| News: after too short of a time with the family, including the birth of his brand new son, Evan Everett Valdez, Will phoned Jenny when he landed in Korea, with information. He is slated to be one of the 4000 taken from hardship duty in Korea, and sent to Iraq. Words fail. UnbelievBLY, this war is so much harder for me v. Viet Nam because it isn't my peers who have to make choices and be put in harm's way, it's my children...and that adds a new element of horror. Also, during Viet Nam, we felt we were affecting change with our protests and letters, now I simply feel impotent.
Will and Evan compare hand sizes
Apres dinner at China City
If anyone who reads this entry, and is sympathetic, please add William Valdez' name in your prayer circles, or your meditations, or personal prayers, or talks with "spirit", or if you access light, or Gaia...please help protect this wonderful man, father, husband, son, son-in-law, friend, soldier and just a loving joy to be around with his easy laugh and joie de vivre. Thank you, pax I never figured I'd agree with this point of view but being practical, given that we're slated to continue fighting a war, I agree that we are doing our kids a major disservice. Short of stopping the war /conflict /hunt for Bin Laden , we need more troops, but we must take care that they are trained and able to make intelligent decisions, when they are in the field, this means time to train them -- below is from CNN news: SENS. CLINTON, GRAHAM CALL FOR LARGER U.S. MILITARY An unlikely pair of Senate allies called for a larger military Sunday, and
pledged a thorough investigation of abuse against Iraqi prisoners in Baghdad. .... more
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