thedrifter
01-24-06, 02:06 PM
Bucks Democrats Put Iraq Casualty Sign In Window
UPDATED: 2:46 pm EST January 24, 2006
NBC10
A Republican group is calling for the removal of a running tally of U.S. casualties in Iraq displayed by the Bucks County Democratic Committee in the front window of its Doylestown headquarters.
The sign includes the words "We honor our fallen heroes'' and a count of military deaths in Iraq.
Don Petrille, chairman of the Bucks County Federation of Young Republicans, accused Democrats of "using the numbers for political gain'' and said it was an inappropriate use of members of the armed services.
Democrats, however, called the sign a valid way to honor fallen service members.
"Perhaps some are more comfortable thinking of war only in generalities,'' said Neil Samuels, the deputy county chairman of the party. "But the cost of war is not just political and economic - it is personal. And it is that terrible personal cost that causes us to memorialize and honor each hero's sacrifice.''
Ellie
UPDATED: 2:46 pm EST January 24, 2006
NBC10
A Republican group is calling for the removal of a running tally of U.S. casualties in Iraq displayed by the Bucks County Democratic Committee in the front window of its Doylestown headquarters.
The sign includes the words "We honor our fallen heroes'' and a count of military deaths in Iraq.
Don Petrille, chairman of the Bucks County Federation of Young Republicans, accused Democrats of "using the numbers for political gain'' and said it was an inappropriate use of members of the armed services.
Democrats, however, called the sign a valid way to honor fallen service members.
"Perhaps some are more comfortable thinking of war only in generalities,'' said Neil Samuels, the deputy county chairman of the party. "But the cost of war is not just political and economic - it is personal. And it is that terrible personal cost that causes us to memorialize and honor each hero's sacrifice.''
Ellie