21-year-old Dickinson soldier killed in Iraq
A 21-year-old soldier from Dickinson was killed Wednesday in Iraq, according to published reports. Nathaniel Given, a soldier with the Army’s 10th Mountain Infantry, is the fifth Galveston County resident to be killed in the Iraq war, according to the Galveston County Daily News.
When I read this story yesterday, my first reaction was to ask why this had to happen. Surely there must be a reason Nathaniel Given died? Surely someone can tell me what his sacrifice was for? And no, you cannot use the “he died for our freedom” canard/talking point. Our freedom is not at risk in Iraq; in fact the only thing that is at risk is Our Glorious and Benevolent Leader’s © legacy. I’d like to think that Given died for a reason, for a purpose that might lend some meaning to his sacrifice. Unfortunately, I can’t think of anything even remotely meaningful that he died for…and that’s perhaps the real tragedy here. A family has lost a young man who will never have the opportunity to get married, raise a family, or do all of the other things that are part and parcel of a life well-lived.
It would be comforting to think that Given’s family gave their son to a cause greater than themselves. Sadly, their son died supporting a corrupt and ineptly conducted war purchased by lies and propaganda. Nathaniel Given, and 3,000 other Americans, died for nothing, their lives wasted by a morally-bankrupt President more concerned with his own legacy than the safety and well-being of the men and women he continues into the Iraqi meat grinder.
My heart goes out to Given’s parents, who deserved better than having to bury their son.
NOW CAN WE IMPEACH THE LYING, MURDERING BASTARD???
