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11/13/2003 Archived Entry: "Breslin."
Breslin.
This is infuriating.
Yesterday, I wanted to talk at length with Morgan Kennon. He is a truck driver in Memphis, Tenn. Anna Davis and Shirley Downing of the Memphis Commercial Appeal went out of the way to get Kennon's number to me. His son, Morgan Kennon, 23, had been shot to death while guarding a bank in Mosul, Iraq.When I read that on the notice, I was angered. This young man was in the 101st Airborne, a proud, strong parachute jumper and fighter and they put him in front of a bank like he was a private security guard wearing a square badge. Thanks to Davis and Downing, I got Kennon on the phone late yesterday. I wanted to talk with him and then the Army and maybe call somebody in Mosul who could tell about this bank. Instead I could only mumble to Kennon. I asked what he thought about the bank guard. He said he hadn't thought about it. What did I think? I said that I hated his son being killed as a bank guard. The moment I said it, I was sorry. I thought I was telling him that his son had died for nothing.
Instead, he chuckled. "Maybe the bank was important to our country. Maybe there was a purpose behind him guarding it. We need that money to rebuild Iraq."
Lord be with a guy this faithful. He said that the son was supposed to be coming home for his mother's birthday next week. "He'll be home, but not for her birthday," he said.
Replies: somebody speaks up.
very few people ever die for any really good reason. dying a meaningless death is nothing to be ashamed of. sending people to their deaths for no good reason, now thats something to be ashamed of.....
Posted by justin @ 11/13/2003 05:33 PM NY
