Families of Ft. Bliss Soldiers Begin Asking Hard Questions

Steven mailinglist at navari.com
Thu Mar 27 11:58:38 PST 2003


http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0327-04.htm

And for what? That's what Addison's relatives wanted to know late Wednesday as they struggled to absorb the Pentagon's confirmation that the Army specialist had been killed in battle.

In all, military officials said Wednesday, 15 Ft. Bliss soldiers from the 507th Maintenance Company had been captured or killed by Iraqi forces.

The numbers seem to rise each day, and tough questions are percolating at this west Texas military base.

"We just found out. My mind is just messed up right now," said Rodney Fisher, 23, an Amityville, N.Y., resident who went to high school with Addison and later became his stepbrother when his mother married Addison's father.

"I never thought there was a reason to go to war in the first place. This sure as hell doesn't make it any better. This was a good man. He didn't deserve this. This whole thing is nonsense."

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