I found myself wondering how old he is, what else he might be doing with his life? What his father or mother might be thinking, feeling? Pride, fear, anger? How many brothers and sisters he might have? How long he might have to live? How many of his own people he might have killed, or be called upon to kill in the coming days, weeks, years? How many of ours? What do you think, Bush?
Sunday, November 26, 2006
Iraq: A Picture--Worth a Thousand Words
I was struck by this picture on the front page of the "Week in Review" section of today's New York Times, Bush. Such bright eyes, this young insurgent has, with his rocket launcher at the ready, and his Koran (bottom right). So very sad. I was searching for the anger there, the defiance, the revolt... and I found only a deep well of sadness. A despair. I suppose others would project other feelings into those dark eyes, with the rest of the face masked. But I saw only sadness. 
I found myself wondering how old he is, what else he might be doing with his life? What his father or mother might be thinking, feeling? Pride, fear, anger? How many brothers and sisters he might have? How long he might have to live? How many of his own people he might have killed, or be called upon to kill in the coming days, weeks, years? How many of ours? What do you think, Bush?
I found myself wondering how old he is, what else he might be doing with his life? What his father or mother might be thinking, feeling? Pride, fear, anger? How many brothers and sisters he might have? How long he might have to live? How many of his own people he might have killed, or be called upon to kill in the coming days, weeks, years? How many of ours? What do you think, Bush?
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P: Your reaction is deep.
P; Since Bush is ignoring you, I will answer for him. George Bush sees in that picture a threat to be elimated without mercy and at any cost.
Sorry, eliminated.
I wonder how many of them also have PTSD. They are also human beings, no different from us. They have to be going through some of the same things. Some only carry the Quran, as they don't believe they should read it, for fear of getting what they read wrong, but want others to know they are Muslim. There are others who read it faithfully, as many words of it as they are able to during the day, keeps their minds off what they are doing and on Allah. I see nothing wrong in that. Do our troops carry a bible out to battle? Don't see any of it... What are the families feeling? Well, I would imagine pretty much what ours do, a mixture of pride, fear, and anger. No, I'm not standing with an arm around a terrorist, I'm just saying some feel the same about us as some do about them... They are human beings who don't belong in that situation, any more than we do... We all have the same God, yet we gotta fight and argue... I would just love to see the heavens open up, a big booming voice come out of it, and scare the bejeezus out of everyone... but that was my timer, dinner is ready, gotta go:). Have a nice evening Peter...
Gringo: Pretty loving picture of a military man.
We should never forget, that because of the stupid ignorance of young men who think of nothing but picking up a gun, leaders like Bin Laden and Bush proliferate.
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