The High Cost Of War

David Marin got a first-hand look at the high cost of the war with Iraq during a visit to army's Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington where some of the wounded are brought for treatment.

"This hospital is overloaded with orthopedics because of things like this; because there're so many amputees coming back from Iraq," said David Pettigrew.

Pettigrew lost his right leg when his armored vehicle was hit by a rocket propelled grenade.

"I woke up and I could look down and see, 'Wow, look, there's my left leg and my right leg went AWOL,'" he told Martin.

The leg is gone but not the pain.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/08/15/eveningnews/main568628.shtml

This is the first Internet report I've seen talking about what type of wounded.

http://darkerxdarker.tripod.com/

We must fight the rightwing monsters like the future is at stake.

IT IS !!!

and I'm sure Ralphie and Saxby will smear their patriotism too! ("Hey, Ralph Reed, how many legs do you stand on?" "None, for I AM the serpent in the garden!")