April 2, 2007
A heartbreaking New York Times article tells of the mission of Colonel David Sutherland, commander of the American combat brigade in Diyala Province, Iraq. Sutherland and his brigade chaplain, Major Charlie Fenton, personally lay hands on and pray over the body of every dead or severely wounded soldier in their 5,000-strong unit.
While he will continue this ministry to the fallen, Sutherland had to realize his primary responsibility is to the men who remain on the front lines: "I needed this brigade to go on, and these soldiers needed to go on, for the living. Our reactions need to be for the people here, who need me and my soldiers to make the right decisions.”
Posted by Brittany Tarr at 3:20 PM on April 2, 2007
