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By: Michelle Malkin » Let’s mourn the real American heroes

Michelle Malkin » Let’s mourn the real American heroes — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:48:22 +0000

[...] on Independence Day at Combat Outpost Zerok in Afghanistan’s Paktika province. He was 20-year-old Pfc. Aaron Fairbairn. Fairbairn’s stepfather, David Masters, took to social networking service Twitter to spread the [...]

By: Saying Farewell To Some American Heros « Nice Deb

Saying Farewell To Some American Heros « Nice Deb — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:11:24 +0000

[...] Michelle Malkin paid tribute to to another soldier, who was killed in Afghanistan over the weekend. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)YouTube’s Greatest Hits #12“To The Soldiers and Sailors of the American Revolution. . .Free Druid costume coming to LittleBigPlanetThe top 10 singles and albums on iTunes Posted in Patriotic Stuff. Leave a Comment » [...]

By: “Forget Michael Jackson. Meet Pvt. Justin Casillas” « Patriot Burr

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:07:17 +0000

[...] Malkin, Over the weekend, I blogged about Pvt. Aaron Fairbairn, one of two American soldiers killed in in eastern Afghanistan by a jihadi suicide [...]

By: Michelle Malkin » Forget Michael Jackson. Meet Pvt. Justin Casillas

Michelle Malkin » Forget Michael Jackson. Meet Pvt. Justin Casillas — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:59:52 +0000

[...] the weekend, I blogged about Pvt. Aaron Fairbairn, one of two American soldiers killed in in eastern Afghanistan by a jihadi suicide [...]

By: radio relay

radio relay — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:24:01 +0000

Finally, he said: “I realize Aaron’s just one guy coming home not sitting in a seat. Lots of other guys have made that same sacrifice.”

Sadly, that is so true!

It is why we who are their beneficiaries must live lives that honor their sacrifice.

By: Common Sense

Common Sense — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:16:54 +0000

RIP Aaron.

I read the book “The Afghan Campaign” by Steven Pressfield last year. If you didn’t know when it takes place, you would think it was today’s Afghanistan. It wasn’t, it’s Afghanistan in the time of Alexander the Great.

I fear we’re doomed to failure, regardless of how bravely our men fight to win. If Alexander the Great, a superior general with no rules of engagement to follow, couldn’t subdue the region and build a government out of disparate tribes and families, what makes us think we can? The Russians (and many others) failed as well and you can’t tell me they were fighting a “kinder gentler” war.

I couldn’t find the quote, but the main character in the book points out that the Afghan people have been living that way for 2000 years – killing each other as well as people from other lands, treating their women worse than their livestock, etc. And that was 2000 before his time of Alexander the Great. That’s 4000 years ago for us.

Can we really overcome 4000 years of tribal history and modernize the region, especially when we handicap our soldiers with strict rules of engagement? The people in this part of the world usually view kindness and generosity as weakness. They have said as much. Is it worth the lives of our soldiers?

By: sbw999

sbw999 — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:50:28 +0000

We are fighting too surgical a war, and are dying from a thousand cuts. With this Country’s military might, there is no reason why we are in our 8th year in this backwards place. We are holding back, and our soldiers are dying because of it. Either fight to win, or let’s just get out.

By: travlinman

travlinman — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:45:00 +0000

I joined Twitter just to add my Tweet for Aaron.

I apologize for erroneously concluding that his last name was Masters.

God Bless all of the family. RIP Aaron Fairbairn.

By: Leatherneck

Leatherneck — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:35:10 +0000

Sometimes, the enemy will kill a few Marines. However, the Marine Corp will destroy every enemy in it’s path to victory.

The enemy has no chance.

By: Michelle Malkin » #thankyouaaron: An bupdate/b | Img up date to you

Michelle Malkin » #thankyouaaron: An bupdate/b | Img up date to you — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:22:26 +0000

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By: KCK

KCK — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:26:28 +0000

Well, when I wore that same rank, I served in the NG in Aberdeen, WA. I am moved by the loss of this young soldier, and want to wish the family of PFC Fairbairn sad condolences.

Nothing will ever replace this great kid, but our love for him is better understood now that we know who he is and where he is from. I know the people in Grays Harbor will remember Aaron forever.

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#thankyouaaron: An update | www.virginiaright.com — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:00:08 +0000

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By: floridaobserver

floridaobserver — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:31:06 +0000

God bless you and your family for your great sacrifice.

By: Texhoma

Texhoma — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:01:47 +0000

Thank you, AAron.

By: Afghanistan & Opium: US Marine Killed During Operation ‘Strike of the Sword’ « Frugal Café Blog Zone

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:25:00 +0000

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