NCOs from NY Times Op-Ed Die in Vehicle Accident

Two NCOs who signed an opinion article in the NY Times last month have unfortunately died in a tragic vehicle accident:

Two U.S. soldiers whose signatures appeared on an op-ed piece in The New York Times critical of the war in Iraq were among seven Americans killed in a truck accident outside of Baghdad, family members said Wednesday.

Staff Sgt. Yance Gray and Sgt. Omar Mora were members of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Gray, Mora and five other soldiers died Monday when their truck overturned near the Iraqi capital, U.S. officials said.

Gray and Mora were among seven soldiers, mostly sergeants, who wrote the op-ed piece that appeared in the Times on August 19. It called the prospects of U.S. success "far-fetched" and said the progress being reported was being "offset by failures elsewhere." [CNN]

Though I fully debunked their article that was used as a hit piece to discredit General Petraeus before he testified, I am saddened that such men who had sacrificed much by serving for an extended period of time and in difficult circumstances in Iraq, would die in a senseless traffic accident.  My thoughts go out to their friends and family along with the friends and family of the other soldiers who died in the accident.  

Of course the commenters from the left are claiming the military intentionally killed them.  Why am I not surprised.