Emmitsburg man killed in Iraq
Published on May 19, 2006
By David Simon
News-Post Staff
EMMITSBURG -- A 23-year-old soldier from Emmitsburg died Thursday in
Iraq, his parents said.
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Robert Seidel III was in a Humvee on Thursday when
it was struck by an improvised explosive device about 2:30 p.m., said Sandy
Seidel, his mother. Ms. Seidel said a lieutenant colonel came to her house
in Gettysburg, Pa., on Thursday to inform the family.
Lt. Seidel, a 2000 graduate of Catoctin High School, was a rifle
platoon leader with the 2nd Battalion in the 22nd Infantry Regiment of the
10th Mountain Division, out of Fort Drum, N.Y. He graduated from West Point
in 2004, said his father, Robert Seidel Jr.
Lt. Seidel was also an Army Ranger who was qualified for air assaults.
"He loved his family first and foremost, but he loves God and his
country ... and he died doing that," Mr. Seidel said, choking back tears.
Mr. Seidel said his son liked country music and playing sports like
football, baseball and basketball with his brother Stephen. He was an avid
Boston Red Sox fan.
The Seidels had last spoken with their son on Mother's Day.
"He knew from a young age he wanted to be in the military," Mr. Seidel
said.
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It's a damn shame! I hate this friggin' war, too.
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You ever worked for Halliburton?
They provide jobs here to people in the mountain states and they make damn
good money. When I worked in the oil patch 17 years ago, I saw their trucks
on the rig locations all the time.
Before you start bitching about Cheney and Halliburton, you better take
Kennedy's and Gore's money first.
Both them sonsofbitches are rich and they got it by ripping people off.
"kc pagan" <kcp...@webtv.net> wrote in message
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I also wanted to thank you for the nice reply you made in the thread
regarding my new job.
William
Nobody died making Cheney rich either. he was rich before he ever got into
government.
US soldiers did die because of what Kennedy did, and what Kerry did, and I
mean directly.
they are fucking traitors and should be hung by the law from a goddamn rope.
If they did what they did in WW II, they'd both been executed for their
crimes.
Particularly John Kerry.
Truman didn't fuck around in them days.
he took everybody out no matter what party they was in. he fired every
communist in his administration in when he found out about them, and they
got jailed too.
We haven't had another Harry S. Truman like president in office since that
time.
John Murtha is a fucking traitor too, just like John Kerry is.
The law needs to execute them both.
Amd legally they can do it.
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"A Hermaphrodite" <XX...@webtv.net> wrote in message news:18727-447...@storefull-3176.bay.webtv.net...Capt you like a lot of people cannot seem to get over the Vietnam war.
The United States simply made the wrong choice of who to support in the
1940s, when the followers of Ho Chi Minh put their hopes in America's
transient anti-colonial politics under FDR.
In 1946 the Vietnamese liberationist with Ho Chi Minh waved AMERICAN
flags hoping for backing, but instead Truman rolled the dice with the
French and supported their colonial empire.
Ho and his people then looked to the Communists for help to throw off
the French and got it.
The French were eventually kicked out of the north by Ho and his new
Communist allies and fighting ceased for a while in 1954. The French
left with the south being a puppet state of the west and the north
relying on Communist dictatorship. Poor Vietnam.
For those who knew better, there was no reason to die for a puppet state
which made a few people rich, and only kept a democratic facade to keep
up TV appearances for unknowing American audiences.
As a 19 year old 1966, I used the one thing I knew to keep me from dying
for a crumbling pro-west French colonial puppet state, the
anti-homosexual feelings of straight men/HOMOPHOBIA. I wrote the
selective service board and went to a psychiatrist to validate my
'homosexual tendencies.' A life saving 4-F deferment came back in the
mail only weeks later.
I don't say Gay boys should never serve, but one has to evaluate the
real cause if you can. After all it is the ONE LIFE you know you have,
and to throw it away for some rich lazy fat cat's profits and his
children's privileged lifestyle, is a very foolish deed.
Call me a coward if you wish, but many of my poor high school classmates
aren't called anything but DEAD some 40 years later and those privilage
rich boys are now grandparents and CEOs.
Vietnam is NOT Iraq, nor Afghanistan. There are separate issues
involving all three countries and should be seen as such if you are
willing to give your life.
So before you ask, I am not necessarily a pacifist and I do not hold to
lock-step positions.
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Kerry got NO POWs killed, much "many". If that were true we would have
heard about it from the surviving POWs. and we have heard no such
thing.
Same goes for torture, as that pretty much stopped in Sept, 1969.
Kerry's speach was in April, 1971.
If you don't like Kerry, or his politics, fine. But you're either
making this stuff up, or repeating something you read on the internet.
It is false.
Doug Reese
PS. Ho joined the communist party in/about 1921, so by 1945-46 they
were good friends.
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> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=4>I didn't say whether we shoulda been there or
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> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=4>What kerry did when he got back, got 13000 of
> our troops and many of our POW's killed by the Viet Cong.</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=4>Hanoi John Kerry should be lined up against a
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> you like a lot of people cannot seem to get over the Vietnam war. <BR><BR>The
> United States simply made the wrong choice of who to support in the<BR>1940s,
> when the followers of Ho Chi Minh put their hopes in America's<BR>transient
> anti-colonial politics under FDR.<BR><BR>In 1946 the Vietnamese liberationist
> with Ho Chi Minh waved AMERICAN<BR>flags hoping for backing, but instead
> Truman rolled the dice with the<BR>French and supported their colonial empire.
> <BR><BR>Ho and his people then looked to the Communists for help to throw
> off<BR>the French and got it.<BR><BR>The French were eventually kicked out of
> the north by Ho and his new<BR>Communist allies and fighting ceased for a
> while in 1954. The French<BR>left with the south being a puppet state of the
> west and the north<BR>relying on Communist dictatorship. Poor
> Vietnam.<BR><BR>For those who knew better, there was no reason to die for a
> puppet state<BR>which made a few people rich, and only kept a democratic
> facade to keep<BR>up TV appearances for unknowing American
> audiences.<BR><BR>As a 19 year old 1966, I used the one thing I knew to keep
> me from dying<BR>for a crumbling pro-west French colonial puppet state,
> the<BR>anti-homosexual feelings of straight men/HOMOPHOBIA. I wrote
> the<BR>selective service board and went to a psychiatrist to validate
> my<BR>'homosexual tendencies.' A life saving 4-F deferment came back in
> the<BR>mail only weeks later.<BR><BR>I don't say Gay boys should never serve,
> but one has to evaluate the<BR>real cause if you can. After all it is
> the ONE LIFE you know you have,<BR>and to throw it away for some rich lazy fat
> cat's profits and his<BR>children's privileged lifestyle, is a very foolish
> deed.<BR><BR>Call me a coward if you wish, but many of my poor high school
> classmates<BR>aren't called anything but DEAD some 40 years later and those
> privilage<BR>rich boys are now grandparents and CEOs.<BR><BR>Vietnam is NOT
> Iraq, nor Afghanistan. There are separate issues<BR>involving all three
> countries and should be seen as such if you are<BR>willing to give your
> life.<BR><BR>So before you ask, I am not necessarily a pacifist and I do not
> hold to<BR>lock-step positions.<BR><BR>
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you ain't seen the anger of the American people yet, but you will.
Just a matter of time.
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<dre...@erols.com> wrote in message
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Nothing to admit, as there certainly weren't any POWs who made such a
claim. As I said, if such a thing happened, there would have been
former POWs coming forward -- hundreds of them.
Doug Reese
No more cheap wine for cappy .
We know the facts, and you can't hide them.
Kerry in fact got 13,000 troops killed just by his own treasonous actions.
He will never be forgiven for it either.
He's guilty as charged.
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The gtvt should just come find ya and kill ya.
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Now go kill yourself Fat Ronald.
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Well, first of all, I am a "real veteran". And I talk to other "real
veterans" on a daily basis.
> They have talked to the POW's and that's what the POW's said.
No, the POWs never said any such thing. "They" never had a POW tell
them that other POWs were killed because of Kerry.
You tell me who told you that tall tale. Then I will ask them what POW
told them. If they give me a name of a POW, and that POW confirms the
story, I will give $500 to your favorite charity.
I am 100% certain I won't have to part with my money, but you can feel
free to prove me wrong.
> Better stay away from VAVW, they are fake veterans
> or half of them are disgruntled because they all served time in the brig and
> stockade, and then wound up with dishonorable discharges
> that's who makes up VAVW.
It's the VVAW (Vietnam Veterans Against the War), and most of them were
veterans
> We know the facts, and you can't hide them.
Apparently, from what you have said here, you wouldn't know a fact if
it bit you.
> Kerry in fact got 13,000 troops killed just by his own treasonous actions.
False. How about something to back that up, other than you repeating it
again and again?
Who told you that? Where are the stats? What exactly did Kerry do, and
when, that caused 13,000 KIAs?
I look forward to your answer.
Doug Reese
Nasty sissy boy .
Stupid dork ..

"jake" <kyj...@webtv.net> wrote in message news:8762-4471...@storefull-3215.bay.webtv.net...U.S. Army 1st Lt. Robert Seidel III
He obviously died serving his country for what he believed in; an
Honorable and Just Cause, as all us U.S. Army Veterans understand the
brotherhood of his commitment.
"He knew from a young age he wanted
to be in the military"
No ONE forced him to join the U.S. Army! He joined because he was
patriotic, like me (as he should have been).
"He knew from a young age he wanted
to be in the military"
For this we should be sorry for his death?
For him following his patriotic tendencies to support America's gallant
cause to stamp out the ever-increasing rampant injustice posed by
dictatorial regimes smothering our oil interests in the Middle East we
should weep?
"He knew from a young age he wanted
to be in the military"
He knew from a young age what his destiny was; yearned for it, fulfilled
it. Shouldn't we celebrate that he achieved that?
"He knew from a young age he wanted
to be in the military"
Get off your sissy laurels and dry those tears, gurly-men!
He died with Valor and Pride!
May his epitaph read, "He knew from a young age he wanted to be in
the military." (as it should)!
....another good Catholic BOY gone!
R.I.P.
Go DUBYA!!!
these guys know the truth. And they are the real vets.
and many of the sites therein, attest to POW's dying because of him.
If you don't like the site, your problem.
Most of the American people believe what it says.
VVAW is half fake vets, and the other half are disgruntled vets who've been
in the brig, and have been dishonorably discharged.
The anti-kerry sites like the one above and the swift vets for truth kept
Kerry out of the White House, and they will do so again.
that's how much power we got.
John Kerry can't hide from the truth, it will haunt him wherever he goes and
for the rest of his life, as it does Jane Fonda.
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Leave the kids alone.
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Ted Sampley is one of the biggest liars to come down the pike. Even my
anti-Kerry friends despise him.
> And they are the real vets.
> and many of the sites therein, attest to POW's dying because of him.
> If you don't like the site, your problem.
Sorry, but I can't wade through all the bullshit on that site. I don't
see where they quote any POWs saying fellow POWs were killed because of
Kerry.
There is not one bit of proof that is true -- not one bit.
> Most of the American people believe what it says.
No, they don't. You may, but they don't.
But thanks for your repeated cut-and-paste comments.
Do you ever have an original thought? Are you capable to making an
intelligent response to a question?
Doug Reese
Get off the pot, capt, cause you ain't shit.
Nasty drunk queen .
capt
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"ronald martin" <westmin...@webtv.net> wrote
> I, Ronald was certifyed mentally ill thats why I like kids .
> They were going to put me in a mentall hospital . But it was better
> to put me in prison
>
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Sore Loser Kevin
This is what it's all about, you being a sore loser.
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> How true
>
You are some piece of work.
YOU are the one who made this false accusation. YOU prove it is true.
You can't, of course, so you put the onus on me.
I personally know about 25 former POWs.
Every single one of them would say that your claims are false. Not only
did the torture of POWs cease as of about September, 1969 (Kerry's
speech before Congress was 2 years later), there certainly were NO POWs
killed in captivity in those last few years.
DIA would tell you the same thing.
The office which currently investigates POW/MIA situations in Vietnam
these days, would tell you the same thing.
> Most of the Amercian people believe it, so you gotta live with it,
Most of the American people do not believe it.
> Or prove it wrong.
I just did.
Doug Reese
don't matter to me what you believe.
the real veterans hate the both of them.
so live with it.
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What other posters say about you is apparently true.
I might as well have this discussion with a door.
Doug Reese
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