Very poignant Time photo. Not to be missed.

[Lex]

Last Vigil

On the eve of the funeral, Katherine insisted on sleeping next to Jim's body, so the Marines arranged a bed and offered to stand guard through the night. She fell asleep to music she and Jim had planned to play at their formal wedding celebration when he returned.


The 10 photo slideshow here:
http://www.time.com/time/photoessays/iraq_war_families/1.html

[KitchenWitch]

1. ...

:cry:

[Greylyn58]

165. Oh My God!!!

There are no words...:cry:

[Lars39]

2. .

:cry:

[LynzM]

3. Damn....

I don't even know what to say. That's heartbreaking :cry:

[Gemini Cat]

4. Wow. nt

[BamaLefty]

5. Dear God

I showed that to my mom and she's now crying. I feel sick just looking at it.

Bastards. Why are they doing this to our nation? These are families they are tearing apart!!! Not robots. Damn, my prayers go out to this family and all other ones like it... Repub or Dem, black or white, Catholic or Protestant... it doesn't matter. Death is death, and the deaths coming from this war are unjustified!! Damn! I'm mad...

[MadisonProgressive]

6. I can understand why the pukes don't like these kind of photos

It's much less painful to live in denial.

[ScreamingMeemie]

7. I cannot take this....

:cry: I think of all the children who will never know their daddys all the wives who will wonder what the years ahead would have been like. The faces of the people on the plane looking out at the coffin being removed is also poignant. We have been sheltered from the blood...the loss...

[KitchenWitch]

18. When we went to California for Thanksgiving

There were several National Guard troops from one of the Airborne divisions coming home from Iraq on our flight. I had a hard time not bawling the whole time.

Then at the baggage claim area, one of the troops that was aboard our flight met her parents and her two children...I totally lost it then.

:cry:

[ScreamingMeemie]

21. I was picking my parents up (pre split) from the airport last year, and

a young man came walking down the ramp to baggage in his uniform. There were about 20-30 of us, standing around...and the hallway erupted into applause...He just started bawling, and so did I. :( I wish we could turn back time.

[ClayZ]

137. Now, I am crying again!

:cry:

[uppityperson]

8. ,

[dpbrown]

9. God, that is so sad, and enraging

I can't believe the neocons keep feeding these young people to the occupation.

[gumby]

10. Surreal

:cry: :cry: :cry:

[Oeditpus Rex]

11. Look at this photo, George W. Bush

Go ahead. LOOK AT IT!

You son of a bitch.

[Canuckistanian]

59. He should be forced to look at the whole series

Fuckin' maniac

[Skittles]

it would not affect him at all

he is a sociopath

[Skittles]

84. it would not affect him at all

he is a sociopath

[i miss america]

122. He and all responsible for his little senseless war should spend

a long time paying the cost. Eternity in hell would suffice.

[Wilms]

12. There are more images at the link.

Bring a hanky.
:cry:

[Rose Siding]

13. That whole essay is stunning

The Journey Home
Marines unload the body of 2nd Lieut. Jim Cathey, 24, from a commercial flight to Reno, Nevada, as passengers watch

[Stephanie]

20. OMG

Before I read the caption I thought the photo was doctored. OMG, that is chilling.

[Lex]

62. Just look at the looks on the faces of the people in the plane.

Speaks volumes.

[Canuckistanian]

56. That is an astounding photo

Good Lord, I'm buying the book that has that photo in it.

[Lex]

64. The magazine has more photos. Time Magazine. Nov 21 2005 issue.

Not all of them are at that online site.

They are all compelling.

[WillyT]

14. Man...

:cry::cry::cry:

Recommended...

...a whole lot of people need to see this.

[Rex]

15. Maybe Bush can walk around the casket and look for WMD.

Tell his little jokes to the poor woman.

"Whoops, no WMD here."


"Maybe somewhere in those flowers."


Some day someone will make these assholes pay for what they've done to us and our military AND to the rest of the world.

[No Exit]

147. He could open it up and look inside

if he'd let us slam the lid on it while his head was inside--and never open it again.

[Batgirl]

16. these images make me think about how

some things really are unforgivable.

What do you supposed Bush would feel if he saw these photos? Of course, in order for that to occur there'd have to be a malfunction of the protective bubble that encases him and keeps him safely in his comfort zone. But for the sake of argument, let's say the bubble was breached and the fragile boy chimp was accidentally exposed to the unpleasantness. What would he feel?

I don't think he would feel much at all. These soldiers who died were not important after all. And neither are the families who loved them and who will now carry a lifetime of grief. They weren't wealthy or powerful. They were just a means to an end for the people who do matter, the ones who are wealthy and powerful.

Some crimes are of such magnitude they really are beyond forgiveness.

[Straight Shooter]

17. The slide show was a very moving tribute,

until the final pic.



Home Comforts
Beck hugs his kids Stephen, 2, and Lindsey and Abigail, both 4. After one burial, "all I wanted to do was play with my children," he says. "But all I was thinking about while I was playing was all those guys out there in harm's way, making all that possible."

Beck seems like a genuine guy, but there he went and spouted the same talking points that are precisely the reason "those guys out there in harm's way" are getting killed.

Making what possible? Does he honestly believe his children have a safer future because we're in Iraq? Good grief.

[Rex]

24. The only other choice if for a revolt in the military.

Look, the military is a tool used by many governments for many things. The heart of the military is human flesh and blood. Bone and sweat. Chunks of that go flying apart just as fast to American soldiers as Iraqi civilians. No one wants to be there in Iraq. They follow orders the same as you stop at a stop sign.

This guy means that HIS fellow flesh and blood is out their dying because WE the people allow it. Go look at that picture of his wife next to the casket. Unbelievable.

[Canuckistanian]

60. That's what I was thinking, too.

Maybe he meant it in a more general way, like the whole history of the military.

But somehow, i don't think so.

[Patiod]

103. All through the Army-Navy game, they kept saying that

"Those guys over there fighting for our freedom". My local TV kept interviewing people who were tailgating, who were going into the game, etc., and that was the constant refrain: "fighting for our freedom"

Bloody fucking hell they are.

They're good men and women, doing their duty, doing what they promised their country that they would do, and they're being betrayed by egomaniacs that surround the dim bulb they've installed in the White House.

These pictures make me mad. If they were pictures from WWII, I'd be angry at Hitler and Hirohito and Mussolini, sad for the families, and 100% behind FDR. But this ill-begotton mess -- it's the fault of Rumsfeld and Cheney and Bush and frankly the fault of anyone who voted for Bush either time.

[Iowa]

157. I thought the same thing...

someone up thread criticized your post and opined that Beck meant to say that "HIS fellow flesh and blood is out their dying because WE the people allow it". I don't see how one could read that into his words. Nah... he meant what you said.

[proud patriot]

19. .

:cry:

[ultraist]

22. Heartwrenching...

[Redstone]

23. That was damn depressing. Thank you so much for posting it.

(I'm not being sarcastic here.)

Someone should strap bushyboy and Rumdum to chair, tape their eyelids open, and make them watch the whole thing. Eight times.

Oh, never mind. It would require having a soul for them to be affected, and it's clear that neither of them does.

Redstone

[rfranklin]

28. In their minds it would be turned to thoughts of their own "hard work"

and how thye deserve another vacation to rest up.

[Redstone]

29. You sure got that right. They're simply not human.

Redstone

[gordontron]

25. .

[qanda]

26. Truly depressing

:cry:

[Pirate Smile]

27. I looked at all the photo's - it made me cry.

:(

[tuvor]

30. This would be easier to take if there were a good reason for bush's war.

He wastes life like he's wasted every opportunity he's been blessed with.

I hate him with all my heart. How can I not?

[Lex]

32. I agree.

I see that picture and I think "It was for nothing but a pack of lies and trumped up BS from Bush and Cheney and Powell and Rumsfeld."


This is just one picture of one night in one young woman's life.

Just think of all the other nights and other families. Horrible.

[stevedeshazer]

31. .

[omega minimo]

33. There's an extra level of creepiness in that photo

in the presence of the computer. Why did she bring the laptop?

[Lex]

34. Maybe there are pictures of the two of them on her laptop?

Or emails from him?

That was my thought.

Edited to add: Maybe she wanted to write to him. I have written letters to people who have passed away. It helps sometimes.

[omega minimo]

48. Perhaps

The presence of the digital distraction subtracts some of the poignancy. A candle wouldn't do? Pen and paper?

The horror of all the stories of lost lives and lost limbs in Iraq is that none of it was necessary.

[Lex]

50. Sorry, it says in the caption it was music. I don't find fault with her

choice to bring along her laptop.

She's still very much a kid. Laptops are more common than candles or pens and paper to them.

She wasn't doing a photo op for you or me, btw. She didn't give a damn about "poignancy" I'm sure.

[omega minimo]

52. Signs o' the times

Commenting on this is not "finding fault" btw

btw she was doing a photo op, since you brought it up. As evidenced by the presence of -- cameras!

It ads nother dimension to the poignant photo. Commenting on this is not "finding fault."

--------Signed, Marshall McLuhan :hi:

[Lex]

55. Every time

a camera is allowed to capture a moment doesn't qualify it as a photo op--in terms of PR stunt, which is how I usually see the term "photo op" used.

She merely allowed the camera there. Other than that, I doubt she gave a damn about how much more "poignant" this or that detail might look to someone who viewed the photo.

That was all I was saying.

[No Exit]

146. I'm glad she did a "photo op"

This NEEDS to be seen!

Any other time, they won't even let photographers photograph the coffins of the Iraq military dead.

[annabanana]

94. stop thinking like a photographer...n/t

[omega minimo]

116. Stop missing the point

please

[Batgirl]

36. "creepiness" explained in caption

she's listening to their planned wedding music.

[atre]

51. To play music

look closer at the photo caption. She wanted to play their music while she laid vigil.

[omega minimo]

61. Even in 2005

"to play music" is not = to "stare at a laptop."

"Stare at a laptop" is not = "laid vigil."

"look closer at the photo caption" = :puke:

[LeahD]

72. She wasn't staring at the lap top. She fell asleep

while listening to music they had planned to play at their formal wedding celebration after he returned home.

[omega minimo]

73. Marshall McLuhan

Marshall McLuhan

[Bridget Burke]

97. Send her your critique....

And explain how her "Performance Art" could have been more artistic.

I'm sure she'll give a fuck.

[omega minimo]

114. Signs o' the times

It ads nother dimension to the poignant photo. Commenting on this is not "finding fault."

--------Signed, Marshall McLuhan

[Tsiyu]

102. Oh, for Christ's sake

She lost her fiance to a senseless war. Are you going to say she should have had her hair done and dressed better for the photos?

Get a life....and a heart while you're shopping

[omega minimo]

115. Signs o' the times

It ads nother dimension to the poignant photo. Commenting on this is not "finding fault."

--------Signed, Marshall McLuhan

[Tsiyu]

128. Signs of the times?

That some folks, when witnessing another's VERY REAL grief, choose to comment on how the grieving express their sorrow? You couldn't take five seconds to consider that she may have music/photos/e-mails from her beloved on the laptop?

Yes, there are signs everywhere that we have become a nation of cold-hearted people. Thanks for reminding me, Mr. McLuhan.

[omega minimo]

135. There's an extra level in that photo in the presence of the computer

There. Is that okay to say? Is it okay to offer a concept for discussion: that the computer adds another dimension to the photo? If that is approved, perhaps then discuss whether the photo is "creepy" or "poignant" or what have you?

"Why did she bring the laptop?" That's okay to ask. No need for some posters to automatically assume that question is unfeeling. Why not consider how that changes her experience-- or is everyone so used to being constantly plugged in that anything else is unthinkable?

I have enough confidence in the reading comprehension skills of DUers to post what I have posted without arousing such misguided assumptions and misplaced hostility.

As I posted before:

The horror of all the stories of lost lives and lost limbs in Iraq is that none of it was necessary.

More signs of the times:

A pubic so media saturated that it doesn't recognize the impact of media on experience. Or know who Marshall McLuhan is.

A public so attached (literally) to the computer that experiencing a solemn, once-in-a-lifetime experience without one is BEYOND COMPREHENSION OR DISCUSSION (on a computer).

:hug: :hi:

[Tsiyu]

142. You're quite impressed with yourself, then?

Shall I drop a few names you don't know? Wow! THAT would give me such a great sense of superiority and then I could make commentary like yours!

You initially asked why someone would bring a laptop (indicating to me that you didn't stop to think for a moment before posting or that you have some disregard for computers as a medium) and then you claimed she was at a "photo op" and THEN you claimed hers wasn't a vigil. M'kay.

Sorry, i just have a problem with your picking this gal apart. it causes me to wonder about you. Hope that doesn't offend a superior guy or gal like you!

[omega minimo]

154. Sorry yer still trippin over your assumptions

:hug:

[Tsiyu]

160. I assumed you posted those comments? Did I make that up? Hmmmm.....

I just read back through your posts and you said all of the things I stated. Are you arguing that as fact or do you have a re-e-e-a-al short memory and you're now claiming not to have posted those comments?

You are certainly entitled to be a callous, critical human when discussing images of a fellow hurting, devastated human being, and I am also entitled to decide you are very impressed with yourself and that you are, in fact, a rather cold, callous human being.


I don't mind kicking this thread at all.

[omega minimo]

161. Your insistence on hostility is truly bizarre and misplaced

It is also contrary to the spirit of your sig line, unfortunately.

"If modern man continues to flirt unhesitatingly with war, he will transform his earthly habitat into an inferno such as even the mind of Dante could not imagine...So we must see that peace represents a sweeter music, a cosmic melody that is far superior to the discords of war."--Martin Luther King, Jr., 1967

I am not responsible for your lack of comprehension or your anger. I acknowledged that I could have left off the word “creepiness” and might have been better understood.

“Is it okay to offer a concept for discussion: that the computer adds another dimension to the photo? If that is approved, perhaps then discuss whether the photo is "creepy" or "poignant" or what have you?”

That was intended as a peaceful post, trying to clear up some misunderstanding.

"Why did she bring the laptop?" That's okay to ask. No need for some posters to automatically assume that question is unfeeling. Why not consider how that changes her experience-- or is everyone so used to being constantly plugged in that anything else is unthinkable?

I have enough confidence in the reading comprehension skills of DUers to post what I have posted without arousing such misguided assumptions and misplaced hostility.

I am beginning to realize that my confidence in the good will and reading comprehension skills of DUers is sometimes undeserved.

You have already acknowledged that it is your ASSUMPTIONS that cause you to lash out at me:

“...(indicating to me that you didn't stop to think for a moment before posting or that you have some disregard for computers as a medium)...”

and severely misinterpreted my posts:

“...and then you claimed she was at a "photo op" and THEN you claimed hers wasn't a vigil. M'kay. Sorry, i just have a problem with your picking this gal apart.”

You ignored:

The horror of all the stories of lost lives and lost limbs in Iraq is that none of it was necessary.

Please check out BeTheChange’s reply mentioning Adbuster’s. Check that out and Marshall McLuhan, too. You might be interested and not so hostile in the future. Most likely this WILL be a photo in Adbuster's next issue. Maybe then you would be willing to give some thought to these unfamiliar concepts.

:patriot:

[Tsiyu]

163. Oh, no. I never give thought to unfamiliar concepts. Not me.

Good one.

My sole comment here is that YOU were making assumptions and being "hostile."

Why do you insist hers "isn't a vigil?" Because it doesn't look like one to you?

Why do you call this a "photo op?" Do you think this is what this grieving woman would call it? She gave permission for her image to be captured. This does not mean she called ahead and hired the photographers.

And personally, I find the question, "why did she bring a laptop?" to be well, rather silly. Did she drive a car, too? Oops! She's sleeping on a mattress! In the olden days, people slept on fiber mats when they grieved over the dead. That Serta sure detracts from the poignancy!


Anyhoo, like I said before, you are free to post what you like and to make assumptions and I am free to do the same. And I will:)

[omega minimo]

166. Your personal attacks do greater disservice to this couple being honored

than my comments do. You misunderstood my comments and continued with increasingly personal attacks-- and now you wanna discuss your questions? Sorry-- homey don't play dat.

I tried to clear up what I thought might have caused confusion. I never meant any disrespect to the woman or man or family in this story. However, when accosted on DU by the likes of your posts, I don't feel compelled to justify anything to you.

You are "free to post what you like and to make assumptions" as you say. You are not free to make personal attacks.

Even on DU, people attack what they don't understand, rather than trying to discuss BEFORE the dissing starts. It "cheapens the discourse for everyone."

You have taken the most over-simplified and stupified way of looking at my posts and personally attacked me for it. You're free to your "assumptions" and to the limited discussions that will come from them.

[BeTheChange]

145. At first glance, I thought it had to be a picture from Adbusters..

It was very surreal. The first thing I noticed about the picture as how out of place the computer seemed.. yet it's presence and blue glow seemed to command attention.


It's definately a nuclear family kind of picture... but it's realness, especially for those of us on DU who huddle around this screen reaching out into the digital mire to feel human connectedness, is breath catching.

[omega minimo]

153. Surreal it is

Surreally nice to meet you

:hi:

[RayOfHope]

120. Maybe she was watching a photo slideshow

of the two of them, set to their wedding music.

Quit projecting.

[omega minimo]

131. Maybe she's having trouble dealing with the whole thing

"Quit projecting"

It's amazing the hostility that is aroused by bringing up something subtle-- and the amount of PROJECTING being done by all who presume to know my level of empathy, while totally missing the point.

:freak:

[okasha]

164. Staring at a laptop may not be listening to music

but you can play music on a laptop. I don't see a boom box or tape deck anywhere, so the the music must be coming from the pute.

[Canuckistanian]

63. She probably had a recording of the song...

Like an MP3 or something.

[BeTheChange]

144. To play the music they had planned for their wedding...

Maybe you think she should have brought an mp3 player? I have that same set up having gotten married 7 months ago.. I probably would have brought my laptop too.

I bet on that laptop she can read the last communications they sent to eachother.. look at pictures... relive.

This is a horrible photo.

[Vektor]

156. She may have been playing the music files off of it.

The caption said she was playing what were to be their wedding songs...

Tragic.

[Ladyhawk]

35. Makes you wanna rip *'s lungs out through his rectum, doesn't it?

Note to "Agent Mike" or to anyone concerned: this is hyperbole not to be taken seriously. I do not wish harm to come to the president. In fact, I want him alive and well for his trial at the Hague.

Hey, I can dream, can't I?

[FightingIrish]

37. These images would be sad and troubling in any war.

We are seeing them fully aware of how horribly wrong this war is and that makes them more than tragic. Maybe these will bring home the obscenity of Bush's war to people are not moved by images of maimed soldiers and slaughtered children.

[in_cog_ni_to]

38. Heartbreaking.

That was so damn sad and it makes me SO angry. How the hell does the idiot sleep at night? Bastard.

[Ladyhawk]

39. Hmmm, "MSM" is finally showing coffins, finally showing the cost?

That's good, but it's heart-rending.

[grateful581]

40. Rest in peace Jim Cathe.

Bring our troops home NOW!
No more dead americans for bushes war.

[JPZenger]

41. Does this compensate for Time's Man of the Year?

Does anyone remember that George W. was Time's Man of the Year? (So was the Ayatollah Khomeni).

[ContraBass Black]

58. Man of the year isn't an honor.

They just name the person who has the most effect on the news.

[Marie26]

118. Twice! nt.

[sellitman]

42. I hope a few Freeper Trolls happen by this thread...

Cause this ones for you .....

[alittlelark]

43. That picture was too much for me.

I need to go hang w/ hubby and the kids.:cry:

[2bfree]

44. That is so sad.

:(

[ClayZ]

45. ,

:cry:

[Nicole]

46. heartbreaking

[Giant Robot]

47. Oh God....

:cry:

I just don't know what to say to this. I am so sorry for all of humanity.

[Flying Dream Blues]

49. It would be heartbreaking enough if this was a just war. It is

heartbreaking and infuriating that this war was based on lies and fiction.

[Nostradammit]

53. .

[Athame]

54. In a way, it is really good to cry

I have not been able to feel anything about this terrible war for a long time now. These pictures brought out the much needed tears, as I am sure they will for many. This is something TIME knows how to do, I guess. Wish they had done it sooner.

Thanks for posting, Lex.

[Lex]

57. I originally saw the photo in Time Magazine from one we had at work.

I couldn't get it off my mind for a couple of days now so I decided to see if I could find it online to look at it again. It stays with you.

I do think it's good and healthy to cry too. And to understand the enormous toll that is taken when just one life is stolen from us in this illegal and immoral war.

[WindRavenX]

65. This is the face of America today

And god, does it reveal the pain and saddness that our nation now suffers because of the actions of that goddamn asshole in office :(

[FreedomAngel82]

66. So sad

That picture in the original post, her hugging the casket and the last one with the guy with his children are so touching but each one was. :cry: So much heart break and for lies and greed. :cry: I hate it and I hate feeling so powerless.

[gulfcoastliberal]

67. I felt ill after viewing that.

Awful. I can't believe the way Murtha & Pelosi are getting dissed by dems.

[bluedawg12]

68. Say's it all doesn't it?

The dead young soldier.

The pain for those left behind.

The loyalty of commrades in arms.

Lives shattered, love, loyalty and for......can't even bring myself to say it.

[Chicago Democrat]

69. omy dear goddess....

bless her heart!

[kitkat65]

70. I hope the fuckers that set all this in motion get what's coming.

If there was ever a time for a just God to step in, now would be a good one. Helloooooo!

[Mr_Spock]

71. Uggh.

That sucks. :(

[vanboggie]

74. Profound sadness with a bit of selfishness

Truly heartwrenching. These photos rock you to the soul and that mixes with anger and wanting to scream at the BushCo Evil Doers. This is also frightening since my niece's son is finishing his basic training with the Marines now. He bought into the lies when he was harvested in high school, and I could not convince him not to go. Two Marines from this area were killed just this week. These photos sicken me as I fast forward to the possibility....

I truly hope there is a God so **, Rummy and the rest of the monsters suffer in eternity for what they have done. As the poster above noted, I want to see them in the Hague first.

[madrchsod]

75. god give her peace.....

i found out today that someone killed themselves because they had to go back and another kid died last week during the two days of carnage. i just don`t know anymore..i thought this country learned from veit nam but we haven`t. how many more can we give to the carnage? i just don`t know anymore....

[Beam Me Up]

76. Sigh. How very very sad.

:cry:

Tears aren't nearly enough. The whole country, the whole world, needs to weep, wail and heal.

[NMMNG]

77. I wonder if Chimpy is going to "weep and mourn" Jim's death

I suspect he doesn't even know his name, the heartless sociopathic twit.

[atfqn]

78. If only

I could look into the mirror and say this was worth it. I want to be strong for those suffering from great loss and tell them it was for a greater good - but I cannot. Their lives were waisted...

[Radio_Lady]

79. A 19-year-old from Oregon killed over the weekend -- it made me sad until

I read what his grandfather said. See the quote below...
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
Scappoose Marine killed in Iraq bomb blast

05:37 PM PST on Friday, December 2, 2005
By kgw.com and AP Staff

FALLUJAH, Iraq -- A 21-year old Marine from Oregon was among 10 Marines killed when a roadside bomb detonated while they were on a foot patrol near Fallujah, family and friends told KGW on Friday.

Marine John Holmason of Scappoose died from the blast, which was the deadliest attack against American troops in four months. In addition to the 10 Marines dead, 11 others were injured.

"He died for this country and our freedom," said Holmason's grandfather, John Orr. "I'm just sorry that it happened."

EDITOR'S NOTE: "MR. ORR, YOU ARE WRONG... YOUR GRANDSON DIED FOR NOTHING AND THE DEATH WAS MEANINGLESS. WE HAVE AN IDIOT PRESIDENT WHO COULD CARE LESS ABOUT YOUR GRANDSON, AND WILL NOT RESPECT OR EVEN UNDERSTAND YOUR PAIN AND THAT OF YOUR FAMILY. YOU ARE DELUDING YOURSELF ABOUT THIS. I HOPE YOU SEE THE LIGHT SOMEDAY. A HANDSOME YOUNG MAN IS NO LONGER WITH US BECAUSE OF THIS SICK GOVERNMENT."

Plans are underway for a community memorial service for Holmason, who was was a 2002 graduate of Scappoose High School.

[Rebelry]

80. Devastating, I'm still crying.

Both for Beck and the families.

[ngGale]

81. My heart hurts....

the pain never goes away...I still see the ones I lost in, Vietnam.
They remain, forever young. Everybody should have to see the pictures, they are our husbands, our children - they are all a part, of you and me.:cry:

[DemInDistress]

82. She might have had pictures of her husband on that laptop

and is viewing them while behind her lay her future husband "dead"
thanks to the Bush Crime Family where death debt and destruction have
been the poisonous fruits we harvested from this "noble cause." I don't fault her. She wasn't milking the situation. Sad,Sad pics..

[nadinbrzezinski]

83. The worm has turned

we have been waiting for the nation to aknowledge this since the shootign started. Now the nation is starting to face the horrors and just maybe the nation will change

[Rainscents]

85. This is so sad...

:cry:

[mopaul]

86. God damn george bush

[leftchick]

87. Every one of these photos makes me cry....

The Journey Home
Marines unload the body of 2nd Lieut. Jim Cathey, 24, from a commercial flight to Reno, Nevada, as passengers watch


:cry:



Edit: But what does this caption mean??


Home Comforts
Beck hugs his kids Stephen, 2, and Lindsey and Abigail, both 4. After one burial, "all I wanted to do was play with my children," he says. "But all I was thinking about while I was playing was all those guys out there in harm's way, making all that possible."

:(

[Solly Mack]

88. and to think people are looking for a "honorable" way out of this

What honor is to be found in the carnage, this ruining of lives? This destruction? This devastation?

Do these picture look like "success" to you?
Is this what "winning" means?

Is that what "staying the course" looks like? Sleeping next to a dead body - a body whose warm touch you will never ever feel beside you again?

How many more pictures like these will it take for America to feel like she's saved face?

Let's us know a number so we can know when we are close to "victory."

Don't tell me you mourn the losses when you want the dying to continue.

[BamaBecky]

89. ...

[xchrom]

90. i can't look at the whole thing.

that picture was enough.

[Cooley Hurd]

91. I first saw this pic last night, and it's haunted me ever since...

This picture needs to be seen by every single war proponent. They should be forced to view it five times a fucking day!

The depth of this family's loss is unbearable, even for a dumb shit like myself gawking from the periphery. What makes this especially tragic is that the cause Jim Cathey died for will never be considered noble. The poor guy died for nothing. His family's lives are forever changed... for NOTHING!!!!

My hate for those who are responsible for this family's tragic loss burns with white-hot intensity... Dirty fucking bastards, the whole lot of them!!!!!!

I sadly kick and nominate this. Rest in peace, 2nd Lt. James Kathey.:patriot:

[Err]

92. :(

:cry:

[Jazzgirl]

93. Oh dayum!

:cry: :cry: :cry: :grouphug:

[JNelson6563]

95. *sniff*

I can't tell what she actually looks like but to me she is stunningly beautiful. True love and dedication have that affect.

My heart goes out to her and all who have lost loved ones. How I wish I could offer them some comfort!

Julie

[merbex]

96. This thread actually has me crying and that hasn't happened

to me ever

I hope B* lives long enough that once he's out of office and not so heavily protected he'll hear every day what a rotten President he was - every where he goes; so that he'll never have a day without knowing that once again he is facing a new day and has to hear what a shit he was/is

[Bridget Burke]

98. Bush will retire to a gated community in the Metroplex.

(Dallas & environs.) The pig farm will be sold for a good profit.

He'll play golf & pal around with folks who know better than to brign up tasteless topics. Take in the occasional Rangers game...

[HughBeaumont]

99. What's even sadder is that I can relate to what those passengers felt.

I picked my dad up at the airport last August. This was around the time where the US 3rd battalion, 25th reg. out of Brookpark (the one my friend Jeff is in, who also went to Iraq for 7 months) lost several men in a 48 hour period. One of the young men who was killed by hostile fire, Cpl. Jeffrey Boskovitch, had a police-escorted motorcade out of the airport.

I saw that drive past . . . I had to go to a nearby set of stairs because I lost it. That was someone's kid and future husband. Jeff also went on two tours with Cpl. Boskovitch and talked to his sister after he died. That solidified my decision to appear at the demonstration on Sept. 24th.

George Antoinette and King Cheney XVI will burn in a black oily abyss for this shit.

[Hubert Flottz]

100. "formal wedding celebration" that will never be, happens in every

war. Look at all the suffering that has been done by soldiers and their loved ones, for over 200 years, to protect and preserve our Constitution. Think about the politicians now in office, who would destroy the very things that all those Americans, have sacrificed so very much for, over all those years and years. The US Constitution is a tangible "NOBLE CAUSE," you can reach out and read it and touch it. Bush and his cronies have done nothing but attack the US Constitution and try to undermine it and render it meaningless, void, broken and bogus.

If anyone in America has a right to seethe today, it's the soldiers and their broken families, who are being torn apart forever, for an imaginary "Noble Cause," beyond reach, reason, or valid definition.

The Republicans have screamed repeatedly, "DEMOCRATS SHOW US Y-O-U-R PLAN!" But the ball rests in their court.

"O' Death where art thou sting,
O' Grave where art thou victory."

America is stinging from sea to shining sea, and all the Commander can do, is hide out from the mothers, daughters, wives and children, who wonder more every day about this "Noble Cause" and about ALL the causes of it.

[The Witch]

101. :sob:

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

[Hubert Flottz]

104. Bush's lies have killed more Americans than the 9/11 hi-jackers.

It's very sad...

[SammyWinstonJack]

105. What "noble cause", George?

:grr:

[In_The_Wind]

106. Not One More Drop Of Blood, Not One More Life ~ lost! I'm sorry!

[Shell Beau]

107. Aw,

how tragic. :cry:




:mad:

[Batgirl]

108. kick n/t

[lonestarnot]

109. Heck of a job bushitler!

[ThatsMyBarack]

110. Why would anyone....

....still support * after all this??

RIP, Jim.

[GaDemo]

111. Yes

Fucking cool aid drinker.:mad:

[Catherine Vincent]

112. OMG!

:-(

[dghll]

113. The denver rocky mountain news link add'l material

http://denver.rockymountainnews.com/news/finalSalute/

[No Exit]

150. WOW! Tie your wingnut friends/family to a chair and MAKE them watch this

Instead, of course, WE end up being the ones that watch it. And we have to realize yet again the horror and despair of having this filthy bunch of murderers as our "leaders".

[Theres-a]

117. So sad.

When will they get to come home alive,george?

[Marie26]

119. Oh God

That made me cry. There's just no words. :cry:

[Joey Liberal]

121. That was a tough one............... n.t

[Autonomy]

123. Wow. Times 2100.

We need to see more of this. The WORLD needs to see more of this!

[fooj]

124. Why are these treasonous rat bastards still in office?

OMG! Lex- this picture is heartwrenching. :cry:

[helderheid]

125. that is absolutely heartbreaking

[Robeysays]

126. :'(

men don't cry... but i can't help it.

[Bombero1956]

127. The saddest picture

for me was the one of her pressing her very pregnant belly against the casket. She had an ultrasound picture of the baby boy she's carrying placed over his heart before they closed it. Unbearably sad. How can one look at those images and not be moved.

[Samurai_Writer]

129. This one is the one that started my tears falling

A Father's Lesson
Jim Cathey's father, Jeff, hugs a Marine as his son's funeral nears. "Someone asked me what I learned from my son," he said. "He taught me you need more than one friend."

All of the photos are heartbreaking, but the look on that man's face and his words just got to me.

[atfqn]

168. I agree

that was the one that got me. The basic human need to hold and to be comforted. We are all one... We are human.

[mike_c]

130. oh my, I'm crying, oh my....

What a terrible thing we have allowed to happen.

[Nimrod2005]

132. I could not finish looking at all the pictures!!! Fuck George W. Bush

I cried.

He is the father of all terror!

[DearAbby]

133. .

[Uncle Joe]

134. Semper Fi n/t

[malaise]

136. This is too much

I don't know these people and I'm in tears.

[andyhappy]

138. its just not right...

[blossomstar]

139. Oh God, Let us pray together for Katherine to have strength!

I hate this war! I hate GWB! I hate IRAQ! Sorry. After feeling the pain and loss literally for the families and loved ones of over 2000 children, it's all getting to me!

[okieinpain]

140. Wow, now if that there is a picture of the year, that should be it.

Wow, wow, wow.......

[Road Scholar]

141. This ought to be on the Six O'clock news!!!! Way to go Lex!!

I'm very proud of you.:hi:

[Lex]

143. Thanks.

It's great to have a progressive, smart Dad like you. :pals:

[No Exit]

148. I feel like buying numerous copies, then placing them all around

in waiting rooms, etc., with the magazine open to one of these photos.

Think I will.

[Career Prole]

149. God help her.

God help us all.

[HeeBGBz]

151. Oh man, that made me cry and I didn't even click the link

That's got to be the saddest thing. Poor Katherine. I ache for her.

[w8liftinglady]

152. this one really got to me...

my nightmare...

[mzmolly]

155. "It doesn't matter why we went to war." *ucker Carlson today on Hawdbaw.

Callous Mother F-ers. We need to get out of Iraq ASAP.

[DaveColorado]

158. Thank you for posting

I am a photojournalism major, so this is especially powerful for me.

[Road Scholar]

159. Kick! nt

:kick:

[WillyT]

162. Kick !!!

...........

[WillyT]

167. And Kick Again !!!

:kick: