PHOTOS PUBLISHED: Death of a Marine (one graphic photo but in respectful context)

yurbud

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Sep-06-09 01:05 PM
Original message

PHOTOS PUBLISHED: Death of a Marine (one graphic photo but in respectful context)

This doesn't denigrate the work of the Marines pictured in anyway, but it does make you wonder why we are putting them in that situation.

The Taliban is only a threat to people who go to Afghanistan looking for them. If we were just after al Qaeda, we could have finished them off at Tora Bora, but the Bush administration made a conscious decision not too, because you can't use a dead boogey man as an excuse for continuing a war or starting another one.

http://hosted.ap.org/specials/interactives/_international/afghan_marine/

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

polichick

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Sep-06-09 01:13 PM
Response to Original message

1. I agree that Bush & Co. let Osama bin Laden go...

...partly because the families have very long and profitable ties.

Can't look at the pictures, but I don't know how either administration can sleep at night knowing they are putting people in this situation unnecessarily.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

yurbud

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Sep-06-09 01:43 PM
Response to Reply #1

6. the one gruesome photo is not so much shocking as sad in context...

the look on the marines face, dazed and empty, had more of an impact on me than the injury, which was just a red blur anyway.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

barbtries

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Sep-06-09 01:17 PM
Response to Original message

2. he's just a boy

:cry:
gawd damn these fucking WARS!

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

create.peace

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Sep-06-09 02:02 PM
Response to Reply #2

7. and one of so many boys and girls killed because of our iraq/afghanistan/pakistan wars....nt

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Toucano

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Sep-06-09 01:20 PM
Response to Original message

3. Very powerful. n-t

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Uncle Joe

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Sep-06-09 01:25 PM
Response to Original message

4. Thanks for the thread yurbud. n/t

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

sam sarrha

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Sun Sep-06-09 01:27 PM
Response to Original message

5. we must get out of Afganistan..!! compassion for the people should be given by Allah

Edited on Sun Sep-06-09 01:42 PM by sam sarrha

if it doesn't come they need to figure out why and do something about themselves.. Islam is the problem. it is their burden, interfering will only turn all muslims against us..

we do not need to make those soldiers die for failed POLITICS. they said it best in Viet Nam...."WASTED"

ANOTHER NEEDLESS TRAGEDY.. on a political convayer belt

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

DU AdBot (1000+ posts)

Thu Apr 18th 2024, 08:24 PM
Response to Original message

Advertisements [?]

Top

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators

Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.