This is a photo gallery that really explains what the war is

http://www.thememoryhole.org/war/wounded/gallery.htm


These are probably the most emotional pictures I have seen and I believe this is worth sharing. It is very sad, and there are two pictures at the middle of the page that are graphic. I really feel this needs to be seen, especially by these kids who are thinking of signing up for service....

This is why it is so important to protect our rights, our guys are out there giving life and limb for what they believe is our democracy and we owe it to them to do all we can to uphold our constitution.

in the recruiting posters

They have stuff you never (or seldom) see anywhere else. Government documents, photos, etc. It was the first place I saw the photos of the coffins.


Keith’s Barbeque Central

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before our eyes.

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that hurt...

according to our illustrious :sarcasm: :rofl: :puke: leader.

says the caption, like it's something freaking COOL.

I don't care if they have badass terminator robot hands and legs, there is no way to truly replace a limb.

And the fact that all of these guys were mutilated just so Bush could get his rocks off is disgusting beyond belief.

I mean, REALLY FEEL what we did was worth it?

keep this kicked...the nation needs to see how this war has treated their soldiers...thanks.

I can relate to how you are feeling and I honestly hope that your son will be safe and return home safe to you. Bless you and yours....

I hate when the right says, "well they signed up for it".

...trained my son to repair trucks and jeeps-he has done nothing but guard duty (and shooting at Iraqis)since he arrived in Iraq(for the 2nd time).He told me-"don't worry mom,I aim low-I won't actually kill anyone"
..I hate those lying bastards.

that is tragic. I am so sorry for you both.

A few months ago a young man from my friend's hometown was killed in Iraq. I think he was 19, married with a baby on the way. Her mother went to the funeral home and nearly fell to her knees in shock as she walked through the doors: The scene was exactly like those she had witnessed countless times when going to the funerals of friends and family of friends during the 1960s.

I hadn't seen this one before, but it showed a young African-American man having a heart-to-heart talk with his mother. He begins by saying "Mom, I found a way to pay for college..." and reveals a recruitment card. She freezes, but says "OK, tell me more." He then starts out saying, "Well, I've been thinking about becoming an engineer..."

This is a perfect example of the kind of recruitment tactics Michael Moore mentioned in "Fahrenheit 9/11." Targeting the minority communities, slanting the content to focus on vocational training (which is getting increasingly harder to find).

The whole "Army of One" thing doesn't look so hot when it means "You're all alone out there."

He also talks about this in "Bowling for Columbine." He follows two recuriters and they purposley go to the poorer side of town because more people will be willing to sign up. It's disgusting. He also interviewed a group of black boys together (about five or so) and were asked who had a sibling in the military and half of them raised their hands. According to Moore's talk with these boys they're no dummies and know what they do.

We have a dumb ass "War President" who didn't have the balls to even show up for National Guard duty, who has ruined so many countless lives and careers over lies.

Where the hell is the outrage.

It literally pisses me off to no end that we may never see any form of justice for what Bush has put this country (and the world) through.

:cry: The last one is so sad and the one of the man with his father at that fence in a field. Damn Bush and the neocons to hell.

It makes me sick to see these photos, knowing that this war is only being fought for the benifit of the few.

I have a friend who wants to go into the marines, because he is getting over drug problems. Even his fiscal republican grandfather is against it. My fiance and I had convinced him not to go, but yesterday he was talking about it like it was going to save him. It's terribly heartbreaking to see what this is doing to so many families.

It's f*cking crimminal that they take these young men and women, and ruin their lives forever. These kids should be working on getting jobs and going to school, not getting paid shit to go kill, and scarring them for life.

For those of you with family members over there, you're in my thoughts and prayers. :hug:

Bush is destroying our government fiancially and taking away social programs and making them private. He wants people to join the military so he doesn't have to have a draft for his little base to keep voting republican. As long as it doesn't effect them they don't give a damn.

convince him this is not the way. I wished I could of talked my Son out of it with all my heart.

And I'm sorry you couldn't talk your son out of it. :hug:

I have done a great deed. I hope that we can spread this word to as many people as we can....Thanks so much for your thoughts...

God bless our soldiers for their sacrifice.

The war is destroying more lives than the number killed.

So many of these young men have such empty expressions...so sad.

or I read about the atrocities we've committed in Afghanistan and G. Bay Cuba, I have to go through it.

It makes me sick and angry that it was done partially in my name, but I force myself to look at the pictures or to read the interviews and articles.

Each and every time I apologize for not doing enough to stop the steamroll of the * Juggernaut. It allows me to atone for my part in this mess. It also allows me to have some shred of comfort in knowing, that though he claims to be carrying out this senseless war in my name and the name of every American citizen, that I've symbolically withdrawn from it.

It reminds me that maniacs are in control of our system of government, and it fuels the white hot fury that I feel in the pit of my stomach at the individuals who made it happen.

I can feel, symbolically, that the neo-fascist conservative movement does not have my support for their mindless, inhumane war, but I also grieve at not being able to do enough to keep it from happening.

At least I know that my tax dollars aren't supporting it. The government pays me at the end of the year. There are some good things about being a student and living below the poverty line.

thanks.

you know what really strikes me about these pics? these guys look so YOUNG, so vital and alive and handsome.

in 30 years, when i am my mother's age, will i see these guys on the same streetcorners where i see the Vietnam vets now? will they too be disabled by their memories as well as by these wounds? will we at least take care of them, allowing most of them to go on to lives of dignity?

what a freaking waste.

I too get so sad when I see these pictures...

There have been several articles about how many of the returning vets from Iraq are ending up homeless, unable to get mental health treatment because they're not considered "disabled."

Kick for our troops...:kick:

I fucking hate GWB!

Bush's sorry ass will rot in hell for eternity for this.

This is an abomination.

Kids are signing up in our small town right and left (mainly the poorer ones), due to the fact that there are no jobs, even minimum slave wage jobs.

Thanks for the link dogday.

I'm going to cry now.

Peace to all.

"Heh, heh, heh" W's idea of humor ...

"Nope. No weapons over there, ha ha ha ha ha." ~ George Bush's idea of a joke.



http://www.furnitureforthepeople.com/bushjokes.htm

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/26/1551240

Still laughing Mr. Bush?

As ChicaAzul just said to me, "All for Nothing"

We are haunted by these photos, especially the one of the man with his baby. At least she will have her dad.

If it were my son in one of those beds, I would have intercepted that smirking bastard and told him that our family wants NOTHING from him or his Stepford wife. Homeland Security Department be damned!

& to every Dem I know, all who seem to have fallen asleep since Nov 3 & no longer care about politics or government.

Show this to at least one person - pass it on

needless to say,this is near and dear to my heart.Please get the word out about our soldiers....kick

I had to fight back the tears at that website. These soldiers get neglected and left behing by our government, and they have YEARS to live under these conditions. At least for the dead the suffering is over. Repukes need to pay for what they have done to our young men and women, their lies are destroying lives.

These photos are really sad. These soldiers lives are ruined forever, and for what?
I don't care if these photos might offend people. I might sound harsh, but I think every American should be forced to see these photos. It would be a nice reality check for the chicken hawks.

http://www.dumdumgoestothecircus.com

I'm not trying to be callous - of course I have much sympathy for the pain the soldiers have been through.

What struck me most was the hidden medical costs, emotional costs, lost productivity, etc. that wars create. It's a shame.

what the number of deaths would be without the medical advances we've had since Viet Nam? I shudder to think about it.
We've kept these young men and women alive, and I'm sure there isn't an ounce of "quit" in any of them. But their lives will never be the same, their paths have been forever altered because of george bush's lies.
Hats off to these fine young folks :patriot: I wish them the best of luck and I wish george bush eternal hell.

The soldiers with severe head injuries will never have a sense of normality again.

WARNING! VERY VERY GRAPHIC PHOTOS!!! The links that have a warning instead of a thumbnail pic mean exactly what they say... my advice is: DO NOT LET CHILDREN SEE THIS!!! :puke:

http://dahrjamailiraq.com/gallery/

I'm tempted to forward it to the so called right wing, prolifers though.

I saw a few photos ... PLEASE DON"T LOOK!!! You really don't need to. The RW bastards who voted for president prick DESERVE to have endless nightmares for enabling this fascist regime... JUST like when we made the Germans go to Dachau to look, smell and bury the dead, etc. Please email this link to EVERY winger you know and fundy church website, whoever you can think of. I'm tempted to go back and download every photo and burn CDs, but I cannot take looking at anymore of those photos because they are so HORRIBLE! :cry:

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