A Sad Reminder

At 3:30 this AM, I ran across a Facebook post by my daughter. She was posting a remembrance of Bobby, my nephew. He died in the dumbest war of all time. The exact date of his death is under a cloud. The Navy has offered up no rhyme or reason for his death. This only leaves his loved ones twisting in the wind as they use their imaginations to conjure up all kinds of awful scenarios.

I was actually notified of Bobby being missing off a navy destroyer on the 18th of September, 2005. The Navy settled on his "official" date of death as 9/12/2005. He had been missing for .... well, no one really knows; or so they said. His death has been shrouded in mystery ever since.

Bobby died as a result of being shipped overseas to help the United States carry out a personal grudge mission for an undeserving President. The war accomplished nothing other than hundreds of thousands dead and over a Trillion dollars pissed down the drain. My nephew's death was a needless waste, as were all the military and civilian deaths and mutilations suffered during Bush the Lessor's, "Operation Iraqi Freedom".

Twenty years is a long time. It is easy to forget most everything from twenty years ago. That is, until someone jogs a memory of loss. That memory comes flooding back in like it happened yesterday. I sit here once again with tears flowing because of Bobby's life being wasted; because of the stupidity of war.

Wherever you are Bobby, I hope you are in a better place than the one you left 20 years ago.

R.I.P.  Bobby

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I immediately thought of the British folk/punk band, Ferocious Dog. They have felt the pain of losing someone to the same stupid war I lost my nephew to. Here is a 2024 release, titled, "Blood Soaked Shores". I'd say enjoy, but maybe just listen to it while reading the lyrics.