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SenorCoconut
Feb. 8, 2008, 4:43 a.m.If this picture doesn't move you, then you better check your pulse.
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BoxMonkey
Feb. 8, 2008, 7:12 a.m.My original comment was ...
It's a shame that this picture had to be rated [ Spot News Number 1 ] . Yes this is information for the world to see , however , such grief and trauma should be for information purposes only .
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AnteUp
Feb. 8, 2008, 8:58 a.m.From the caption:
"....as the family returned from enrolling the children in
school, where Dhiya was to begin his first year."
As a parent, the prospect of the first day of school
is such an emotional time. For most of us there is a
selfish twinge of sadness - our baby is growing up, but
most of the excitement is child centered. We imagine the
friends they will make - their scholastic achievements -
we try to glimpse the adult they might be......it's such
a momentous event - a symbolic event.We've presented the
world with this new little person and now they are on their
way...............My heart just aches for that poor mother.
How do people survive such terrible grief? My feeling is
that they are never the same person coming out of it as they
were going in - I know I wouldn't be.
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unome2
Feb. 8, 2008, 9:02 a.m.God, I hate America. 95% of the casualties in this conflict are civilians, It is not war, it is genocide.
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canadianrancher57
Feb. 8, 2008, 9:09 a.m.The death of children from war or terrorist acts is always sad to see but the saddest part of this is that some people will view the picture, see the way the people are dressed and form an opinion that these people are not deserving of our feelings. As evil as Saddam was supposed to be does this not make one question our actions as well.
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vor
Feb. 8, 2008, 9:22 a.m.Americans did not kill this boy. Sectarian hatred based on relgious belief is the culprit. It is the reason there is no solution in Iraq and likely will not be one until we leave and another strongman along the lines of Saddam takes over. American interference has exacerbated the situation but we did not create this hatred. The sects are now divided, no more mixed neighborhoods, little interaction creating an even more bleak situation for the future.
Of course none of this was factored into the neocons invasion plan where human beings (especially of the non Caucasian variety) were not considered and only the idealogical and geopolitical gains to be made mattered.
Hating America solves nothing. What the neocons have created has nothing to do with American ideals. It is just the corrupt beliefs of a privileged few.
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canadianrancher57
Feb. 8, 2008, 9:40 a.m.cherev- Many around the world simply look at the way people are dressed and put a location on the event, from this they form their opinion. This picture could have taken place in many of the countries in the mid east and depending on our biases some would feel no remorse about this. My bias on this has to do with the Iraqi war. If this child had been the child of a Jewish mom in Isreal my feelings would would be the same,and I expect yours would be greater. That is why in my first comment I mentioned war and terrorists actions.
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dandt1612
Feb. 8, 2008, 9:44 a.m.I'm so sorry for that mother/family. Anything I think to say seems to be inadequate for the feelings I am having after seeing that picture.
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pcknowledge
Feb. 8, 2008, 10:09 a.m.Iraq was quite peaceful under Saddam & people where free to leave the country if they hated Saddam. If Bush had not called for an invasion into Iraq, this would never have happened. Saddam's whereabouts where always known & he could have been eliminated quietly by special forces if he had been a threat which he was not at the time Bush decided to invade. Bush/Cheney & his gang have turned our foreign policy into pure evil. I never thought I would see a day when our President would invade an entire country & kill thousands of innocent civilians for oil. I trust and hope our next President will make better decisions when it comes to foreign policy. This invasion into Iraq is one our Forefathers would never have called for. This is not the type of foreign policy our Forefathers had in mind. I don't believe they would approve of Bush's foreign policy.
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pcknowledge
Feb. 8, 2008, 10:25 a.m.In my post I focused on this war in Iraq which Bush called for. I absolutely agree with what you wrote "our foriegn policy of interventionism did not start with Bush and his gang."
But I don't believe this Iraq war is a "strategic blunder." I believe it was planned out yrs ago & part of an overall plan to control the oil in Iraq.
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texangelwings
Feb. 8, 2008, 10:53 a.m.As a mother, a widow and having lost both my parents and baby sister, I can not imagine the pain of losing a child.
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nikkibabe
Feb. 8, 2008, 12:33 p.m.Damn with the invaders and occupiers who have created this human tragedy. The invasion and occupation has created lawlessness, genocide and sectarian violence.
Now they are blaming on others.
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globalwarmer
Feb. 8, 2008, 1:06 p.m.Bush didn't create Islamic sects that hate each other but I can't help but think that if he never invaded Iraq, that boy and many others would still be alive today.
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2sidestoeverything
Feb. 8, 2008, 2:51 p.m.Heartbreaking the innocent always get caught in the middle.
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sue2008
Feb. 8, 2008, 3:34 p.m.HyperBola "Of course, Bush first arming Shia death squads and the Sunni death squads doesn't help matters."
let them finish each other and he'll finish the rest...
that was the plan...
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SwampFox1
Feb. 8, 2008, 4:44 p.m.To all who think we are "liberating" Iraq, and that we are dealing with the big bad-guys of al qaeda, those nasty evil doers, you've been snorting George's underwear too long. Wash your brain with botox, you're invected with that new Republican disease called DD&DD (Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbest Dubya).
I saw that child's eyes before most of you were born. If you've never seen someone die, well lucky, lucky you. You can't fake the eyes, America. Take a long look at the last thing he ever saw on this planet. They should make every American look at this during Thanksgiving dinner, during church services, and every political rally. Please do enjoy, remembering Bush and Osama bin Laden say they both talk to God; wonder what the hell they talk about.
And you wonder why I'm so damned mad???
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jovial
Feb. 8, 2008, 5:42 p.m.There's a mob mentality that exists here in America since 911. It is perpetuated by those that try to hold on to the victim card, well beyond and after they have inflicted revenge many times over. The thirst for blood is never sated. They have become the monsters that they insist they are trying to fight.
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