THEY’RE STILL FIGHTING OUR WARS
Specialist James Justice of the United States Army died this week after being shot in the head by Taliban forces while conducting combat operations in Afghanistan.
Justice was the 2,000th American killed in action in the Afghan War. He was 21 years old.
James Justice, 1990 — 2012
August 23rd, 2012 at 8:51 am
a haunting post
August 23rd, 2012 at 11:18 am
Obscene that another young person had to die in a war that is costing so much money that could be spent on far better things.
August 23rd, 2012 at 11:19 am
Another young man who gave his life, another hero gone. God bless his family for giving us this brave young man.
When I think back, at his age I had two tours in Vietnam, without a “physical” scratch. And here we are a century later still fighting senseless wars fought by brave young men.
But thankfully there are still “brave young men and women” to do our dirty jobs, I wish them a safe return as soon as possible.
August 23rd, 2012 at 12:40 pm
Hi Scott,
Again I say, when will we get the fuck out of that hell-hole country. Even the people we are training are turning their guns on American and other country’s troops. Lets just give it up and get the hell OUT. They are a backward, bigoted, ignorant and religiously fanatical people that don’t want us there.
August 23rd, 2012 at 2:58 pm
Afghanistan is called ” the graveyard of empires” for a reason. Time to bring our boys home.
August 23rd, 2012 at 3:14 pm
If only Romney’s sons were in the war, we might have had a chance to end this before Dec 2013. But the backward, bigoted, ignorant and religiously fanatical people of America are all for it.
August 23rd, 2012 at 3:27 pm
Well, there is no……
August 23rd, 2012 at 5:47 pm
That sweet innocent young face makes me want to cry. What a waste.
August 23rd, 2012 at 6:21 pm
I want to say ‘rest in peace’ or ‘my deepest condolences to his family and loved ones’, or even ‘thank you for your service’ but they all seem hollow and inadequate. That our young people are still dying in Iraq and Afghanistan, for absolutely nothing, is heartbreaking. Godammit! Enough already!
August 23rd, 2012 at 10:29 pm
We don’t see these faces in many places. When
Mixner runs the same tributes-it always stops me in my daily ramblings through the internet and I can only imagine the lives of their families at the moment.
Thank you for doing so.
August 24th, 2012 at 12:42 am
I don’t have the words.
HaShem bless them.
August 24th, 2012 at 1:43 pm
The New York Times ran the photos of all 2000 this week.