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countryjake

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42. Did you know that the military canceled his "embed assignment"...

Reply to Hissyspit (Reply #30)

Wed Feb 20, 2013, 06:08 PM

Feb 2013

after he published those photos of Samar and the rest of her family?

Chris Hondros' bloody images of that attack went all the way to the top, were plopped on the table at the Pentagon for discussion.

Thank you for linking to that extraordinary photo tribute to Chris from Fayetteville; I hadn't seen it! Just in case you missed this one, here's another:

http://blogs.wsj.com/photojournal/2011/04/20/remembering-chris-hondros/

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Hubris? Fuckers! [View all] Hissyspit Feb 2013 OP

omg. SO powerful; babylonsister Feb 2013 #1

And, the victims are added to the count by day... Frustratedlady Feb 2013 #2

What a senseless waste. progressoid Feb 2013 #3

Just like Vietnam... xtraxritical Feb 2013 #36

rec. SammyWinstonJack Feb 2013 #4

Thank you. City Lights Feb 2013 #5

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Eloquent FiveGoodMen Feb 2013 #7

K&R Carolina Feb 2013 #8

Very moving and powerful. kairos12 Feb 2013 #9

"I'll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out..." johnnyreb Feb 2013 #10

Devastating. Squinch Feb 2013 #11

argh! just makes me hate them even more!! Hulk Smash Feb 2013 #12

Omigod. Useless in FL Feb 2013 #13

SON OF A BITCH ailsagirl Feb 2013 #14

I hate GiveMeFreedom Feb 2013 #15

I tried to watch the special.. "Hubris" lib2DaBone Feb 2013 #16

How many questions needs to be answered by Bush and gang. Thinkingabout Feb 2013 #17

McCain walking around the Iraqi marketplace with his body armor Hissyspit Feb 2013 #24

Thanks Hissyspit! K&R!!! Segami Feb 2013 #18

God Bless good people..... lib2DaBone Feb 2013 #19

This country was duped Rosa Luxemburg Feb 2013 #20

Why is this news? RoccoR5955 Feb 2013 #21

+1 deutsey Feb 2013 #33

never forgive, never forget Agony Feb 2013 #22

Look backward & indict. Hahaha. :< tblue Feb 2013 #23

Never forget. nt Mnemosyne Feb 2013 #25

I'm proud to rec this. I wish I could rec it over and over again. n/t Catherina Feb 2013 #26

War crimes? jambo101 Feb 2013 #27

The lies and manipulations were no secret HeiressofBickworth Feb 2013 #28

Thank you, Hissyspit, and I'd like to add one more... countryjake Feb 2013 #29

Chris was from my hometown and worked for my hometown newspaper. Hissyspit Feb 2013 #30

Yes, he won awards for that one you've linked to! countryjake Feb 2013 #31

Did you know that the military canceled his "embed assignment"... countryjake Feb 2013 #42

I did not know that, Hissyspit Feb 2013 #46

. patrice Feb 2013 #39

... countryjake Feb 2013 #44

That one stops me every time I see it, but I do have it in my personal collection. patrice Feb 2013 #45

Why should they waste their beautiful minds on something like that? deutsey Feb 2013 #32

We need to repost Babs "our beautiful minds" comment over and over. madfloridian Feb 2013 #49

Thank you for reposting your powerful story-telling thread, Hissyspit. Berlum Feb 2013 #34

America has to stop harboring criminals, and elevating them. loudsue Feb 2013 #35

thanks for posting these LiberalLovinLug Feb 2013 #37

Religous who backed Bush NEED to own their blasphemy, a.k.a. hubris. patrice Feb 2013 #38

Behold, the work of the Project for a New American Century! burnsei sensei Feb 2013 #40

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That's what they are - Fuckers. Solly Mack Feb 2013 #43

:( Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #47

Wow... Sorry I Missed This... HUGE K & R !!! WillyT Feb 2013 #48