The critical elections tomorrow are naturally on everyone’s mind and are overshadowing all other events, both at home and abroad.
But as the saying goes, the world keeps turning.
The unrest goes on in the Middle East.
The misery caused by Hurricane Sandy continues both here and elsewhere.
Mass famine continues to loom across Africa and parts of the Arab world.
Massacres, killings on both sides and unspeakable atrocities continue unabated in Syria.
And, almost unnoticed by our media, the killings of our American men and women in uniform continue in Afghanistan.
Just today, in its typical formal, almost perfunctory manner, the Department of Defense “announced the death of three soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.“
They died of wounds suffered Nov. 3, when enemy forces attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device in Paktia province, Afghanistan.
Killed were:
Staff Sgt. Dain T. Venne, 29, of Port Henry, N.Y.;
Spc. Ryan P. Jayne, 22, of Campbell, N.Y.; and
Spc. Brett E. Gornewicz, 27, of Alden, N.Y.
They were assigned to the 178th Engineer Battalion, 412th Theater Engineer Command, Oswego, N.Y.
Our deepest sympathies go to the families of these heroes.
Regardless of the tumult and anxiety of today and tomorrow, please keep in your thoughts the brave men and women who will be in harm’s way long after tomorrow.
The author is a retired U.S. Air Force officer and a writer.