ONE PHOTO sums up why we need to end the wars:

[yurbud]

[Fumesucker]

1. Our leaders have hearts of stone..

:cry:

[saigon68]

22. Meanwhile the Wounding goes on

The Dying also goes on

[roguevalley]

49. Obama just won a ruling on the Supreme Court that torture is okay.

nice.

[gateley]

2. Oh, that little girl reaching for her daddy

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

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

3. No words.

Just tears and sadness.

[sharesunited]

4. Damn that is heartbreaking. But how did HE feel about why he was there?

[grahamhgreen]

37. Does it matter if he believed the lies or not?

[sharesunited]

40. Is everyone who serves in uniform a fool? That seems belittling of them.

[Fumesucker]

42. Plenty of smart people fall for propaganda.. n/t

[northernlights]

48. naivete and trust do not equal being a fool

or maybe he just desperately needed a job to care for his family.

[grahamhgreen]

52. I, too, spported the war, at first...

[yurbud]

53. no one said that. But whether the soldier believes in the mission or not, the civilians in DC

set the policy.

It is intellectually dishonest to pretend that the soldiers chose the mission.

[sharesunited]

59. That's why I favor the right to opt out of any theater of engagement.

The Nidal Hassan incident makes it perfectly clear how important it is to elicit consent of those who serve.

And not just at time of enlistment.

[Solly Mack]

5. Just plain criminal

K&R

[SIMPLYB1980]

6. Sad but no.

[Eric Condon]

19. ?

[SIMPLYB1980]

23. My opinion.

It's sad, but not a reason to quit in Afghanistan. Now call me a hateful warmonger, but this is what I expected when I voted for Obama.

[readmoreoften]

31. I'll call you a coward for not enlisting or re-enlisting.

A 60 year old man (who was fragged, by the way) re-enlisted and led the charge of the elders. You aren't too old and your feet aren't too flat. They're taking ANYONE. Get your ass in there, because my family is sick of being back-door drafted for you and your politician's idiot notions and back-door deals.

[SIMPLYB1980]

32. Call it whatever you like.

[readmoreoften]

35. Great. I'm going with coward. And topping that off with perhaps "paid by the post."

Hey, thanks for making it easy for me.

[SIMPLYB1980]

36. That's fine.

How did the last war funding vote go? Do you think the next will be any different?

[grahamhgreen]

38. I would say you are either a sociopath, a war profiteer, or you're in denial that you've been conned

[Forkboy]

41. DU's version of Ted Nugent.

[jonnyblitz]

43. PERFECT comparison especially after he posted the picture

of the deer in his backyard and said he was going to shoot it.

[SIMPLYB1980]

44. Did you ever read this?

http://www.barackobama.com/2008/07/15/remarks_of_senator_barack_obam_96.php

No denial I expected this. Sad though it is.

[inna]

45. grow up. there is still hope for you! :)

[northernlights]

47. no, not a hateful warmonger. More like chickenhawk member of 101st chairborne

happy to send other people to their deaths while you sit behind a computer and rationalize why it's important that *other* people's lives be ruined for your supposed benefit.

[Goldstein1984]

7. I don't even know what to write

One simple picture says it all.

[Christa]

8. Thank you

:cry:

Poor little girl, poor family.

He died for no reason but greed and power.

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

[Snarkoleptic]

9. k&r

[dysfunctional press]

10. this one sums it up even better...

the civilians over there never volunteered to be killed, just for living in their own country.

[proud2BlibKansan]

12. +1

[lunatica]

14. These are the photos I think of when I think of this war

I can't imagine that little kid was carrying some weapon or being a threat.

[Bluebear]

15. And the soldier who died probably volunteered so he could feed his family

...I am so sick of death and destruction at every turn. :(

[1Hippiechick]

55. or play Russian roulette for a chance at the education lottery...

[UndertheOcean]

16. +1000

[stray cat]

21. Some of your so-called civilians are also killing each other and innocents as well

if you can bring peace between all factions in Iraq and Afghanistan I suggest you do it.

[dysfunctional press]

34. at least i don't pretend that there's any 'honor' in our illegal occupations...

like a lot of the rah-rah pro-military psychopaths seem to think.(but then- how could we ever support such a large and prosperous military-industrial-complex without the seemingly endless line of enablers that happily sign up to be the next generation of cannon fodder?)

"if you can bring peace between all factions in Iraq and Afghanistan I suggest you do it."

a very good start would be to pull ALL of our troops out of both countries, as it would take away the main target for the 'insurgents', as well as their SINGLE BIGGEST recruitment tool.
if some of them still want to kill each other when we're gone- then it's their problem, not ours.

[Arctic Dave]

50. They have been killing each other for centuries, that doesn't justify the military murdering them.

[malaise]

29. For real

The slaughter of innocents continues. :cry: :cry:

[jillan]

11. My heart is in my stomach right now.

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

[UndertheOcean]

13. More than one Photo , also this :

[Bluebear]

17. Remember, though, we don't prosecute torturers.

:mad:

[Solly Mack]

24. but...but...it would destroy America to prosecute war crimes

We have ever so much more important things to do than to live in the past. (never mind all crimes take place in the past...even conspiracy to commit)

Besides, it's not like we'd ever do it again. Everyone that would do such things now knows it's wrong and illegal to do those things...because they didn't know before...because no one ever told them it was illegal and besides, a lawyer said they could do it. You can't trust those long standing laws doncha know...need a lawyer to say why those laws don't apply to you....and when laws don't apply to you then can you really break the law? And if you can't break the law then everything you do is AOK.

[Bluebear]

25. Also, we only have to uphold the Law Of The Land for those gay folk.

DOMA and DADT, for example. Torture and wiretapping? Not so much.

[Solly Mack]

27. but we have standards! morality! family values! to think of...

When America tortures it does so to please God! (HE wants us to win against those terrorists, doncha know)

When America discriminates against gays it does so to please God! (Gay people are deviants and a danger to others, unlike war criminals who have the best of intentions and only act in good faith...and faith is a good thing!)


Does my anger at the lack of justice show? Because I've been working on finding a happy place.

[inna]

18. No words.

This is absolutely brutal, but thank you for posting these.


Damn.

[yurbud]

30. that too. Americans haven't seen enough of either kind.

[stray cat]

20. IF only deaths of American servicemen are important - you may be right

[jwirr]

26. At first all I saw was him and the pictures - then I noticed the little arm.

This such a sad statement of the destruction of these families. Peace on Earth - yes, isn't it about time?

[malaise]

28. Way too sad

:cry: :cry: :cry:

[StarfarerBill]

33. "One death is a tragedy; one million is a statistic." - Josef Stalin

Until leaders recognize in their minds and hearts that all those they send to die and those they kill are individuals human beings with their own unique lives, loves, and hopes, mass murder in the name of ideology and profit will continue...or until we take the responsibility into our own hands to stop it.

[debbierlus]

39. Taking our country back is going to have to involve a LOT more then slogans

And, campaigning the name of corporate stooges.

[yurbud]

54. I think we have to hold corporate criminals accountable and treat their crimes that

take lives the same way we do mass murderers and serial killers.

They belong in regular prison, and if the death penalty is on the books, no one deserves it more than them.

[kath]

46. Oh, god, I had to look away -- it was just unbearable to look at that photo for more than a few

seconds. :cry: :cry: :cry:

[donheld]

51. So very sad

[AllyCat]

56. Note to pro-war leaders and followers: these people have families!!

And friends. Something to think about before we send them to a was for the corporations.

My heart weeps for these brave men and women and their families.

[chill_wind]

57. America is being protected from this side of cold reality.

The pentagon pundit embedded msm has steadfastly seen to it.

K & R.

[DesertDiamond]

58. Just another human sacrifice to the corporation gods

[BrklynLiberal]

60. The leaders should have to bear the arms, not merely send others out to do it.