"An Iraqi girl screamed..."

[BurtWorm]

An Iraqi girl screamed Tuesday after her parents were killed when American soldiers fired on their car when it failed to stop, despite warning shots, in Tal Afar, Iraq. The military is investigating the incident.

[smbolisnch]

1. There are no words.

:cry:

[Wind Dancer]

99. None!

:cry:

[d_b]

131. .

[bpilgrim]

2. while biden gives football analogies enabling this ILLEGAL WAR

by supporting this illegals regimes choice for SOS :argh:

peace

[Stella_Artois]

3. They blew a part of her fathers head off

Right in front of her. I've seen the rest of the pictures.

In other news, 6 more future insurgents were created today, and 4 Americans were mentally scared for life.

[WritersBlock]

6. Can they ever forgive us?

I am sickened by this war and those who instigated it.

[hector459]

23. Why should they?

We can't even forgive ourselves.

[BeHereNow]

78. No, and nor will I.

The fact that the citizens of this country
have allowed these things to be done in
their names, with their tax dollars is UNFORGIVABLE.
Perhaps acceptance of that fact will bring some
much needed humility to the the grossest, most
ignorant and arrogant society to ever marr the planet.
Ameikkka, the hideous needs to look in the mirror
and do some serious soul searching, if there are any souls
left in this country. Personally I think they have all been
sold to the devil.
BHN

[ladjf]

16. Profound observation by Stella_Artois, particularly

that the Americans will also be scarred.

[lostnfound]

20. 6? Does that mean there's six orphans left from this act?

Damn, damn, damn.

[SammyWinstonJack]

4. I Hate bush**

:mad:

[soleft]

5. So when is the concert of hope for this orphan

:mad:

[soleft]

12. I'm printing this photograph and wearing it tomorrow

[GreenPartyVoter]

60. Good idea

[librechik]

97. yes, will do!

[Bethany Rockafella]

7. "Where the party at?!"--GWBush

[diamond14]

14. PHOTO

Don't bother me...I'm busy entertaining my war-profiteers with a $ 40 MILLION party...."Who cares what you think"

[feistydem]

120. does that man ever NOT look like a jackass?

[Solly Mack]

8. "they hate us for our freedom"

goddamn, america..wake the fuck up.

[Iris]

32. "why do you hate america?"

Do they really have to ask?

[Solly Mack]

36. No kidding

folks can spew "democracy to Iraq" all they want to, but that will never change that child's reality.

Americans killed her parents. That's her reality. That's what she will grow up (if she's lucky enough to grow up) remembering.

[babylonsister]

9. Very sad, but

why didn't they stop? I feel for this little girl, but those soldiers will never forget this either. They've been sabotaged every which way but lose by insurgents, and they can't tell who their friends and foes are.

[Hollowkatt]

19. Soldiers ought to do the right thing

and quit. They CANNOT win and the US government cannot help them. I feel awfully horribly bad for each and everyone of them but its the wrong war. Not wrong place or time just wrong war. There is never a justification for killing civilians, not even the time honored "we couldn't tell the difference between fighter and civie"
If you can't tell the difference then its way past time to go. :argh:

[jayfish]

41. Hello Hollowkatt...

and welcome to DU. :hi: I feel the same way at this point. The only way for this madness to end is for the military to walk off the field. It's really in their hands because the power brokers are to awash in the idea of money and more importantly(IMO) face-saving. It's up to the military now.

Jay

[Hollowkatt]

132. Thanks

Hi Jayfish, thanks for the welcome :)

[satya]

22. A. They didn't speak English? B. They panicked? n/t

[DrWeird]

24. Shoot first, tell them to stop later.

Occam's razor.

[Blue Diadem]

26. I recently read

about a family that went back to Iraq to visit relatives and take them money since everything is such a mess there. One daughter spoke of a similar incident nearly happening to them. She said it's difficult to know what the soldiers want. Often it creates panic with not knowing what to do. They ended up with guns pointed at them and they thought they were going to be shot.

It's an awful situation for our soldiers and for the innocent civilians.

[KansDem]

89. Michael Moore's "F-911" shows a house search...

Lot of confusion...lot of chaos...and A LOT of screaming...

I saw another video clip of a house search (or am I remembering "F-911"?) where amid the confusion, chaos, and screaming, an Iraqi man, about 60 years old, kept repeating something the US troops couldn't understand, and began to crouch. One American kept screaming at him to hold still while another, with rifle trained on him, kept shouting "I can take him out! I can take him out..!!!"

Fortunately, the Iraqi man was not "taken out" and the translation of what he was saying over and over while he was crouching? He wanted to pray...

It seems we can't even let them make peace with their God before we murder them...

[SammyWinstonJack]

29. Blame the victims much?

GEEZ! Yeah poor soldiers, WHO ARE STILL ALIVE BTW! And no I am not Troop bashing, so don't even go there. And "sabotaged every which way but lose by insurgents" who JUST are trying to protect themselves from U.S. soldiers doing just this sort of indiscriminate killing. We don't belong in Iraq.

[Iris]

33. They were frigthened? In a hurry?

Why don't you ask their little girl?

[jayfish]

34. Then They Should Get...

the fuck out. It's time for the military to do the right thing.

Jay

[bobbyboucher]

40. Only took two minutes to find the stupidest post of the day.

Nice job.

Seek therapy. Or better yet, get your ass over there and kill some children you cold-hearted, murder enabling pos.

[anarchy1999]

42. I find your moniker offensive, especially when you defend this action.

It might behove you to change it, "babylonsister" cause you ain't no "sister", especially from babylon. Try reading riverbends blog if you want to hear from a real sister.

http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/

[babylonsister]

66. I was trying to look at both sides,

something you seem to be incapable of doing. But when I hear dead booby-trapped bodies have been used to blow up our troops, I do think they need to proceed cautiously. It is a war, I am an American, and these could be our sons and daughters. I have every sympathy for the Iraqis who are killed, but be realistic. There are people over there out to kill soldiers, and apparently our soldiers are having a hard time telling the difference.

[mike_c]

68. there do tend to be people who try to kill soldiers...

...who prosecute a brutal occupation of countries taken in illegal wars of aggression. Wouldn't you do the same?

[bobbyboucher]

71. You've taken the soup.

Wake up and smell the death. Our troops are murdering Iraqis by the thousands. Either you support the terrorists or you don't.

[Desertrose]

91. all the more reason to just get our soldiers out

and I am looking at both sides.

There is nothing to be gained there anymore and everything to be lost...too many horror stories.

I can't help but feel for the people whos home & country has basically been invaded through no fault of their's and their lives shredded. We have NO business being there and I can't imagine how I would react if an army came to my town and did what our troops have done.

Anyone ever consider the language difference not to mention the culture difference in trying to communicate ??

The best solution I can see is to get our troops the hell out and let Iraq put itself together- if possible......it is so sad and such a waste- on both sides.

[Tinoire]

101. There are people over there out to kill soldiers??!

I am going to HURL :puke: :puke:.

And just what do you think our soldiers are there for in their eyes?

Maybe the Iraqis have a hard time telling the difference after all the atrocities some of our soldiers have been committing and their utter lack of respect for the Iraqis, their culture, their country, the meager possessions they still have. Maybe that's why they're afraid to stop.

I'd be damn afraid to stop too after knowing what the IDF, our sister Army in methods, has been doing at checkpoints. I'd be damn afraid my wife was pretty and that Yankee horny. Shit. If you care about our soldiers- GET THEIR ASS HOME!

Many Iraqis are afraid of the hormones, the killer rage, and the perverted sense of superiority of "our sons and daughters".

Lyndie England was such a wholesome American GI.

[babylonsister]

111. So your suggestion is?

I will state categorically I am opposed to this war and have always been so. But don't our soldier representatives, and whether you believe it or not, they are representative of the US, deserve to defend themselves? I don't know what 'really' happened in this situation, but I'm just putting myself in one of those soldier's boots. In some situations, I'm sure they believe it's either them or me.
I feel terrible for the Iraqis and all the hurt, death and destruction that has been done to them by yes, our US forces, but my blame is going towards BushCo for that. Specifically, since you mention L. England, whoever was responsible for these flaming 'holes that abused anyone in the way they did. Again, my wrath is w/Shrub. It all happened UNDER HIS WATCH.

[Karenina]

112. Yes, they are representative of the U.S.

And what they perpetuate in Iraq is HORRIFIC. They do indeed REPRESENT your disrepectful, racist, murderous, thieving, callous, arrogant and bullying mindset. You WILL be brought to account for your actions.

[babylonsister]

113. Sorry, Karenina, it is not MY mindset, but

these are 'my' soldiers led into the abyss by an admin I have never respected. That's why I am here on this board, because I DON'T agree with the war and felt and feel really helpless. War is horrific, but I don't think you should be convinced that all Americans think like the current admin does.

[makhno]

63. How do you know the soldiers didn't just light them up?

How many articles from embeds featured interviews with soldiers plainly stating: "yeah, we've killed a lot of innocent people out here, tough shit, I guess, but you never know what the ragheads want."

Ever since stories like this started to come out, along with the Marines executing that hapless wounded partisan in Fallujah, you don't hear much from embeds anymore. Coincidence? I think not.

[mike_c]

67. that's because they don't belong there and they've made...

...EVERYONE in Iraq their foes by treating them as occupied enemy nationals from day one. I don't have any sympathy for the Americans who did this IN MY NAME-- no amount of "distress" balances their having killed innocent civilians for a traffic violation!

[BeHereNow]

77. Oh PALEEZE!!!

Iraqis know ALL about how our troops treat detainees.
Do you really doubt why they were afraid to
stop when their children were in the car?
Put yourselves in their shoes, fully cognizant
of the horrible acts being inflicted on civilian detainees
and ask yourself what you would do if a bunch of thugs
ordered you to stop?
There is only one side to this story and that is
WE ARE WRONG- WE HAVE NO RIGHT TO BE THERE.
BHN

[Canuckistanian]

93. Why are the soldiers there at all?

Don't you get it? This is not their country! What right do they have to shoot anyone in a (supposedly) sovereign country?
Let the Iraqi forces decide who to shoot. I guarantee there would be less killing.

[rockedthevoteinMA]

109. Um perhaps because they don't speak freakin English???

Haven't you seen any of the footage of this illegal war? Iraqi's don't speak English, and our wonderful gov't seems to think that it's unecessary to give them ARMOR or teach them the basics of the language.
Watch the documentary "Control Room." Gain some perspective.

In Iraq, holding up a hand to stop a vehicle is the equivalent of waving hello to them. (From Control Room) What do you think of that? Maybe that's why they didn't stop.

[Az]

10. Well at least America is safer now

Unless of course this terrified little girl grows up resenting America and takes her anger out on us.

This war, this president, this course we are on sickens me.

[Iris]

11. Oh, Dear God.

I'm speechless.

There are no words for this.

[aden_nak]

13. "How To Create A Generation Of Terrorists" by George W. Bush

[rwork]

15. I can't keep from

putting my childs face on this poor child.And think how would we feel if this was taking place in the US.Say Mexico wanted to liberate us from a Fachist dictator.

[Union Thug]

17. Mission Accomplished!

And lil' george and his band of murderers and liars are throwing a huge party!

We live in a sick society.

[ladjf]

18. We have got to get the hell out of Iraq and soon. We must

stop this terrible slaughter. We have already stained our Country's
reputation to a degree that will take decades to partially erase.
This little girls great grand children will know about this moment
and will forever in their family's history continue to hate the U.S. of America and the horror for which it created in the year 2005 to their relatives and country.

Does anyone else beside we few on DU get this?

The answer is YES.

U.S. forces out of Iraq.

Bush forces out of the U.S.

[Az]

21. Is this family values in action?

This must end. We must change the path the US is on. It is not just going to happen. We have to do it.

[lostnfound]

25. This photo will NOT be on 1A of our newspapers.

It will NOT be held up by a Bush administration official giving testimony about the brutality of a mad dictator.

It will NOT be used as a springboard for editorials in the NYT, Washington Post, or other major US papers.

It will NOT be circulated by Focus on the Family or by right-wing email chains asking for prayers to be said on her behalf.

This girl will NOT be invited to the White House for a photo op. No Amber alerts will save her, and her face will not appear on milk cartons or CNN.

This girl is NOT a worthy victim of a US enemy. She is an unworthy victim, because her parents failed to stop when an English-speaking soldier told them to stop. She is an unworthy victim because she lived in a town called Tel Afar which has a big oil pipeline. She is an unworthy victim, because she was a speck of sand that got in the way of Exxonmobil and Halliburton and Paul Wolfwowitz and the puppet.

She will hate us for OUR FREEDOM.

[susu369]

27. That is one powerful photograph

Heartbreaking. Unbelievable.

[mediaman007]

72. It was one powerful photograph that turned Viet Nam...

Remember the picture of the little girl running aimlessly down the road? If I remember correctly, she was naked and the village behind her had been napalmed!

That might be why we won't see much of that (Iraq) picture on the news.

[MisterP]

73. she had some smoldering napalm still on her

Westmoreland said she'd been burned by an overturned barbecue.

[susu369]

88. Words fail me, MisterP

[susu369]

87. That is exactly what came to my mind

Haunting.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

28. Support our troops! They are there to "help".

They're doing this to spread freedom and democracy. I'm sure the little girl will be grateful when she stops acting so silly.

[rbnyc]

30. How can people close their hearts to this?

How can people say that this is an acceptable trade-off, even if we actually were safer?

So many poor, sorrowfull children, and moms and dads and PEOPLE. My heart aches for every single one.

[Menshevik]

31. related photos

are here: http://www.sptimes.com/2005/01/18/iraqgallery/page1.shtml

[Oilwellian]

61. My God, look at this photo

A boy is treated for a wound in his back after soldiers opened fire on his family's car.
(Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

Also, if you will notice in each of the photos your link provides, the car's brake lights are on.

Imagine if these were American children and an invading Chinese army that just shot their parents. How would Americans react?

[ThorsHammer]

35. Incredibly sad; I can't even imagine how she feels

[jayfish]

38. How Do You Think These...

two feel? If there is a hell then everyone in America deserves to burn there.



Jay

[ThorsHammer]

39. I just wish the MSM would show these

[jayfish]

43. Every Time I See Pictures Like This...

I see my own children. How can anyone not see themselves in all of this madness? I doubt very much that we will see these on "World News Tonight". We wouldn't want people to tap into their conscience now would we? Maybe George Soros could by up some billboard space and force America to look at these horrors.

Jay

[ThorsHammer]

46. Exactly

IMO, many more people would be against the war if they saw pictures like this, which show the suffering of innocents. These pictures also humanize the Iraqis and make it hard for Americans to think of them just as the enemy. It would be damn near impossible to get strong support for the war if people saw the Iraqis as fellow humans.

[anarchy1999]

48. Maybe if enough of us e-mailed them to all the networks,.....

Think we'd get through?

[jayfish]

53. Sadly...

I think not. Normal, everyday, people seem to be nothing more than nuisances to the MSM. Then you have the phenomenon I like to call "The Vast Public Conspiracy". If alot of people send the same pictures it is treated as some sort of mass-emailing campaign and immediately dismissed. I have seen it several times.

Jay

[MisterP]

75. and of course, REAL astroturf campaings are treated as the real thing

like the "everything's coming up roses and the wicked Librul Media says it isn't" astroturf that several soldiers didn't even sign

[caligirl]

55. And it is just that feeling that got to me. These could be our own kids.

I sent copies to the SF Chronicle news dept asking them to show them to America. Who knows if they will.

[Greyskye]

45. Some of the MSM are - see post #31 (n/t)

[Dangerman]

37. No comment.

Getting rid of the "evil" Saddam and now this?

Double standards, the bushites speak.

[Crankie Avalon]

44. And instead of seeing photos like that one...

...our media feeds us "inauguration" obscenities like this one that we are actually expected to celebrate:



And look at him--there he is, looking angry and alone, with nothing but faceless military automatons in the shadows behind him.

[anarchy1999]

50. Holy S. This is one frightening pic. This is Hitler reborn.

Damn. Does anyone else see it?

[peacetalksforall]

94. Exactly - the Reich.

[hiley]

114. Yes every time

I lay eyes on his evil face !

[truth2power]

95. I can't figure that out.

He always looks angry. Did you ever notice that? You'd think that occasionally he'd be saying something that would cause him to have a more pleasant demeanor. But, no! Always looks like he's royally pissed about something. Useless little fuck! :puke:

[anarchy1999]

47. Video game playing SOB's! There are no words for this and why isn't

it on the front page. Because it would change the face of this war just like when we saw the little naked girl running down the road after we "americans" had napalmed a village in Vietnam.

I hate this country for what "we" the people have let happen.

There is no accountability left but to the corporations.

Just look at this little girl, crying in anguish, her mom and dad are gone. All we can do is say whoops, sorry, they didn't stop when we told them to, okay?

[DrWeird]

49. Video games?

Isn't that kind of like blaming the Holocaust on Oktoberfest?

[anarchy1999]

51. No, look at the helmets in the pics. Too many kids over there grew

up learning to shoot and to kill on video games. I'll defend this position to my dying breath.

[DrWeird]

52. Well, you haven't really got a position...

But I'm sure you'd hijack this thread unto your dying breath.

[anarchy1999]

56. I'm not hijacking it, you are. So nice to meet back up with you DrWeird.

And what an appropriate name for yourself. You are one weird individual. Now back to Iraq, have you an excuse for Fallujaha as well?

[sunnystarr]

54. If I was in a car with my family and I heard gunshots, I'd be

putting the pedal to the metal in order to get out of there as quick as possible and keep my family safe. Iraq's are running from gunshots daily trying to stay alive.

What the MSM will report is that the parents were insurgents. The truth that they were scared for their safety will be snuffed out.

This is so heartbreaking.

[jayfish]

57. Kick!

You are exactly correct.

Jay

[drdtroit]

58. Winning hearts and minds. n/t

[Mad_Dem_X]

59. God forgive us...

Bush should be forced to look at this picture. Not that it would make any difference; he has no conscience whatsoever.

I feel sick to my stomach. :cry:

[makhno]

62. Put this in perspective ...

... with what the neocons are saying about Iran. Specifically about the split allegedly existing in that nation's soul between religious authoritarianism and democracy and how the US will aid the Iranian democratic forces through military action destabilizing the current leadership.

THIS is what the result of any military attack on Iran (or any other country) will look like. And it won't matter whether an Iranian citizen supports democracy or theocracy, their hatred of the US will unify them in a struggle to the death against American imperialism.

Just how our leaders in both the government and Congress fail to see this is beyond my understanding.

[CoffeeCat]

64. Gutwrenching. Sickening. Unnecessary.

We only see 1 percent of the horror.

I can only imagine the terror the Iraqis feel.

People talk about record numbers of soldiers returning to the states with PTSD. If the guys in the armored tanks with the automatic weapons return traumatized, imagine how the unarmed, helpless Iraqis feel.

We've traumatized the Iraqis. It began with "shock and awe" and the nightmare of killing, bombing, initimidatio, chaos and violence has continued for two years for these people--the ones we're "liberating."

I feel helpless. I want to hold this little girl and comfort her.

It's just so awful.

I just want to tell her I'm sorry.

Will they ever forgive us?

[indigobusiness]

79. That's how I feel. So damned helpless. Arrgghhhh...

This is done in my name? As much as I oppose these atrocities...I feel complicit.

[anarchy1999]

80. No, we won't be forgiven. Get over it. That is what they tell us to do.

Anyone see the irony? We are living in Facisim and Germany, "heil, hitler".

Once again, hang on. The ride has only just begun.

[ClayZ]

128. Faci$im-R-US http://www.bushflash.com/14.html

http://www.bushflash.com/14.html

[noonwitch]

65. It makes me want to cry

poor child.

[SillyGoose]

69. Oh dear God in heaven...

those poor innocent children. This war has got to stop. These photos need to be on the front page of every newspaper.

Damn George W. Bush to hell for this.

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

[truth2power]

70. "The military is investigating the incident."

Bullshit!! the military doesn't give a damn, and the Spaniel Press just cuts and pastes this phrase into all their atrocity-laden stories.

If I had a dollar for every time I've read, "The military is investigating...", I could take a nice vacation.

[Oilwellian]

81. While they're investigating...

perhaps they can explain why the car's brake lights are on.

[leftchick]

84. Because....

They are not investigating shit!

:puke:

[blueblitzkrieg]

74. Do those "moral voters" care about this?

Nope, didn't think so.

[leftchick]

76. Think about the Trauma she and her siblings went through....

and are going through! Their parents are blown apart all over them! The Noise! The horror! Then they are pulled from their car by these creatures with huge weapons pointing at them and they don't speak their language. The Horror....

God, I hate what this country is doing.

:(

[phusion]

82. I am ashamed.

When can I ever feel proud of my country again?

This is disgusting. I can't even explain my contempt for what we are doing there.

When will we stop this?

[Amaya]

83. Dear God!

This picture will be shown far and wide throughout the world. We are shamed as a nation.

At least fuckwad can have his 40 million dollar party tomorrow :grr::puke:

[mhr]

85. No Words

eom

[RBHam]

86. Can't you fel the love?

Someone should splice this picture in with Condi's confirmation hearing...

Yes, Condi, you are right...

Ever since the invasion of Iraq, terrorists HAVE flocked to Iraq...

Wearing American uniforms, no less...

[ClayZ]

127. 14 DEFINING characteristics of Fascism

http://www.bushflash.com/14.html

We need outside help!

[peacetalksforall]

90. This is going to be the equivalent of the Vietnam child running down the

street.

Different street. About the same age.

Same war hungry corporations, military, bankers, and politicians - plus stock holders in those corporations.

[peacetalksforall]

92. Capture this photo. Including what looks like a brain.

Send it to one of your favorite insensitive leaders and all the PNAC signatories.

[Name removed]

96. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[RetroLounge]

98. Maybe they made a wrong turn

such as yourself...

RL

[leftchick]

100. Let Them Slaughter Thousands Of Iraqis!!!!!

for freedom of course...

:puke:

[peacetalksforall]

103. You miss the point.

You are trying to justify a family massacre.

Who the heck knows at this point in time and with this geographical divide who, what, where, why, and how. It is absolutely absurd to stop and defend either side.

The story is and the point is that we were lied into this war for the greed of a few and we are supposed to play stupid and swallow all this stuff and our poor young soldier souls, who are still probably reeling from what they have been set down in, are scared to death of their surroundings and are probably equally scared to death by some of their comrades and leaders (some of whom may have been killing crazy when they entered the service or who may have been made crazy by what they have seen or done). Young souls who can't even speak the language and who appear to have been given zilch cultural training probably followed orders.

The point is this is an assinine and unnecessary war that we were lied into. Our right wing leaders do not have one neuron in their heads that can hold onto the concept and hard work of exporting peace.

We have people running the war who are hell bent on world domination and what we are doing at this minute is looking at a child with her father or mother's brain on the ground in front of her and monstrously dressed, gun firing, goggled who knows what towering above her.

We will pay. We will pay. We will pay. Because we never learn.

This photo is a perfect link between two futilites because we failed to learn from earlier links.

Americans-U.S. proclaimed superiority is a sham. We are cold murderers - at weddings and in every day life. What did these people do to deserve us?

[4MoreYearsOfHell]

105. yeah, right light em up

for a traffic violation...Ready, Fire, Aim

Shoot first, no questions asked of the dead...

The terrorists have landed, and they are us...

[ClayZ]

126. And let they EAT Cake in DC.....

I hope they CHOKE on it.

[DrWeird]

122. Same thing the Iraqis say when US troops get blown up.

Whoops. Shouldn't have been here.

[driver8]

102. My God...what in the hell are we doing?

That poor, poor little girl. I cannot imagine the horrors that she has seen.

[jazzjunkysue]

104. Start an email swarm. I just did. Here's the link to the NYTimes:

http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2005/01/19/international/19iraq.ready.html

Send it to your entire address book. Period.

[uppityperson]

106. Looks like a niece of mine except she's never had bloody hands

Other than that, it could be her. This is uncalled for. I know that there are roadside bombs and other things in which you don't know if they will kill you, but why are these USA soldiers here at all? If they were helping with tsunami relief or flood control in the USA this girl would not have her parent's blood on her hands.

[rockedthevoteinMA]

107. ...

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

[LittleClarkie]

108. That was heart-breaking to see in the NYT

What can you do to rectify such a thing? She has her parent's blood on her hands. I don't care what they try to do to help her. It won't be enough.

How can Condi say with a straight face that we are NOT creating insurgents in Iraq. With things like this going on, it must be a freakin' insurgent factory.

[Rapcw]

110. wow.....just...wow..

[AuntiBush]

115. INTOLERABLE!

I am speechless... saddened. Can't talk!

[wherewingstakedream]

116. SHAME SHAME SHAME

There are no words to express the shame, sorrow and horror. THIS is being done in my name! :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

[proud patriot]

117. Heartwrentching

:cry: WAR SUCKS

[Cadence]

118. I wish I could just scoop that little girl up and

undo all of that, that she went through. It's heartbreaking.

[feistydem]

119. All I can think is... what if that were my child splattered with my blood.

If this were an American girl in an American town and we were being killed by our foreign 'liberators' how do you think we would react?

[Gemini Cat]

121. Oh so this is freedom on the march looks like.

Nice to put a face to freedom.
The children are now free of their parents, their way of life, their security, and a future. The "freedom on the march" gang have even graciously taken away their past by destroying their culture.

The children are free to feel the blood of their parents on their faces. Isn't bush's freedom grand. Damn.

There are no words, only their blood.

[bloodyjack]

123. Don't worry!

The military is looking into this!

H'm.

[ngant17]

124. reaffirmation that Bush lost the war

Vietnam was pointless, a few million Vietnamese casualites, +58,000 dead GIs and it was all for nothing. History repeats itself. We're creating enemies where none existed before. Not a particularly good idea of us in the long run. Probably the best thing we can do is to show the Iraqi people that the US gov. does not represent us and we are as much against this war of occupation as they are. Hopefully the message will get thru and they will not hate us, but realize the enemy is Bush and his meglomanics that control the military and the death squads that are killing the Iraqi people on a daily basis.

[ClayZ]

125. How many times can newscasters turn their heads

And pretend that they just didn't see?

[Pachamama]

129. The blood of all Iraqi's & their suffering is on our hands....

:cry:

A curse on all our houses....you all realize what Bush is bringing upon us and our nation....

[Englander]

130. Horrific.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

133. KICK

Somthing to think about while Junior is partying.

:grr:

[Karenina]

134. America,

HOW can you support this?