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RE: POW footage rant
by cyantist at 5:26 pm EST, Mar 24, 2003

Nanochick wrote:
] Earlier today, I heard on CNN about the footage of the POWs,
] but CNN wasn't showing them due to their graphic nature.
] Memestreams now has these pictures, and without really
] thinking about it, I popped open the website to take a look at
] what CNN wouldn't show. Now that I have, I felt the need to
] vent, so here it is. Definitly stop and think about it before
] you look at these pictures. Because I don't think I will ever
] be able to get those images out of my head again, and I am
] consumed with a horrible feeling. Here I sit, with my freedom
] that I take for granted every day. Freedom that I don't even
] really think about, because it has never been taken away from
] me. When I look at those pictures, they make me want to puke.
] Not because of the images themselves, as grotesque as they
] are. I want to throw up and cry because of what they
] represent. These are pictures of people who have obviously
] been tortured, and who have consequently been killed,
] execution style. These are people that were killed this way
] protecting my freedom.
] Now I am left with a horrible feeling. Since this war started,
] I, like many of you, have been glued to CNN. I have watched
] this war unfold from the days leading up to it, to the
] unexpected wed. night attacks in Baghdad, to what it has
] unfolded to now. It makes me feel strange to watch a war from
] the comfort of my own home. And now that I have looked at
] those pictures, this has been driven home to me.
] I feel powerless. I feel frustrated. And I feel my freedom,
] wrapped around me like a protective blanket....a blanket
] weaved with souls.
]
] I guess I just wanted people to be aware of these pictures. I
] do not recommend looking at them, because it will only
] frustrate and sadden you, or perhaps make you angry. They are
] an important piece of history, but at the same time, they are
] a piece of history that leaves a horrible taste in your
] mouth...history that will probably give me nightmares.
]
] Please, regardless of your political feelings about this war,
] support our troops, no matter what. Stop and think about what
] they are doing for you. Through my tear-filled eyes, I see
] courage that I have never seen before. For the first time in
] my life, I see angels.
]
]
] -Nanochick

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