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barbtries

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48. yeah.

Fri Jul 18, 2014, 05:37 PM

Jul 2014

there was one woman in particular i tend to remember when i look back, standing near a blown out window...doomed.
911 happened less than 2 months after my daughter died. i remember feeling as if my veins had been filled with lead - it weighed me so.

and so what was gw's response? oh goody, we get to throw a war! gawd damn them.

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i think we should see all the pictures [View all] barbtries Jul 2014 OP

I'm so sorry for your loss. vanlassie Jul 2014 #1

thank you barbtries Jul 2014 #2

I think those who want to see should be able to see malaise Jul 2014 #3

thanks malaise barbtries Jul 2014 #33

I, too, am conflicted. Ineeda Jul 2014 #4

that's my thinking barbtries Jul 2014 #39

I think overtime it would only desensitize more Boom Sound 416 Jul 2014 #5

Desensitization is a psychological defense - just the headlines LiberalElite Jul 2014 #9

Sure. All things can desensitize Boom Sound 416 Jul 2014 #13

Condolences Scarsdale Jul 2014 #6

let's hope so. barbtries Jul 2014 #34

Iconic photo of naked Vietnamese girl burned by napalm Divernan Jul 2014 #7

It's not so much the graphic explicitness that works, but the depiction of horrible emotion... cascadiance Jul 2014 #24

excellent analysis of the psychology involved - thank you! Divernan Jul 2014 #25

there was a picture that i felt accomplished that barbtries Jul 2014 #40

wow barbtries Jul 2014 #36

I agree very much with your post and the OP BrotherIvan Jul 2014 #38

my point exactly. barbtries Jul 2014 #41

It's part of the plan I think BrotherIvan Jul 2014 #43

i think so too. barbtries Jul 2014 #49

I hope so too BrotherIvan Jul 2014 #50

I wrote a paper on that photo in high school. DemocraticWing Jul 2014 #57

Isn't that how the antiwar movements in the 60s-70s Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jul 2014 #8

Vietnam was the last time reporters really showed what was going on. tecelote Jul 2014 #19

that, maybe, barbtries Jul 2014 #32

Having once had a front row seat for war The Wizard Jul 2014 #10

Kent State HockeyMom Jul 2014 #18

It was a compelling picture. kiva Jul 2014 #61

+1 DeadLetterOffice Jul 2014 #20

you must know better than me barbtries Jul 2014 #42

americans, by and large heaven05 Jul 2014 #11

i am so sorry for your loss barbtries Jul 2014 #44

yes. European friends comment on how protected American children are. grasswire Jul 2014 #52

Sorry for your loss, only time helps, heaping amounts are required! Lost my son in 93, still hurts, Dustlawyer Jul 2014 #12

something i hadn't considered, barbtries Jul 2014 #31

After World War II, Eisenhower made available to every movie theater Stuart G Jul 2014 #14

i just put it at number 1 barbtries Jul 2014 #46

You would have remembered the awful sad music.. Stuart G Jul 2014 #53

I agree Barb - TBF Jul 2014 #15

thank you TBF barbtries Jul 2014 #37

Yes we should Capt. Obvious Jul 2014 #16

yep. short of being there barbtries Jul 2014 #47

I feel as conflicted... ReRe Jul 2014 #17

i agree barbtries Jul 2014 #30

Business Insider yesterday, posted at least one photo MerryBlooms Jul 2014 #21

thank you MerryBlooms barbtries Jul 2014 #29

As a nurse TNNurse Jul 2014 #22

absolutely true, every word. barbtries Jul 2014 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author lostincalifornia Jul 2014 #26

You Can't Judge War By Keeping One Eye Closed grilled onions Jul 2014 #27

This is what I see as the usefulness of putting the upaloopa Jul 2014 #28

War would end if the dead could return. Stanley Baldwin Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2014 #35

the images of people trapped in buildings on 9/11 and falling have never left me JI7 Jul 2014 #45

yeah. barbtries Jul 2014 #48

wow, i can't imagine what you would have went through JI7 Jul 2014 #51

The Press had a large part in ending the Viet Nam war Jake2413 Jul 2014 #54

You are very wise. Thanks barbtries. Scuba Jul 2014 #55

thank you Scuba barbtries Jul 2014 #56

I agree with your take on it. Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #58

thanks Uncle Joe barbtries Jul 2014 #59

She was a beautiful young lady. Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #60

thanks. inside and out barbtries Jul 2014 #63

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