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January 04, 2008BELTWAY BLOGROLL
A Milblogger's Last Wish
Army Reservist Andrew Olmsted arranged to have an entry published posthumously at Obsidian Wings in the event that he was killed while serving in Iraq. Unfortunately, he met that fate yesterday. This was one of his last wishes:
I do ask (not that I'm in a position to enforce this) that no one try to use my death to further their political purposes. I went to Iraq and did what I did for my reasons, not yours. My life isn't a chit to be used to bludgeon people to silence on either side. If you think the U.S. should stay in Iraq, don't drag me into it by claiming that somehow my death demands us staying in Iraq. If you think the U.S. ought to get out tomorrow, don't cite my name as an example of someone's life who was wasted by our mission in Iraq.
Read the whole thing.
Posted by Danny | 04:44 PM
