cyantist wrote:
] 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?

Its under Rattles memestream

RE: POW footage rant