March 18, 2003
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The Unseen Gulf War. No comments from me, but it's worth a look.
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Quite grisly. Very interesting link. Seeing this really makes me hope that some journalists find a way to cover the upcoming war outside the embedding system.
posted by gsteff at 2:21 PM on March 18, 2003
posted by gsteff at 2:21 PM on March 18, 2003
Duuuude, you're taking all the fun out of war, you know all the gizmos and cool cars and planes and brave men and women and shit.
posted by signal at 2:29 PM on March 18, 2003
posted by signal at 2:29 PM on March 18, 2003
Question: was anyone here ever "pro-war" but then changed their mind after seeing photos like this? If so, what the hell did you think was happing when all that shit was blowing up?
posted by Cyrano at 2:32 PM on March 18, 2003
posted by Cyrano at 2:32 PM on March 18, 2003
What is the topic of discussion here?
To see how horrible war is?
No one expects wars to calmly put to sleep the enemy with voluntary lethal injections, surely.
That these photographs were not widely publicized?
There is no point to that, given the point above.
Few people, unless they are completely depraved, can sanely "enjoy" war and killing. Poring over these photographs is just prurient.
posted by reality at 2:35 PM on March 18, 2003
To see how horrible war is?
No one expects wars to calmly put to sleep the enemy with voluntary lethal injections, surely.
That these photographs were not widely publicized?
There is no point to that, given the point above.
Few people, unless they are completely depraved, can sanely "enjoy" war and killing. Poring over these photographs is just prurient.
posted by reality at 2:35 PM on March 18, 2003
Great! Dead bodies. Now I only need the Stile Project for boobs.
(Yes, war is awful. However, I didn't need graphic photos of corpses to demonstrate that to me. Thanks for ruining my evening and those of other squeamish folks.)
posted by Mayor Curley at 2:37 PM on March 18, 2003
(Yes, war is awful. However, I didn't need graphic photos of corpses to demonstrate that to me. Thanks for ruining my evening and those of other squeamish folks.)
posted by Mayor Curley at 2:37 PM on March 18, 2003
Sorry, Reality (an apropos name) - I don't buy it. I think photographs such as these should be required viewing for any politician who votes to commit forces to war. In a democratic society, I think more people should see it, not fewer. I think it's a good thing for people sitting around moving little figures on a map (or a computer screen) to exactly know the kind of human toll they are about to unleash. Someone who really and truly believes that war is the only option should be able to stand in front of these pictures, point at them, and say unflinchingly, "It is worth this kind of human cost." If they can't do that, they do not deserve to lead.
posted by Chanther at 2:42 PM on March 18, 2003
posted by Chanther at 2:42 PM on March 18, 2003
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