http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/talkingamerica/2008/10/clarkesville_tn_dusty_flynn_st.html en-gb 30 Tue 15 Dec 2009 20:19:32 GMT+1 A feed of user comments from the page found at http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/talkingamerica/2008/10/clarkesville_tn_dusty_flynn_st.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/talkingamerica/2008/10/clarkesville_tn_dusty_flynn_st.html?page=17#comment7 "And this is not to mention that it was George W Bush and his ideas of doing God's will that created the horrible situation in Iraq"Saddam was president of Iraq from 1979 onwards... I think he had something to do with the situation Iraq is in too, as do the countless arabs from outside Iraq who also feel they're doing 'Gods will' by blowing themselves and dozens of iraq civillians up at the same time. Blame it all on Bush if you like, but it doesn't make it any truer. Wed 08 Oct 2008 14:41:40 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/talkingamerica/2008/10/clarkesville_tn_dusty_flynn_st.html?page=15#comment6 To Dusty FlynnI grieve with you. When I saw that car driving up our road I also knew. My legs gave out and I sat on the ground and waited. They were kind to me, one went to find my husband in the barn. We went in the house and they told us we had lost our child. There is no place for politics in our grief. We just try to do the best we can each day. What you are doing is a blessing on yourself, your child and the memory of your loved one. You are not alone. Tue 07 Oct 2008 20:15:18 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/talkingamerica/2008/10/clarkesville_tn_dusty_flynn_st.html?page=12#comment5 YSB(#4), echo #5's comment. I'm not standing in this brave woman's shoes, nor can I genuinely feel an ounce of this family's pain and loss. I'll not stand in judgment of what Dusty believes or doesn't believe. I respect and admire her, the work she is doing to help others in similar situations. To do anything less would be distasteful and disrespectful on my part. Tue 07 Oct 2008 10:45:37 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/talkingamerica/2008/10/clarkesville_tn_dusty_flynn_st.html?page=10#comment4 YSB (#4), maybe she just didn't want to talk about politics at that time. Mon 06 Oct 2008 16:34:47 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/talkingamerica/2008/10/clarkesville_tn_dusty_flynn_st.html?page=7#comment3 With all due respect to the mother and all the families who've suffered terrible losses, I'm afraid I just don't understand the whole "God will decide" mentality. Are they not aware the United States is a democracy? That means the people get to decide, based on what they think is most important, and hopefully not just leave it up to a minority who will vote or those who'll pander to the God vote.And this is not to mention that it was George W Bush and his ideas of doing God's will that created the horrible situation in Iraq. It's not God that will decide the President, but people's votes. (Or the Supreme Court.) Mon 06 Oct 2008 16:03:32 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/talkingamerica/2008/10/clarkesville_tn_dusty_flynn_st.html?page=5#comment2 I love your blog and your sensitivity. Until you have someone serving abroad you don't have the notion of what it's like. My heart goes out to all who have suffered losses of their loved ones. To mothers, fathers, children, exes and not exes- You never want to receive that news... We must all have to learn to live in peace once and for all.Our minds must join in reaching this aim. Mon 06 Oct 2008 14:49:58 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/talkingamerica/2008/10/clarkesville_tn_dusty_flynn_st.html?page=2#comment1 It is the small things like this "Memory Cushion" that bring such comfort to bereaved youngsters. My friends knit "trauma teddies" for firefighters to give out to youngsters whose favourite soft toys have been lost in a house fire or a car accident. Small items, but given with much love and received with immense gratitude. Mon 06 Oct 2008 11:04:05 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/talkingamerica/2008/10/clarkesville_tn_dusty_flynn_st.html?page=0#comment0 Jon - the Operation Snaggletooth link is missing the http:// that sends it outside the BBC website.Hope this doesn't come across as insensitive, being the first comment on a post like this... Mon 06 Oct 2008 10:57:51 GMT+1