Archive for December 13th, 2006
This is an amazing photo essay about the return of soldiers’ bodies to their loved ones. The second half, about the widow who is 5-1/2 months pregnant, nearly leveled me. If we’re not already convinced, this — along with the hundreds of thousands of lost Iraqi lives, and the hundreds of thousands of wounded U.S. soldiers and Iraqis — is why every one of us must do everything we can to end this war at the earliest moment possible.
Story by Jim Sheeler. Photos by Todd Heisler.
December 13th, 2006
Truly, truly, this woman is my hero. Looking at all these crosses takes my breath away. It’s time for a change. Sadly (though, of course, this is far, FAR from the saddest thing about all this), it looks like there’s a limit to how accurate the memorial will be in the future.
(Photo by Karen Gustavson.)
December 13th, 2006
From Mona Gable’s blog post, “Bush: Stop Telling Families with Kids in Iraq “You Understand”! at The Huffington Post:
A few days after 11 American soldiers were killed in Iraq, I opened the mailbox to find along with the Pottery Barn holiday catalogue and other seasonal items a letter from the National Guard. Addressed to my 16-year-old son. I have no idea how they got his name and address. That’s not true.
I know perfectly well how they got it. They got it the same way Bush is getting personal information about the rest of us in the guise of fighting “the terrorists.” They tapped into some secret database and up popped my son’s name. It was right there under the category: Potential Cannon Fodder for Iraq….
December 13th, 2006
