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Long Beach Soldier Laid to Rest

by Allen Cox

Alas, another one of our fallen soldiers has arrived home in Long Beach. As of today, 3421 troops have been taken from us since March 2003. 71 soldiers have been killed this month alone. For the soldier from Long Beach, more than 40 family members and close friends gathered in a reception room at Long Beach Airport, waiting for the body of 23-year-old Staff Sgt. Joshua Whitaker, a former Millikan High School student who became a decorated Green Beret.
Whitaker, of Long Beach, died from enemy small-arms fire during a firefight on May 15 near Qalat, Afghanistan.

Whitaker is the second Long Beach soldier to die overseas this month. Spc. Astor Sunsin-Pineda, a Wilson High School graduate, was killed on May 2 when his vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device in Baghdad, according to the U.S. Department of Defense. Whitaker was a Special Forces engineer sergeant assigned to the 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group from Fort Bragg, N.C.
When are the people of this city and the country going to demand an end to this nonsense?
This is precisely why we need Ron Paul as our president. He would make sure that we butt out of foreign affairs that we have no business meddling in.

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