justin R. Garcia, Schuyler B. Haynes, Jeannette T. Dunn, Kenneth W. Haines, Travis C. Krege, Yevgeniy Ryndych, Jason C. Denfrund, Joseph D. Alomar, Shawn Patrick Falter, Nathan P. Fairlie, James J. Regan, Angel R. Ramirez, Lorne E. Henry Jr., Michael D. Rivera, Anthony A. Kaiser, Henry W. Bogrette, Brian E. Ritzberg, Daniel A. Fuentes, Steve Butcher Jr., James E. Lundin, Matthew E. Baylis, Kimel L. Watt, Shawn P. Martin, Alphonso J. Montenegro II, Le Ron A. Wilson, Christopher G. Scherer, Charles E. Bilbrey Jr., Juan M. Alcantara, Reynold Armand, Paulomarko U. Pacificador, Courtney Hollinsworth, Jonathan Rivadeneira, Chirasak Vidhyarkorn, Dwane A. Covert Jr., John D. Linde, Daniel J. Shaw, Steven C. Ganczewski, Isaac T. Cortes, James D. Gudridge, John P. Sigsbee, Justin R. Whiting, Jack T. Sweet, Kevin S. Mowl, Dayne D. Dhanoolal, Jordan C. Haerter
RIP, God bless our troops..!
