PHOTOS....honoring OUR Soldiers, while bush* entertains himself....

[diamond14]

Funeral for National Guard Sgt. Christopher Potts at Trinity Cemetery Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2004 in Portsmouth, R.I. Potts was with the A Battery, 1st Battalion, 103rd Field Artillery unit when he was killed in action Oct. 3, 2004 in Iraq.



U.S. Army soldiers line up to pay their final respects to Army PFC Aaron James Rusin, 19, of the 44th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division during a memorial service at Camp Ramadi, on the outskirts of Ramadi, Iraq (news - web sites), Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2004.





The brother of Iraqi police officer Sadee Hassan Rahim, leans over his covered body placed in the back of a pick-up truck in al-Bayyaa, 10 kilometers south of the northeastern town of Baquba, 60kms (36 miles) from Baghdad.(AFP/Ali Yussef)



An Iraqi boy views the damage in Falluja October 12, 2004 following an overnight air raid by U.S. forces. The strike targeting foreign militants destroyed a restaurant in the rebel-held city (Mohanned Faisal/Reuters)


Pvt. Carson J. Ramsey, 22, who grew up near Mammoth, Ariz. Ramsey, is shown in this undated photo. Ramsey was killed Sunday, Oct. 10, 2004, in Baghdad. (AP Photo/The Ramsey Family)


Staff Sgt. Michael S. Voss, 35, shown in this undated photo, died Friday, Oct. 8, 2004, in Iraq. Voss was a squad leader assigned to the Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 120th Infantry Regiment, based in Wilmington, N.C. (AP Photo/North Carolina National Guard)


Mosul, Iraq Oct.13, 2004



bush* entertaining himself in Phoenix, Arizona, Oct. 12, 2004

WE THE PEOPLE should reflect on what the USA Commander-in-Chief is doing, while OUR Soldiers are KILLED IN ACTION....where's the OUTRAGE about bush* and his failures??? bush* LAUGHS and entertains himself while OUR SOLDIERS are KILLED....

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

1. Wow, I didn't think it was possible,

but just seeing this series of photos makes me hate * even more. Not that he needs to grouse over the war 24 hours a day, but the fact that he never shows any real concern for the men, women and children dying for his bullshit war, and even exploits them for political gain, just pisses me off even more.

[Ducks In A Row]

2. but, but, but

being prez is HARD WORK, he can't bother his beautiful mind with this, he's working HA-A-A-A-R-D

[diamond14]

3. one kick for OUR Soldiers....just in case everyone forgot.....

:kick:

[Kukesa]

8. And another KICK. n/t

[Bluebear]

4. This is a stunning post, kick.

[tabasco]

5. And to think ...

this is just a very small measure of the destruction this corrupt administration has wrought. We must fight this criminal regime, and after it is gone, fight the others who would steal our Nation away from the People.

[Bluebear]

6. ...and nominated :)

[jackstraw45]

7. Hard work being such a jerk....

[Rockholm]

20. I really hate this fool.

[BensMom]

9. thank you

Amen1234 thank you for posting this.

[DebiM]

10. Tonight is a big night for Kerry, I believe he can change things

...so that we don't have to see what * is doing to our brothers and sisters...KICK!

[Bluebear]

11. Welcome to DU and kick!

[newyawker99]

17. Hi DebiM!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[leftofthedial]

12. what a repugnant

detestable bag of excrement.

I hope he gets the justice he so richly deserves someday

[Skittles]

13. so much misery and horror because of that incompetent asshole

gawd PLEASE let's show him the f***ing DOOR.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

14. IMHO, this is a thread that needs to stay near the top...kick.

[Briarius]

15. Kick

heartbreaking, especially the Iraqi police officer's brother

[onecitizen]

16. A big "oh how I hate this ignorant jerk" kick

for all of his victims.

[MsAnthropy]

18. Thank you for posting this

the contrast is heartbreaking and enraging.

[Terran]

19. Thank you for this

I think even we here need reminding that it's not just news stories we read everyday...it's real people dying EVERY DAY in Iraq, Americans and Iraqis and others, and it's all that bastard's doing. MAY HE ROT IN HELL.

[Booster]

21. These photos need to be on every news show everywhere.

This is just pathetic and heartbreaking, and the news media is treating all of this like it was a damn party or something. I am so upset and feel so helpless to stop this idiot. Bless all of these people in each and every photo.

[Bluebear]

22. kick

[donkeyotay]

23. I don't know which is worse

That this lying fool has done this.

That he hasn't been held accountable.

That the media are complicit.

That the American people don't know/ don't care.

[Bluebear]

24. kick

[Bundbuster]

25. How could I hate this creature any more?

But I do, more every day.

[Bundbuster]

26. A perfect editorial to accompany these tragic images

From: http://www.cmaq.net/fr/node.php?id=18462

It does not matter whether or not George Bush is thrown out of office in November. The fact that Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction does not bother Secretary Rumsfeld or Deputy Secretary Wolfowitz. The scandal that is the invasion of Iraq does not cause Dick Cheney or Elliott Abrams to lose sleep at night. They know that they will never be tried as criminals for lying to Congress as they deserve to be and as a Democratic parallel would be. And most importantly, the loss of a secure, albeit totalitarian Iraq as a staunch opponent to radical Muslim fundamentalism does not bother them in the slightest.

Why? Because the war in Iraq has already been won. Iraq was not selected as a target in the war on terror following an exhaustive weighing of the options after 9/11. The country was selected as a target by elite members of neo-conservative society years ago. The Project for a New American Century, or PNAC, is one of the most ideologically unified and powerful neo-conservative think tanks in American politics. Since PNAC’s inception in 1997, it has isolated Iraq as the first step in a broader effort to dominate the Middle East and by extension, the world. In other words, Iraq is Poland in 1939.

From Iraq, one can build bases and launch strikes against Syria, Iran, and if the political climate in Washington changes, Saudi Arabia. This war has accomplished what it was meant to do, namely occupy Iraq long enough to build military bases and secure the country’s resources. Certainly many things have been lost, but to the neo-cons the war isn’t one of them. The loss of soldiers’ lives is not seen as a loss, but a sacrifice to the greater good of American military dominance. The downward spiral of American credibility matters little for those bent on “global leadership.” The seemingly never ending and Orwellian war on terror is not a true crusade like the war on Nazi Germany but rather a salesman’s spiel to sell the American people on empire.

The halls at the Project for A New American Century are brimming with delight though. The news from Iraq that they care about is not stories of soldiers being ambushed and gruesome beheadings. Such occurrences do not concern the chicken-hawk-neo-cons who love the abstract concept of war but would never actually fight in one. They know the beheadings are far away but the benefits being reaped from the invasion are close to home. No dead family members, just a lot of paychecks and the first step towards their ultimate goal of complete and over-arching American military dominance.

article at: http://www.cmaq.net/fr/node.php?id=18462

[Insider]

28. for emphasis

It does not matter whether or not George Bush is thrown out of office in November. The fact that Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction does not bother Secretary Rumsfeld or Deputy Secretary Wolfowitz. The scandal that is the invasion of Iraq does not cause Dick Cheney or Elliott Abrams to lose sleep at night. They know that they will never be tried as criminals for lying to Congress as they deserve to be and as a Democratic parallel would be. And most importantly, the loss of a secure, albeit totalitarian Iraq as a staunch opponent to radical Muslim fundamentalism does not bother them in the slightest.

Why? Because the war in Iraq has already been won. Iraq was not selected as a target in the war on terror following an exhaustive weighing of the options after 9/11. The country was selected as a target by elite members of neo-conservative society years ago. The Project for a New American Century, or PNAC, is one of the most ideologically unified and powerful neo-conservative think tanks in American politics. Since PNAC’s inception in 1997, it has isolated Iraq as the first step in a broader effort to dominate the Middle East and by extension, the world. In other words, Iraq is Poland in 1939.

From Iraq, one can build bases and launch strikes against Syria, Iran, and if the political climate in Washington changes, Saudi Arabia. This war has accomplished what it was meant to do, namely occupy Iraq long enough to build military bases and secure the country’s resources. Certainly many things have been lost, but to the neo-cons the war isn’t one of them. The loss of soldiers’ lives is not seen as a loss, but a sacrifice to the greater good of American military dominance. The downward spiral of American credibility matters little for those bent on “global leadership.” The seemingly never ending and Orwellian war on terror is not a true crusade like the war on Nazi Germany but rather a salesman’s spiel to sell the American people on empire.

The halls at the Project for A New American Century are brimming with delight though. The news from Iraq that they care about is not stories of soldiers being ambushed and gruesome beheadings. Such occurrences do not concern the chicken-hawk-neo-cons who love the abstract concept of war but would never actually fight in one. They know the beheadings are far away but the benefits being reaped from the invasion are close to home. No dead family members, just a lot of paychecks and the first step towards their ultimate goal of complete and over-arching American military dominance.

article at: http://www.cmaq.net/fr/node.php?id=18462

right on, bundbuster.

[Amaya]

27. Thank you for posting this

the first photo killed me........

[diamond14]

30. that photo reminds me of my cousin Charlie, KILLED in Vietnam, HM3 Navy

Medic, 19 years old, Silver Star, Purple Heart DEAD.....and his father died from grief shortly afterwards....only a few times have I visited the Vietnam WALL, even though I live inside the Beltway in OUR Nation's Capital...for the pain just never goes away....I went to the WALL to talk the my cousin, just before my FIRST anti-war protest in January 2003....I prayed for Charlie to walk with me...and I found HUNDREDS of other concerned people gaining strength at the WALL as we began our long march to STOP THE BUSH WAR...it's still not stopped, but we keep trying...BOOT THESE CRIMINALS OUT OF OUT WHITE HOUSE....

this is the pain caused by bush* STUPID WARS.....that first photo shows the soldier's wife and his young son (15 years old)....the second shows the soldier's mother and his father holding her shoulder....the pain is horrible...so many lives shattered for bush* lies...and bush* power grabs and GREED....



03/22/2003...at the start of the bush* pre-emptive terrorism against Iraq....in front of OUR White House...

[SammyWinstonJack]

29. Time of your life, eh Georgie?

What a disgusting piece of filth, bush* is.

[Bundbuster]

31. AWOL to America

[Amaya]

32. kick

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