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A U.S. Army Ranger from San Diego has been killed in combat in Afghanistan, the Pentagon announced Sunday. Sgt. 1st Class Kristoffer Domeij, 29, was killed Saturday in Kandahar province when his unit was attacked by the enemy with an improvised explosive device.Domeij enlisted in the Army in 2001 and joined the 2nd Battalion, 75thRanger Regiment at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington in 2002. He was on his 14th combat deployment.

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ORIGINAL: jlf1961

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A U.S. Army Ranger from San Diego has been killed in combat in Afghanistan, the Pentagon announced Sunday. Sgt. 1st Class Kristoffer Domeij, 29, was killed Saturday in Kandahar province when his unit was attacked by the enemy with an improvised explosive device.Domeij enlisted in the Army in 2001 and joined the 2nd Battalion, 75thRanger Regiment at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington in 2002. He was on his 14th combat deployment.

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This is going to be more common, and if the enlistment numbers don't start coming up, then these numbers of tours is going to be a lot higher.

Perhaps the republicans AND democrats should consider reinstating the draft.

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ORIGINAL: jlf1961

A U.S. Army Ranger from San Diego has been killed in combat in Afghanistan, the Pentagon announced Sunday. Sgt. 1st Class Kristoffer Domeij, 29, was killed Saturday in Kandahar province when his unit was attacked by the enemy with an improvised explosive device.Domeij enlisted in the Army in 2001 and joined the 2nd Battalion, 75thRanger Regiment at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington in 2002. He was on his 14th combat deployment.

This is going to be more common, and if the enlistment numbers don't start coming up, then these numbers of tours is going to be a lot higher.

Perhaps the republicans AND democrats should consider reinstating the draft.

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ORIGINAL: jlf1961

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A U.S. Army Ranger from San Diego has been killed in combat in Afghanistan, the Pentagon announced Sunday. Sgt. 1st Class Kristoffer Domeij, 29, was killed Saturday in Kandahar province when his unit was attacked by the enemy with an improvised explosive device.Domeij enlisted in the Army in 2001 and joined the 2nd Battalion, 75thRanger Regiment at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington in 2002. He was on his 14th combat deployment.

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This is going to be more common, and if the enlistment numbers don't start coming up, then these numbers of tours is going to be a lot higher.

Perhaps the republicans AND democrats should consider reinstating the draft.

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ORIGINAL: slvemike4u

Thompson the other side of that argument is that were there to be a reinstatement of the draft( and I am by no means suggesting that there be one) the populace in general would be more invested in not allowing our leaders to involve us in wars based on flimsy reasoning or outright lies.To take that even further,and just because I wam a wiseass....any such draft should include a provision that the sons and daughters of Congressman and Senators should be the first called[:)]
Just a thought.