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To: Grainne who wrote (92005)	12/24/2004 10:51:33 AM
From: epicure	Respond to of 108807

I did not know that about the mail. What an interesting piece of trivia, and how sad it would be know that someone had written you, and perhaps written you about vital family news, but you couldn't access the information.

To: Grainne who wrote (92005)	12/24/2004 12:44:14 PM
From: coug	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 108807

Grainne, I would like to wish you and ALL here, a Happy Holiday Season and my Very Best for the coming year.. c

To: Grainne who wrote (92005)	12/25/2004 12:29:20 AM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

A Soldier By Doug Soderstrom Not a sacred warrior, Nor with a bayonet blessed by God, Not even a human being, Just a simple peasant; a surrogate, A sacrificial lamb, a frightened child, Chosen by the rich to be an instrument of war, A cold-blooded, battle-trained beast, A mindless savage ordered to kill, A molded piece of steel, an object . . . a gear, A very small cog in a far-reaching engine of death, An insignificant fleck in the overall fabric of life, A negligible notch on the handle of an enemy's gun, A mere afterthought for those who extol the wonders of war, An unkempt grunt, A lonely gutted, blood-spattered corpse lying on the ground, Something like the trivial crush of dead dog on a lonely country road, Dead meat . . . with a tin tag, A sacred breath of life having been stripped from its mother's womb, A father's pride; his very best friend, Someone whose name is Abdul, Mohammed, Ishmael, Ibrahim, or Hassan, Or then again . . . perhaps even Mike, John, Mark, Eddy, Ben, or Bill, A world diminished by the loss of another precious child! thewitness.org