Is this a sad photo ?

[kentuck]

What is this GI thinking ??
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[smartvoter]

1. I know what I would be thinking, and I can't write it out here. nt

[babylonsister]

2. Miles to go before I sleep, and I pray I don't step on an IED first. nt

[FreedomAngel82]

5. That's what I thought too

About the miles to go.

[hlthe2b]

3. I'd guess he's weighing...

keeping on walking in the desert, never to return (one way or another). I know I would.

[kentuck]

4. He looks like he's carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders...

Reminds me of those old WWII soldiers from the Ernie Pyle days....

[DS1]

6. Could be complaining about how far he has to walk in order to

properly bury a shit while in the field.

[Harper_is_Bush]

7. Don't use photos of your soldiers to score political points.

n/t

[balzac]

9. You're full of crap!

The soldiers have a right to be seen. Those of us who are against the war have a right to reveal the suffering that is happening. It is the war-mongers who have no right to use the images of the soldiers they exploit for profit.

[Harper_is_Bush]

14. I didn't say soldiers don't have a "right to be seen"..

this isn't about that.

That soldier just looks tired. What right do we have to attribute anything to him?

I don't have a problem with "caption this!" type threads when the subject is a guilty fuck like Bush, but soldiers aren't props for that kind of thing IMO.

Consider that maybe it's you who's "full of crap". :think:

[smartvoter]

10. What are you smoking? nt

[jrandom421]

8. I know what he's thinking

"Geez, aren't these the footprints I left here 3 tours ago?"

[northofdenali]

11. She was born this morning at 4:12... I hope they're both ok...

I wonder when I'll get to see my new baby girl. They said she's beautiful.

Yes, kentuck, very very sad.

[JaneGat]

12. Under the wide and starry sky

Dig the grave and let me lie.
Glad did I live and gladly die,
And I laid me down with a will.

This be the verse you grave for me;
“Here he lies where he longed to be,
Home is the sailor, home from sea,
And the hunter home from the hill.” -- Robert Louis Stevenson

[frogwater]

13. It's an old photo

It's a very dated photo: that uniform is the original "chocolate chip" desert pattern- haven't been worn in ages. Likely early 1990s.

[kentuck]

15. I can tell by the print in your post that the typewriter is a 1950...

IBM Executive....Remember that?

[txindy]

18. I remember a couple of years ago when soldiers were complaining

They were issued "forest" camoflage uniforms. For the desert in Afghanistan and Iraq. Because they'd blend right in. :eyes:

I think it's safe to say uniform patterns mean little or nothing in terms of relevance in the 'well-equipped' military of today. If they were truly well-equipped they would have the same quality armor that saved the lives of Woodruff and Vogt last week. Good thing the media paid for those men to have that armor. Too bad they can't buy the troops some, too.

[leftofthedial]

16. my fucking feet hurt

this shit is heavy

my sergeant is an asshole

maybe we'll have ice cream tonight

[Lars39]

19. one foot in front of the other, one foot in front of the other....

[abex]

17. "can't believe i'm lugging this shit around in this fucking desert" nt