I originally posted this in Sept 2007. I just updated the date
so we could see and appreciate this truth again.
This boy knows who will not kill him
and who will save him
Look at the US Soldier standing upright and
alert while everyone else runs!
A picture of the scene after a bombing in
Baghdad yesterday adding to the choas of the
bombing which killed at least 21 people
and injured at least 66, was a shooter,
maybe targeting people in the crowd.
Admid all the Iraqi's who are running from the
gunfire was a U.S. Soldier standing tall perhaps
looking in the direction of the gunshots,
not apparently looking for cover.
An Iraqi boy seeks shelter behind the Soldier,
a member of the 82nd Airborne Division.
The first picture shows it all. The kids face
shows he is scared to death, and he's running
to the safest spot he can find:
This Soldier who stands between him and danger.
It would be difficult to stage a picture
that provides a more potent metaphor for the
role played by the United states
in this wretched world.
This Kid Just Did a Perfect Essay on
"What America Means
To Me"
SURE DIDN'T SEE THIS
ON CNN,
NBC, ABC or CBS...
NOW DID YOU?