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Some of these images are quite graphic and may disturb some of you.

This is a true story


About what you want to believe


and what really happened


In a land we destroyed


For corporate profit


We went on patrols


Looking for bad guys


We kicked down their doors


Terrorized their families


Humiliated their men


Killed their children


Attacked their religion


Displaced their Nation


and they hated us for it.


So they hit back


and we we hit them


In an ever escalating cycle


Of high powered violence


That pushed us to breaking


and the innocent lives


caught in the crossfire


Were killed by the thousands


Because we were lied to


By a band of fools


Clueless with arrogance


Our bodies came home


Our families they grieved


Our people protested


While we fought for our lives


We finally came home


They fell into chaos


America moved on


But we didn't


Because we paid the piper


For our Nation's folly

Author's Note

This was the hardest thing I ever posted on this site. I'm going to take it down in a few days. It's not appropriate for the WC but it's something I had to do.

Reviews

[Mark]

I hope you don't take it down. I am going to share on Facebook and email my friends. This is an important message!! In the name of 'defending freedom' ...

I respect every man and woman who put on the uniform and went to fight, but we were all duped and continue to be duped.

[Weeping Angel]

Don't take it down. it's good. really good. the story is powerful and the images help with your point. this makes me feel..i don't know. but i feel something.

[icelandicblue]

I looked, and read, and felt and cried. I felt helpless for every single soul there. This is the result of lies and hate and the delusion that we can "fix" anything. How someone got to go home his ranch and paint and never once addressed or acknowledged the loss in humanity is beyond me. He was misinformed is what we got. Very often a leader is only as good as those he picks to surround him and look at the fools and the clowns he chose. But he paints, sold out of his pictures of birds at Christmas and these are all the pictures he left behind and we know he never looked at them. I'm sorry you ever saw them and I am sorry for every soul who lost a life, a love a village, and especially what it has done to the children. We should look and we should know. Our eyes are pinned opened and our shouts should be heard. We should understand why they hate us so much. I am so sorry BR

[R. L. Hill]

I cried. Sometimes you need to rip the band-aid off the wound to show everyone all the puss and disease lying beneath the skin. Blindly, we have become a festering wound in society. It's gripping and emotional and packed with truth. It pisses me off, frankly. I don't want to jump into a discussion of politics or religion or anything else that gets people riled up. What I wish I could see is people finally standing up to this sort of bullshit. We talk and talk and talk and yet no action is ever taken to rid ourselves of scum. Pour antiseptic on that b***h.

[Tai Ryens]

This was a perfect portrayal of the war we've waged on countries that don't deserve it. Republicans often back this up with the idea that all Muslims are terrorists, especially in the southeast Asia area, when in fact most of them aren't even violent. Heck, the "terrorists" are little more than small groups of people defending their lands from the American invaders, and they've manipulated the fact to antagonize their nation. You speak the truth, Baby R. May it be known to all that our losses could have been avoided, had it not been for the Bush administration.
Always speak the truth, friend.

[Cara]

this one really made me cry,not only because it has so much deep emotion inside,but because this happened to me too, and i was forced to leave the home i love and the people i live with.
thank you so very much, this one gives me hope.

[Pryde Foltz]

Sorry hun … But I couldn't look at more than two of them … but I understand why you posted these images … this is war … this is killing … it is not a video game. Real people are dying and real people are grieving .. let's stop this; let's stop war … the mechanisms exist; they have been proven … passive resistance and diplomacy work in time and are far less costly in dollars and suffering.

That's a hundred from me … people need to see this and they need to understand.

[Nia Hope]

I'm glad you posted this even if it was hard. it's a real eye opener especially for those of us who have absolutely no idea what's really going on with the middle east and why we are there.

[Troy Henson]

Well you made me cry. Such tragedy in this. Something I will never be able to relate nor try and understand. This is gripping, emotional, raw, chilling.....my heart goes out to you and I applaud you for finding the courage to post this and I am sorry.

Regards