tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283072392763163737.post1980321804028125847..comments2024-02-27T12:41:35.811-08:00Comments on Coming to Terms...: A Picture Is Worth....Lisa :-]http://www.blogger.com/profile/02237889098638895390noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283072392763163737.post-46532647650703277022005-05-06T15:07:00.000-07:002005-05-06T15:07:00.000-07:00What have we done. I feel exactly as you do. How...What have we done. I feel exactly as you do. How could we have ever let this happen? I am still appalled and amazed, but mostly appalled.<br><br>Neil<br>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283072392763163737.post-3728313535079299382005-05-06T15:48:00.000-07:002005-05-06T15:48:00.000-07:00I hear you.I hear you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283072392763163737.post-15851180855566687432005-05-06T16:24:00.000-07:002005-05-06T16:24:00.000-07:00My heart goes out to that poor young soldier, thin...My heart goes out to that poor young soldier, thinking of the sorrow and anguish he must feel cradling that child in his arms as she died.<br>But I wonder, why does it take that soldier's presence to humanize this photo for so many Americans? There are, tragically, many (too many) pictures of dead or dying Iraqi children. Yet pictures featuring just those children are shunned by the press and arouse cries of "propaganda" from the same war supporters who weep over this picture. <br>Why can't these people empathize with the fate of the children of Iraq unless it also portrays America in a sympathetic light? Guilt perhaps?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283072392763163737.post-89404384912508183732005-05-06T20:02:00.000-07:002005-05-06T20:02:00.000-07:00dhal made an excellent point. The reaction to this...dhal made an excellent point. The reaction to this picture says a lot about our society. Numerous pictures of injured or dead Iraqi children have been published but somehow it takes an American GI to humanize it. But then this is a country where former secretary of state Madalin Albright said that the death of 500,000 Iraqi children was an acceptable price to pay. It's disturbing. <br><br>daveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283072392763163737.post-91279711547513568802005-05-06T20:48:00.000-07:002005-05-06T20:48:00.000-07:00oh......my.:(oh......my.<br><br><br>:(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283072392763163737.post-88128352041922947062005-05-07T10:39:00.000-07:002005-05-07T10:39:00.000-07:00I wrote about this, too. But I think the soldier i...I wrote about this, too. But I think the soldier is a woman. Look how small the hands are....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283072392763163737.post-255508286572762022005-05-07T10:40:00.000-07:002005-05-07T10:40:00.000-07:00Well, duh. So it is a man...we need to come home.....Well, duh. So it is a man...we need to come home..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283072392763163737.post-69556758532928336212005-05-07T17:13:00.000-07:002005-05-07T17:13:00.000-07:00Very, very sad...Very, very sad...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283072392763163737.post-66565181645456108962005-05-08T07:38:00.000-07:002005-05-08T07:38:00.000-07:00I thought the later. It's so sad! :-( ---RobbieI thought the later. It's so sad! :-( ---RobbieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283072392763163737.post-36561164121784524872005-05-15T06:11:00.000-07:002005-05-15T06:11:00.000-07:00oh lisa, how heartbreakingly true your last paragr...oh lisa, how heartbreakingly true your last paragraph - it's what i think every single day when i read the news. i know what the VN war did to the boys of my generation, i have friends who were damaged beyond repair - and i don't just mean physically. these boys who come home will live on into their older years with the same kind of eternal unrepairable damage. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283072392763163737.post-22713396736683875162005-05-27T09:14:00.000-07:002005-05-27T09:14:00.000-07:00My heart breaks.My heart breaks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com