Endnu en dansker faldet i Irak

Meddelelsen om at endnu en dansk soldat er faldet i Irak er naturligvis både trist, tragisk og sørgelig. Der er nok intet der kan trøste familien lige nu, men vi andre kan vel trøste os med Abraham Lincolns ord til Mrs. Bixby fra Massachusetts der mistede to sønner ved Slaget ved Gettysburg.

"I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save.

I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours, to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of Freedom.

Yours, very sincerely and respectfully,

Abraham Lincoln"