Baghdad Burning
... I'll meet you 'round the bend my friend, where hearts can heal and souls can mend...
Sunday, November 06, 2005
Movies and Dreams...
Riverbend says it all, showing that she and the Iraqi People are No Differant than We and the rest of the American People and All People on this Planet.
"My parents, like many Iraqis of their generation and educational background, discouraged too much tv. When E. and I were younger, they were vigilant about the type of shows and movies we were allowed to watch. They didn’t like for us to be exposed to propaganda- Arab or Western- and any programs containing excessive violence, foul language or sexual content were prohibited. On the other hand, all types of books were encouraged. I grew up reading books by authors ranging from Jane Austen to John LeCarre, from Emily Bronte to Maxim Gorky to Simone de Beauvoir… nothing was ever off-limits."
I could post up more of her Entry but I find it hard to Separate her thoughts, and writing, without taking the impact of the total reading which within she gives a Graphic Example of what takes place in War!
In this Powerful Entry, as many of hers are, she injects So Much into such a Short Entry. She leaves one Understanding that these are not just her thoughts but the thoughts and feelings of the Majority of Iraqi's as they would be to others in other Countries after being Invaded, Occupied and Rapidly Destroyed, the People, the Infrastructure, the Society, the Whole Country!
The blockquote above is just the first paragraph of another Powerful Posting, from a little known about Young Lady, in the Country known as Iraq. Please visit her site and read the rest of Movies and Dreams... , it would seem to me to give her Thoughts and Feelings much more Impact, by reading them there!
After visiting Riverbends 'Baghdad Burning' Blog HERE is a site that will bring the Destructive Forces of Human's Inhumanity against fellow Human's to better focus, just one more of many that are Extremely Graphic in Reality! A Strong Warning though, there are Extremely Graphic Photo's and Video's Linked Within, so Prepare!
A Picture or Video is just a Moment in Time of any given day, and there are Many Moments, much of them Destructive in a Day within a War/Conflict. For the Destructive Forces can come at Any Moment of those Many Moments by Any Force Intent on Bringing the Destruction!
You can view a couple of Pages of Photo's HERE and HERE and a Video HERE
Be Forwarned of Directly Above
These are also Photo's of those who went through their Many Moments and Now Have No More Moments To Live:
This is a Silent Honor Roll shown on the PBS 'News Hour', now Almost Daily, that was started at the Beginning!
As of Today, 11-06-05 there are 51 Pages with 5 'Honor Roll' links per page!
If you take the Time to View 'ALL' the Pages/Photo's and Information Instill This Thought Into Each American Military Face You See, 'Try and Picture 30, 40, 50, 60 or More Iraqi Faces, Children-Women-Men, Killed for Each Of These Faces You Are Looking At'
October In Iraq - Video
Extremely moving Photo Essay of 27 funerals of soldiers killed in Iraq.
U.S. CASUALTY MAP;click on map for interaction site:
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
If that is true than
2000 Speaks VOLUMES!!
PS: And while you're at it, think about 58,000 Plus Faces Of Vietnam
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1 comment:
You bring up some great points. I am just returning from Iraq, and am trying to put together a book based on my experience as a sniper. Check out my blog, and let me know what you think. snipereye@blogspot.com
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