Be prepared to get really angry.....(photos from National Geographic)

[Aviation Pro]

....from the article "The Heroes, The Healing: Military Medicine From the Front Lines to the Home Front. Words cannot come close to describing the rage I feel toward the cowardly Little Monkey and his familiars and minions. These are my brothers and sisters (including the Iraqis).

Speaker Pelosi, this unspeakable waste of a zygote and his whole filthy crew must be removed and incarcerated for the remainder of their miserable lives.

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[JNelson6563]

8. I look forward to it

Welcome to DU. :-)

Julie

[Richard Steele]

10. I don't.

Our new friend's other two posts have been, shall we say,
"less than encouraging".

In particular, his statement that the ACLU "should change
its name to the "Mexican Civil Liberties Union" really makes
me think that he won't be posting here for long.

[Kerrytravelers]

15. Looks like the mods saw that one, too.

[Richard Steele]

16. He made it all the way to THREE posts!

Silly freeper. Now we'll NEVER know what
the hell that username was supposed to mean. :cry:

[mcg]

23. I think it was accusing us of "speaking evil",

an accusation that our words are "of the devil", that we're "godless liberals" and all that sort of stuff.

[seabeyond]

27. our words, or us. that is the "christian" of the right.... to accuse those

of being satan.... so christian. disgusting

[uppityperson]

11. gee, aren't you already posting here?

:wtf:

[acmejack]

2. Just a huge empty sadness.

Only the helo is different. Other than that it seems this could be forty years ago, man... The one with the corpsman writing 0 pulse brought a tear to my eye, I got to tell you. Every war, I suppose the veterans think that will be the end, we won't let the fools do this again to our kids, not without a damn good reason...

[catnhatnh]

3. Okay and I feel it too....

but the no pulse refers to distal pulse-the patient has no pulse in the lower leg...this is to warn the doctors of vascular damage that needs immediate attention...

[Aviation Pro]

7. I hear you, bro.....

....another time, another place.

[goforit]

4. So sad.... This is complete madness!

[ancient_nomad]

5. Each picture says a thousand words....

and brings a thousand tears.

People need to see the pictures of the Iraqis along with these of our troops. It is so sad.

Where is the outrage of our citizens? All this for the lies and greed of the chimp and his hoard who desire the New World Order. Yeah, it makes me angry, damn angry. I just want it to end, for people to wake up, for us to have our country back.

KnR

:kick:

[CountAllVotes]

26. kick

:dem: :kick:

[seabeyond]

29. Each picture says a thousand words....

yes

[howmad1]

35. Wake up?

You gotta be kidding. The sheeple are too busy standing in line in the cold and dark for the latest X Box 3 to keep them happy. What's more important, our kids dying in Iraq and Afganistan or murkins playing video games? The murkin public are generally made up of assholes. Don't expect outrage until 56,000 American troops die in Iraq, just like in Viet Nam. Then maybe the assholes may finally get the message. Maybe.

[jelly]

38. The sick reality is that there would be many more dead

were it not for vast improvements in medicine since the Vietnam War. When I imagine myself in their shoes I think I would prefer my loved one coming back alive I don't care how severely maimed rather than not at all. That does not change the fact that upon their return these seriously injured young men face a difficult life as disabled Americans. Their suffering should not be forgotten as Americans consider the incredible and incredibly senseless cost of this war; just because they did not pay with their life, just because they did not increase the death toll does not mean that they did not and do not continue to suffer. Each one of those soldiers represents a devastated family back home, a family who will be paying the cost of the Iraq war with their tears for a long time to come.

[SoCalDem]

6. Perfect caption for this pic? "Love won't be enough"

[tridim]

17. That one got me too..

I wish those two all the best, but honestly it looks like Bush has already taken away their hope in addition to his three limbs.

[SoCalDem]

24. Two lives ruined. If she stays, he will feel guilty

for her changed life, and their lost dreams.. if she leaves, she'll be haunted for life and feel guilty..

If they stay together, they are probably doomed to a lifetime of lowered lifestyle. Whatever career he had before is most assuredly gone forever..

[bperci108]

37. Maybe not.

The future might indeed be drastically different career wise, but he may be the next Max Cleland, another vet who left three limbs on the battlefield.

Someone should wallpaper Duhbya's and Cheney's cells with these type of photos from floor to ceiling.

Give the fuckers something to think about while they serve out their long, long sentences...

[malaise]

49. They're all heartbreaking but this

one brought tears to my eyes. Thousands destroyed by Bush lies. Why! Why! Why!

[mike_c]

9. wasted lives, shattered and thrown away for nothing....

That is the most horrifying part of this-- it is all for nothing.

[Danascot]

36. Not Nothing

All this pain and hopelessness because B*sh cannot admit he made a mistake ... much worse than nothing.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

12. You must think that cannon-fodder are real people with real lives.

Never fear. The politicians will build a monument for them, speak solemnly of their "sacrifice", wave the flag, and use them as examples of "heroes" to get the next bunch ready for the next useless bloodbath.

[SoCalDem]

14. And think of the hoops these people will have to jump through forever

to get medical care or financial aid.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

22. All of which will be cut.....

...by the party who claims to be the only ones who "support" them.

Thankfully that will change in January.

[dogday]

13. I have been angry for the past year

Now that my son is home, I am really angry... I don't want him to go back to that hellhole ever again.... Angry that Bush and Cheney profit off these kid's pain and limbs... Yes I am angry as hell over this war.....

[Kerrytravelers]

18. And you know if any of these people speak out against this administration,

they'll be labeled anti-American, just like all those who have been smeared before them.

[nam78_two]

19. Tragic- K&R/nt

[Broken_Hero]

20. Its utterly haunting

to see these pictures...it really brings awareness to the disaster that is "Iraq"....what a shame...

[Rex]

21. They go out there to fight and die.

Then our cowardly American government ships them home in a box so the people above in the comfy seats get to live, oblivious to the loss.

By the truckload.

In the dead of night.

Sleep well citizens.

[DRoseDARs]

25. Bloody leg on operating table pic died later. I stopped reading. I just couldn't. n/t

[focusfan]

28. i wish pictures like that would haunt Bush's dreams

if he had a conscious

[IWantAChange]

30. Why aren't college students protesting this absurd 'war' of Dubyha's??

I have a son who is a senior at the University of Florida in Gainesville and he is amazed how conservative most students are and how by and large they supported the invasion of Iraq. Possibly the fact that ours is an all volunteer army has something to do with it - or maybe Faux News and hate radio has had more of an influence on so many of our young than I thought possible. What I know for certain is that the difference on college campuses from the late 60's and early 70's to today cant be measured in years.

[BlueIris]

32. It takes self-esteem to reject Daddy's conservative ideology.

Today's under 30 crowd suffer from a severe lack of it.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

33. their's no risk of them going.

so what do they care?

they can support this war, yell at the Arabs for 5 minutes on the news - high fixe each other - sleep in and go to class and feel like they've done their part.

[Danger Mouse]

41. Way to stereotype...

I am an under 30 individual who cares A LOT.
And there are many more like me.
Don't sell us all short. Thank you very much.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

44. way to feign offense.

i am an under 30 individual who cares A LOT too.
And there are many more like me.
Don't sell us all short. Thank you very much.

[Danger Mouse]

45. Fair enough...

it seemed as though you were dealing in absolutes. My apologies as that is apparently not the case.
It is true that far too many people our age are sickeningly apathetic. I had a friend tell me she wasn't going to vote because there wasn't any point. I wanted to throttle her, but there was nothing I could do to convince her otherwise.

[Straight Shooter]

31. All of them, no words. But the last one, the thousand-yard stare.

No words, no words.

[and-justice-for-all]

34. Tell what the fuck they got their limbs blown off for!!

What the FUCK are the dying for!!!?

The only excuse I will accept is that the US was being invaded! anything else is a fucking lie!

[Amonester]

39. For this despicable pig's $400,000,000 (+) retirement plan:

(and all other CEOs' like it)
Angry isn't a strong enuf word :mad:

[NuttyFluffers]

40. it's amazing what a few well placed lies can do.

if words can command, if words can manipulate, then words can hurt, then words can kill.

a lesson that should be engraved in everyone's brain: what you see at work here is the power of lies.

[Proud2BAmurkin]

42. sad

:cry:

[6000eliot]

43. To call Bush and Cheney fucking pigs

is an insult to fucking pigs.

[HappyWeasel]

46. It is a crying shame that these men have lost half their lives in vain...

but a lot of these men still support the war and the president. It is really sorry for me to feel bad for people when such a gung-ho choice was made by them that they rejected us. I think we should simply forgive them for their stubbornes and ask for a second opinion. I just think it is really condesending to feel sorry for someone who doesn't want to be felt sorry for.

[GliderGuider]

47. James Natchwey is the world's greatest living photojournalist

Like everyone else I was blown away by these pictures, and when I went to the NG web site to see who could have done work of such power, outrage and overwhelming humanity, it was no surprise whatever to see his name. I have a book of his called "Inferno" and even though I've owned it for half a dozen years, it's still the only book in my collection I have to prepare myself before opening. I am in awe of this man's ability to remain totally open to the meaning of what he's seeing as he puts himself into the midst of some of humanity's most horrifying situations. Natchwey exemplifies the photojournalist's sense of responsibility to share complex truth rather than simple beauty.

[riderinthestorm]

48. Devastating. Just heartbreaking.

:cry: I keep hearing the soundtrack behind these pictures: the screams of pain, the horrified gasps of doctors and nurses as they catch their first sight of their patient, the terse and anquished decisions to amputate and the thump of limbs hitting the operating table as they are severed. But what might be even more painful is the silence of that 1000 yard stare or the dead space between the triple amputee and his SO sitting on the sofa.

Unfortunately these pictures and this article need to be shown to the armchair warriers, the keyboard kings and the rightwing blowhards like the freepers and the Hannity wannabes and the Rushbots. These need to be front and center for all Americans so we can fully understand this shameful chapter in our nation's history.

Most importantly of all, members of this Admin should be required to view each day's casualties in all their bloody glory. It should be mandatory. It enrages me that they can even say "stay the course" or "we won't be leaving the battlefield until we've won" if they aren't viewing the carnage every single stinking day.

[BlueIris]

50. Kick. 'Cause these images are haunting me.

As well they should.