"Marlboro Man" files for divorce after Freepers pay for $15,000 wedding

:rofl:

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/06/26/D8IG51D01.html

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At home and suffering from stress disorder, ex-Marine has turned against Iraq war

JONANCY, Ky. – Growing up in Jonancy Bottom, where coal trucks grind their gears as they rumble down from the ragged green hills, Blake Miller always believed there were only two paths for him: the coal mines or the Marine Corps. He chose the Marines, enlisting right out of high school.

The Marines sent him to Iraq, and then to Fallujah, where his life was forever altered. He survived a harrowing all-night firefight in November 2004, pinned down on a rooftop by insurgents firing from a nearby house. Filthy and exhausted, he had just lighted a Marlboro at dawn when an embedded photographer captured an image that transformed Blake into an icon of the Iraq war.

His detached expression in the photo seemed to signify different things to different people – valor, despair, hope, futility, fear, courage, disillusionment. For Blake, the photograph represents a pivotal moment in his life: an instant when he feared he would never see another sunrise, and when his psychological foundation began to fracture.

Blake, whose only brush with celebrity was as a star quarterback in high school, became known as the Marlboro Man, a label he detests. That same notoriety has carried over into his post-Iraq life, where he is an icon of sorts for another consequence of the war – post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD.

http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/14636241.htm

is never going to be easy.

i certainly wish him the best.

:cry:

"dozens" of people can come up with 15 grand.

News to me.

Case & Point:
Cinnamon Shillwell, er I mean Stillwell.

An ex-lefty ex-hippie turned scared 911, pro-torture righty.. (yeah sure)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2006/06/28/cstillwell.DTL&hw=cinnamon&sn=001&sc=1000

on edit, But regarding the OP and freepers and 15,000 raised by them, I'm in the dark.
I just dont like Ms Shillwell's columns. :)

that is rich............. pun intended.

him were the target....

I hope he gets the help he needs, and I hope not everyone thinks its funny.

And how can we assume the people who contributed to pay for a wedding for this poor young guy and his wife were Freepers? Seems to me they were just good people who wanted to do something nice for these people, who already had more than their fair share of troubles. No way will I make fun of someone who does a kind thing.

he was the Malboro Man.

http://nobravery.cf.huffingtonpost.com/

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I'll bet it was just plain folks. I've never known of a freeper who ever donated to anything where there wasn't something expected in return. Also, they would be more apt to start some kind of half ass trouble with the FBI rather than cooperate with a charity plan like that.

This sad story speaks volumes. A party will not heal someone who suffers from PTSD. Paying for the wedding of her dreams is a sweet story, but a big party does NOT make for a strong marriage and a strong marriage is unobtainable when the groom is suffering.

How much longer are we going to ignore the real problem? This story breaks my heart.

Here's a graphic I did about that time. Poor guy. I've felt bad for him since I first saw the shot.



Best to you Marlboro Man!

This is such a tragic example of what war does to good people. It makes it even worse when it's a senseless war based on lies and greed.

I will never forgive bush and his cabal for what they've done to our military and the veterans. :grr: Never.

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