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05-07-2005, 12:05 PM | #1 | |
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5/7/2005: Soldier comforts dying Iraqi girl
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05-07-2005, 01:14 PM | #2 |
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Wow.
I hadn't seen the larger version of this. Wow. |
05-07-2005, 01:53 PM | #3 |
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God Damn It God Damn It God Damn It God Damn It God Damn It God Damn It.
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05-07-2005, 03:19 PM | #4 | |
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05-29-2005, 06:40 PM | #5 | |
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I couldn't have said it better. Fucking BASTARDS! I don't understand how someone could justify that. They could've waited. It's a given that soldiers are going to be attacked...but anyone who would not care that innocent children would be hurt deserves to burn. And I don't mean in hell. I mean set those fuckers on fire ...then dump some white phosphorous on them just to make it worse. THEN throw them in a vat of salt. What, Allah's gonna say, "You got a kid with some of those soldiers...you get a special place!"? fucking bastards!
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05-29-2005, 06:55 PM | #6 |
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Quote: "...they were mindlessly carving each other into sand-covered steaks 2000 years before the united states existed. they indocrinate their kids from the womb to kill themselves in the course of killing other innocents. the idea that they are forced by our actions to resort to this kind of behavior is about 50 generations late...."
Ok....I don't know if they were doing all that way back in the day. I don't care. The Middle East is drowning in religious fanaticism, and that seems to--for them--make killing ok. I do agree that the extremists are trained for suicide missions--after all, kill the infidel, go straight to heaven. And I do agree that we can't be blamed for what they do. We're not forcing them to kill children. They just don't care that children are around when they do their suicide thing. And that makes the suicide bombers lower than pond scum as far as I'm concerned. I was in favor of the war--insofar as it involved cutting off the head of Osama and playing football with it...I'm glad we got Saddam. He needed to go. As to what's going on now--look, they need to get their shit together and work out a viable government that works for them so we CAN leave. We're not there for our friggin health. Our boys would LOVE to GTF out and come home. I mean, damn...they seemed to be thrilled to peices when we toppled Saddam. Time to rule yourselves, people. I know it isn't easy, especially when you've been under a dictatorship forever, but make an effort. Sidhe
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05-29-2005, 09:06 PM | #7 |
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Wonder how many of the ones sharing their wisdom about the middle-east have been there?
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05-07-2005, 01:50 PM | #8 |
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This is indeed a striking picture. I saw a much smaller version of it this morning and my first thought was that it would make a good IOTD. Seems that I was right, but not fast enough on the draw to get it to you ...
Speaking of which, I've sent along a couple, but don't know if they ever made it to you. What's the best address to send IOTD candidates to?
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05-07-2005, 01:55 PM | #9 |
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probably undertoad hat cellar dot org these days.
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05-07-2005, 03:23 PM | #10 |
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I think part of what makes this an effective picture is that because we don't see any easily identifiable part of the child, it makes her all the children.
I remember Bayley Lee Almon too, and did think of her when I saw this picture, her and numerous other innocent victims.
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05-08-2005, 07:11 AM | #11 |
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My biggest problem with these cowardly car bombers: They do their twisted deed and kill themselves instead of giving us the pleasure of retribution. If only we could capture them live..........then we could take them to Paris Island, S.C. and turn them loose for graduating Marines to hunt down like the goddam sickass dogs they are. It would be great practice for the recruits and at least some justice (however minute) could be served. That would transform their completely worthless carcasses into almost completely worthless carcasses. How fuckin selfish of those bastards.
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05-08-2005, 01:02 PM | #12 |
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The girl's name was Farah.
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05-08-2005, 02:10 PM | #13 |
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A friend and I were waiting for Sahara to start at the theater and we were discussing whether we belonged in other countries doing what we're, ostensibly, doing. In most cases, no, we don't belong there, but there are times, and I'm not a person of extravagant sentimentality, when it's time for some people, and possibly a whole people, to try the next turn of the wheel.
Rwanda, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Kosovo, Iraq, any people where there is such a disconnect from humanity that it allows such actions just... need... to... go... away...
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05-08-2005, 07:23 PM | #14 |
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What a sad photo, I feel very sorry for that soldier having to see all these horrible killings. Get those bastards.
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05-09-2005, 08:41 AM | #15 |
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Children die in legal wars, too.
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