Cost of War Hits Home for the President

[sabra]

Source: CBS News

Young Marine Obama Knew Personally Dies a Hero as President Weighs Whether to Send More Troops to Afghanistan

(CBS) In the Iraqi desert - or wherever he was - Nick Xiarhos had a presence.

"Everyone was his best friend. And that was his personality. He could make everyone feel important," his mother Lisa told CBS News correspondent Mark Strassmann.

The born Marine was the first child of police lieutenant Steve Xiarhos and wife, Lisa.

"We were so proud - proud he wanted to do that and serve our country, especially be a Marine," Steve Xiarhos said.

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In February, President Obama saluted that bravery.

"These two Marines stood their ground," Mr. Obama said.

Xiarhos was there. He met his commander-in-chief.

And he switched units for the chance to fight again.

"I remember when he first called me and said he was going to Afghanistan. And I'm like, 'oh, no,'" Lisa Xiarhos said.

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The kid from Cape Cod died answering his country's call to service. When President Obama learned a young Marine he had met had been killed, he asked to meet Nick's family.

"It was instant connection really," Steve Xiarhos said. "He basically said that when he makes decisions, he thinks about brave men and women like Nicholas. We want freedom and success to protect our country and help others, that's what we do, we're Americans. But the cost is huge."

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/13/eveningnews/main5382693.shtml?tag=stack

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Cpl. Nicholas Xiarhos was killed by a roadside bomb blast in southern Afghanistan in July 2009. (CBS)

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[Tansy_Gold]

2. NOBODY is "born" a marine. Nobody.

I'm sorry, but that kind of shit bugs the hell out of me.

He was born a baby, someone's child, probably loved and cared for and dreamed about.

He was not born a marine.

No one is.





R.I.P., Nick.





Tansy Gold

[dysfunctional press]

3. "And he switched units for the chance to fight again...."

you play with fire enough, and eventually you're going to get burned.

[Soylent Brice]

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