Ours is not to reason why........

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Ours is not to reason why........

Postby slimmouse » Tue Jun 27, 2006 7:19 pm

<br> The rewards of service ;<br><br> NEW YORK (AP) - As a member of the U.S. army National Guard, Nadine Beckford patrolled New York City train stations after Sept. 11, 2001 with a 9 mm pistol, then served a treacherous year in Iraq.<br><br>Now, six months after returning, Beckford lives in a homeless shelter.<br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>"I'm just an ordinary person who served. I'm not embarrassed about my homelessness because the circumstances that created it were not my fault," said Beckford, 30, who was a military-supply specialist at a base in Iraq that was a sitting duck for around-the-clock attacks.<br><br>Thousands of U.S. veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are facing a new nightmare - the risk of homelessness. The U.S. government estimates several hundred vets who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan are homeless on any given night across the country, although the exact number is unknown. <hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br> Full article; <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?">www.canada.com/topics/new...tory.html?</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>id=5cb72dc8-e90f-4f06-aa9a-dce1fcc6ecec&k=41285<br><br> Hasnt the avge GI got it yet ? <br><br> Anyone remember the Einstein quote about how we beat this war deal ?<br> <p></p><i></i>
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