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 What is the url? RE: POW footage rant |